DBA Contracts in Edinburgh

Database Administrator
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Edinburgh is £481, 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 60 69 104
Rank change year-on-year +9 +35 +16
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 7 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% 0.37% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 0.39% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile - - £388
25th Percentile £456 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +2.70% +2.78%
75th Percentile £505 - £525
90th Percentile £513 - £531
Scotland median daily rate £481 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% +12.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Edinburgh

DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for DBA in Edinburgh

DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for DBA in Edinburgh

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

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 Edinburgh region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Replication
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) PL/SQL
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (42.86%) Cost Optimisation
3 3 (42.86%) Relational Database
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon S3
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (42.86%) Database Security
3 3 (42.86%) Software Licensing
3 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle Licensing
3 3 (42.86%) Cloud Native
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Optimisation

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Amazon EC2
2 3 (42.86%) Amazon S3
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (42.86%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (42.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
2 3 (42.86%) Relational Database
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Native
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Licensing
1 3 (42.86%) Replication
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Solaris
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (42.86%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (42.86%) Database Security
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Software Licensing
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) High Availability
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Database Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Database Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Database Tuning
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PL/SQL
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) JCL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Commvault