Database Security Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Database Security
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Database Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 87 115
Rank change year-on-year -28 +28 -6
Contract jobs citing Database Security 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.11% 0.087% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.093% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £511 - £444
25th Percentile £528 - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £628 - £491
90th Percentile £634 - £496
South East median daily rate £478 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +6.11% -21.74% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £56.53
25th Percentile - £61.87 £57.09
Median hourly rate - £63.75 £58.73
Median % change year-on-year - +8.54% -
75th Percentile - £65.62 £59.91
90th Percentile - - £60.20
South East median hourly rate - £63.75 £58.73
% change year-on-year - +8.54% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Database Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,549 1,073 1,717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 84.78% 93.06% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,023 628 900
10th Percentile £303 £304 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year - -1.67% -3.14%
75th Percentile £600 £611 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +2.50% -0.10% -1.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 26 99
10th Percentile £33.25 £22.29 £18.90
25th Percentile £80.00 £32.05 £41.38
Median hourly rate £83.54 £61.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.84% +0.81% +7.23%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.77 £72.04
90th Percentile £104.75 £88.19 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +96.43% -41.05% -3.06%

Database Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Database Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Database Security job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Database Security
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Database Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Database Security

Database Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Database Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Database Security

Database Security
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 2 £588 - 1
Database Security
South East

Database Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) DBA
2 1 (50.00%) Administrator
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared DBA
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (50.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle