DBA Contracts in Edinburgh

Database Administrator
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Edinburgh is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 103 118
Rank change year-on-year +32 +15 -12
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 3 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.37% 0.55% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.57% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
10th Percentile - £385 £421
25th Percentile - £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £525 £475
90th Percentile - - £483
Scotland median daily rate £475 £488 £438
% change year-on-year -2.56% +11.43% +13.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 778 1,228 1,881
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 95.64% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 871 1,295
10th Percentile £209 £238 £230
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £563
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 12 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.62 £14.55
25th Percentile £17.11 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £24.29 £22.13 £26.85
% change year-on-year +9.79% -17.60% -28.40%

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 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 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 3 (100.00%) Oracle Discoverer
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 3 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 3 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity

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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle