DBA Contracts in Edinburgh

Database Administrator
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Edinburgh is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a DBA 8 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.26% - 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.11%
75th Percentile £469 - £525
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £463 £338 £500
% change year-on-year +37.04% -32.50% +23.46%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 574 767 1,044
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 94.57% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 409 667
10th Percentile £293 £170 £216
25th Percentile £413 £306 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.45% -7.79% -
75th Percentile £528 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £638 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 36 12
10th Percentile - £13.57 £13.61
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £32.19 £18.07 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +78.19% +1.95% -
75th Percentile £64.06 £19.61 £46.24
90th Percentile £74.25 £52.50 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.60 £17.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +15.28% -4.06% -5.87%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Edinburgh

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 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 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) High Availability
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle Database
3 3 (37.50%) Database Security
3 3 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
3 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (37.50%) RDBMS
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 3 (37.50%) DB2
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Runbook
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Delphix

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 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (37.50%) DB2
2 3 (37.50%) RDBMS
2 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (12.50%) DB2 UDB
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (12.50%) Toad
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) High Availability
2 3 (37.50%) Database Security
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Optimisation
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Database Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Database Tuning
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Data Guard
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) BMC
3 1 (12.50%) Delphix
3 1 (12.50%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat