Database Manager Contracts in England

Database Manager
UK > England

The median Database Manager daily rate in England is £575, 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 476 533 -
Rank change year-on-year +57 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Database Manager 9 9 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.024% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.026% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £380 - -
25th Percentile £463 £595 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £620 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% - -
75th Percentile £665 £645 -
90th Percentile £671 - -
UK median daily rate £575 £620 £325
% change year-on-year -7.26% +90.77% -38.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.75 - -
Median hourly rate £53.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £53.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Database Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Database Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Database Manager in England

Database Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Database Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Database Manager in England

Database Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Database Manager in England

Database Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Database Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Database Manager in England

Database Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +42 6 £525 -15.32% 3
North West - 3 £650 -
North of England - 3 £650 - 1
Database Manager
UK

Database Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Database Manager 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 England region featuring Database Manager in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (33.33%) Azure
4 3 (33.33%) MongoDB
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle
4 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (22.22%) Observability
5 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 2 (22.22%) Business Development
5 2 (22.22%) MySQL
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Linux
5 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Legal
5 2 (22.22%) Docker
5 2 (22.22%) AWS
5 2 (22.22%) Banking
5 2 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
6 1 (11.11%) Power Platform

Database Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (22.22%) MySQL
3 1 (11.11%) Metadata
3 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Advertising
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
4 2 (22.22%) Business Development
4 2 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (22.22%) Observability
4 2 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Content Management
5 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) Metadata Management
5 1 (11.11%) Storage Management
5 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft