DBA Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Database Administrator
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Cambridge is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £375 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 163 138 169
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 89.61% 93.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 80 100
10th Percentile £257 £299 £140
25th Percentile £400 £340 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £465 £471
Median % change year-on-year +10.33% -1.43% -0.79%
75th Percentile £624 £562 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £465 £480
% change year-on-year +2.26% -3.23% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 18
10th Percentile £23.16 £22.63 £17.72
25th Percentile £27.21 £22.77 £18.29
Median hourly rate £42.50 £23.41 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +81.55% -43.25% +91.86%
75th Percentile £61.68 £40.89 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £50.86 £80.88
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £15.52
% change year-on-year -30.12% +47.52% +0.13%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

DBA job vacancy trend in Cambridge

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Cambridge

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Cambridge

DBA Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, 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 Cambridge region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL