DBA Contract Job Trends in England

Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Database Administrator daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 410 280
Rank change year-on-year +19 -130 +89
Contract DBA jobs 260 108 235
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.38% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.41% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 70 143
10th Percentile £400 £361 £351
25th Percentile £429 £425 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +1.52% +3.68%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £691 £678 £668
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £37.20 £30.65 -
25th Percentile £37.88 £37.63 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.50 £51.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% -32.00% +30.95%
75th Percentile £42.88 £65.13 £77.50
90th Percentile £43.40 £72.55 -
UK median hourly rate £40.50 £30.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +35.00% -60.00% +30.95%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 42,617 26,033 28,993
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.70% 91.15% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,140 16,712 17,699
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.60%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,820 1,501 1,128
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.00 £15.10
25th Percentile £19.71 £17.38 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.34 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.37% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £67.14
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.13% -10.11%

DBA Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract DBA job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

DBA job vacancy trend in England

DBA Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in England

DBA Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for DBA jobs in England over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DBA in England

DBA Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in England

DBA Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in DBA jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 27 October 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England -5 84 £478 +12.47% 3
London -51 83 £525 - 11
North West +17 69 £479 +6.44% 2
South East -38 39 £550 +10.00% 10
South West -37 19 £750 +22.45% 3
Midlands -33 16 £448 +34.59% 7
Yorkshire -25 14 £454 +24.38%
West Midlands -35 12 £448 +34.59% 4
East of England -16 8 £425 -10.53%
East Midlands -12 4 £800 - 3
North East - 2 £575 - 1
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DBA Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, DBA contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract DBA job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Cleared65.0%169
2SQL64.2%167
3Oracle53.8%140
4SQL Server50.0%130
5SC Cleared48.5%126
6Performance Tuning46.9%122
7PostgreSQL35.4%92
8High Availability31.2%81
9Microsoft30.0%78
10Disaster Recovery29.6%77
11Oracle Database28.5%74
12AWS27.3%71
13MySQL25.0%65
14Azure21.9%57
15DV Cleared18.1%47
16Linux16.9%44
16Migration16.9%44
18Data Guard15.0%39
18Database Security15.0%39
18PowerShell15.0%39
21Root Cause Analysis14.2%37
22Microsoft Certification13.8%36
23Oracle RAC13.5%35
23Windows13.5%35
25Stakeholder Management13.1%34
26Amazon Aurora12.7%33
26Amazon RDS12.7%33
26ITIL12.7%33
29CI/CD12.3%32
29Oracle RMAN12.3%32

DBA Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Administrator45.4%118
2SQL DBA36.9%96
3Oracle DBA32.3%84
4Senior DBA12.3%32
5SC Cleared DBA11.2%29
6DV Cleared DBA6.9%18
6PostgreSQL DBA6.9%18
8SQL Server DBA6.5%17
9AWS Administrator4.6%12
10Senior Oracle DBA3.5%9
11Oracle Specialist2.7%7
12MySQL DBA2.3%6
12Sybase DBA2.3%6
14Support Specialist1.9%5
15Data Modeller1.5%4
15Data Warehouse Developer1.5%4
15DevOps Engineer1.5%4
18Senior SQL DBA1.2%3
18SQL Developer1.2%3
20DB2 DBA0.8%2
33 DBA jobs in England