DBA Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Database Administrator
Central London > City of Westminster

The median Database Administrator daily rate in the City of Westminster is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 2.08% - 3.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% - 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £505 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - £538
75th Percentile £515 - £556
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £634 £525 £475
% change year-on-year +20.76% +10.53% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 the City of Westminster with a recognized job title 39 48 52
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.25% 97.96% 98.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 26 50
10th Percentile £371 £356 £178
25th Percentile £441 £443 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -3.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £625 £589 £813
90th Percentile £747 £744 £938
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £26.00
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -19.57% -1.41% -6.58%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the City of Westminster

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in the City of Westminster.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in the City of Westminster

DBA
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Westminster - 1 £510 - 1
DBA
Central London

DBA Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 1 October 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 City of Westminster region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared