Database Optimisation Contracts in England

Database Optimisation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Database Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Database Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 497 624 758
Rank change year-on-year +127 +134 -132
Contract jobs citing Database Optimisation 42 15 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.032% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.035% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 15 11
10th Percentile £418 £335 £488
25th Percentile £453 £481 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £672 £600 £706
90th Percentile £695 £606 £875
UK median daily rate £515 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -10.43% - +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Database Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,022 42,317 63,804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.45% 89.92% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,807 29,700 45,511
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,369 1,534 1,688
10th Percentile £12.80 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £15.60
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.35 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Database Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Database Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Database Optimisation in England

Database Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Database Optimisation in England

Database Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Optimisation in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Database Optimisation in England

Database Optimisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Database Optimisation in England

Database Optimisation
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 Optimisation within the England region over the 6 months to 10 June 2024. 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 +99 27 £520 -9.57% 11
South West - 9 £648 - 4
North of England - 6 £620 - 2
North West - 3 £775 -
Yorkshire - 2 £490 - 2
North East - 1 £475 -
Database Optimisation
UK

Database Optimisation
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 (2.38%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) Azure
2 3 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (7.14%) GCP
3 2 (4.76%) AWS
3 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.76%) WhatsApp
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.38%) CloudBees
4 1 (2.38%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.52%) MongoDB
2 4 (9.52%) Oracle Database
3 3 (7.14%) BigQuery
3 3 (7.14%) Data Hub
3 3 (7.14%) DB2
3 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (4.76%) Power BI
5 1 (2.38%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (2.38%) Ingres
5 1 (2.38%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.38%) Redis
5 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (2.38%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.52%) Finance
4 3 (7.14%) Back Office
4 3 (7.14%) Local Government
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (47.62%) Developer
2 16 (38.10%) Senior
3 15 (35.71%) Senior Developer
4 8 (19.05%) Senior Software Developer
4 8 (19.05%) Software Developer
5 7 (16.67%) Architect
6 6 (14.29%) Backend Developer
6 6 (14.29%) Lead
6 6 (14.29%) Systems Architect
7 5 (11.90%) Technical Leader
8 4 (9.52%) Active Directory Architect
8 4 (9.52%) DBA
8 4 (9.52%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 3 (7.14%) Administrator
9 3 (7.14%) Senior Backend Developer
10 2 (4.76%) Active Directory Specialist
10 2 (4.76%) Data Engineer
10 2 (4.76%) Java Developer
10 2 (4.76%) Senior Systems Developer
10 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) .NET
2 3 (7.14%) XML
3 2 (4.76%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.38%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.38%) Kafka
4 1 (2.38%) REST
4 1 (2.38%) Spring
4 1 (2.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (35.71%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (23.81%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.52%) Public Cloud
4 3 (7.14%) Data Fabric
4 3 (7.14%) Housing Association
5 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.43%) Windows
2 6 (14.29%) Linux
2 6 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.52%) Unix
4 3 (7.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (50.00%) Agile
2 19 (45.24%) Content Management
3 18 (42.86%) Design Patterns
3 18 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 13 (30.95%) SDLC
5 10 (23.81%) Data Modelling
5 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (19.05%) Data Management
7 6 (14.29%) Data Migration
7 6 (14.29%) DevOps
7 6 (14.29%) ETL
7 6 (14.29%) Migration
8 5 (11.90%) CI/CD
8 5 (11.90%) Front End Development
8 5 (11.90%) Identity Management
9 4 (9.52%) Computer Science
9 4 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (9.52%) Workflow
10 3 (7.14%) Data Extraction
10 3 (7.14%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (85.71%) SQL
2 22 (52.38%) Java
2 22 (52.38%) PowerShell
3 21 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 20 (47.62%) C#
5 3 (7.14%) PL/SQL
6 2 (4.76%) Bicep
6 2 (4.76%) Python
6 2 (4.76%) Scala
7 1 (2.38%) Bash
7 1 (2.38%) C
7 1 (2.38%) Go
7 1 (2.38%) Groovy
7 1 (2.38%) Kotlin
7 1 (2.38%) Ruby
7 1 (2.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (45.24%) Degree
2 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (38.10%) PCI DSS
2 4 (9.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (19.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Ansible
1 1 (2.38%) Argo
1 1 (2.38%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 9 (21.43%) Oracle
3 5 (11.90%) Databricks
4 3 (7.14%) F5
4 3 (7.14%) NEC
5 1 (2.38%) Brio
5 1 (2.38%) Checkmarx