DBA Contracts in Berkshire

Database Administrator
South East > Berkshire

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Berkshire is £409, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 116 108
Rank change year-on-year +31 -8 +11
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 8 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.68% 0.40% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.43% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 6
10th Percentile - £398 £358
25th Percentile - £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £513 £443
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +15.82% -11.50%
75th Percentile - £547 £496
90th Percentile - £583 £500
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.87 - -
Median hourly rate £63.75 - -
75th Percentile £65.62 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £63.75 - £18.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Berkshire

DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DBA in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for DBA in Berkshire

DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DBA in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for DBA in Berkshire

DBA
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 DBA within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bracknell +19 3 - -
Reading +27 2 £409 -20.20% 5
DBA
South East

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
2 6 (75.00%) SQL
3 5 (62.50%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (37.50%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
5 3 (37.50%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (37.50%) Migration
5 3 (37.50%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (37.50%) GCP
5 3 (37.50%) Oracle Database
5 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
6 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (25.00%) Miro
6 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (25.00%) DBeaver
6 2 (25.00%) GitLab
6 2 (25.00%) Database Migration
6 2 (25.00%) Validation
6 2 (25.00%) SLA
6 2 (25.00%) Google
6 2 (25.00%) JIRA
6 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
6 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
6 2 (25.00%) High Availability
6 2 (25.00%) AWS

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle Database
3 1 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) DBeaver
1 2 (25.00%) GitLab
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (37.50%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Database Migration
3 2 (25.00%) High Availability
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Database Optimisation
4 1 (12.50%) Database Security
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Google