DBA Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Database Administrator
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Birmingham is £365, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 63 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 10 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.43% 0.28% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 0.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £316 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £473 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.83% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £365 £473 £418
% change year-on-year -22.83% +13.29% -20.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 627 675 743
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 95.20% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 438 514
10th Percentile £229 £196 £255
25th Percentile £363 £353 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £613 £600
90th Percentile £643 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 14 22
10th Percentile - £16.80 £14.60
25th Percentile £12.62 £22.89 £15.75
Median hourly rate £19.25 £30.23 £28.02
Median % change year-on-year -36.31% +7.87% +47.47%
75th Percentile £26.51 £51.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £34.29 £56.65 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
% change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

DBA job vacancy trend in Birmingham

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Birmingham

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Birmingham

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Oracle
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle Database
2 6 (60.00%) MySQL
2 6 (60.00%) Unix
3 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (40.00%) Python
4 4 (40.00%) Shell Script
4 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (30.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) Change Management
5 3 (30.00%) High Availability
5 3 (30.00%) Line Management
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (30.00%) PL/SQL
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) SLA
5 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Change Control
6 2 (20.00%) Data Guard
6 2 (20.00%) Database Migration
6 2 (20.00%) Database Security
6 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) Linux
6 2 (20.00%) OCP
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle Certification

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 9 (90.00%) Oracle Database
2 6 (60.00%) MySQL
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Unix
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) High Availability
3 3 (30.00%) Line Management
3 3 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Change Control
4 2 (20.00%) Database Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Database Security
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) Task Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Python
1 4 (40.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) OCP
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (20.00%) Data Guard
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) SAP