DBA Contract Job Trends in England

Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Database Administrator daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 382 343
Rank change year-on-year +20 -39 +6
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 254 101 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.42% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.46% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 63 151
10th Percentile £357 £348 £375
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £568 £625
90th Percentile £675 £625 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - - £32.45
25th Percentile - £61.87 £39.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £63.75 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% +23.78% +48.01%
75th Percentile - £65.62 £65.13
90th Percentile - - £72.55
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £63.75 £51.50
% change year-on-year -56.86% +23.78% +48.01%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 38,587 22,165 34,087
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.40% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,812 14,615 22,428
10th Percentile £325 £289 £284
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -1.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +1.69% -4.00% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,713 946 2,578
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.27 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.74% -22.97% -15.56%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.70 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +52.48% -25.33% -16.67%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title 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 jobs citing DBA in England over the 6 months to 4 June 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 IT jobs citing DBA within the England region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -47 75 £500 -4.76% 7
North of England -18 70 £430 -3.48% 9
South East -18 62 £417 -16.56% 14
North West 0 42 £447 +3.50% 8
Midlands -35 30 £463 - 6
Yorkshire -34 28 £400 -30.43% 1
West Midlands -39 24 £481 - 3
South West -21 12 £688 +32.21% 8
East Midlands - 5 £463 - 3
East of England -37 2 £388 -8.82% 6
North East - 1 £501 -
DBA
UK

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 June 2026, DBA contract job roles required 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 job ads across the England region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 146 (57.48%) Oracle
2 128 (50.39%) SQL
3 106 (41.73%) Security Cleared
4 104 (40.94%) Oracle Database
5 101 (39.76%) SQL Server
6 79 (31.10%) Performance Tuning
7 77 (30.31%) SC Cleared
8 72 (28.35%) High Availability
9 59 (23.23%) PostgreSQL
10 50 (19.69%) Microsoft
11 47 (18.50%) Oracle RMAN
12 44 (17.32%) Migration
13 42 (16.54%) AWS
14 41 (16.14%) Disaster Recovery
15 37 (14.57%) Azure
15 37 (14.57%) Database Security
16 36 (14.17%) Linux
17 35 (13.78%) DV Cleared
18 33 (12.99%) MySQL
19 29 (11.42%) Oracle RAC
20 28 (11.02%) Data Guard
20 28 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
21 27 (10.63%) DevOps
22 26 (10.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
23 25 (9.84%) Unix
24 23 (9.06%) ITIL
24 23 (9.06%) MongoDB
25 22 (8.66%) Amazon RDS
25 22 (8.66%) PL/SQL
25 22 (8.66%) PowerShell

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.36%) WebLogic
2 5 (1.97%) Confluence
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.79%) Liferay
5 1 (0.39%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (4.33%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (2.76%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.18%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 42 (16.54%) AWS
2 37 (14.57%) Azure
3 7 (2.76%) Amazon S3
4 6 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (2.36%) OCI
5 5 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (1.97%) SaaS
5 5 (1.97%) Serverless
6 4 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 4 (1.57%) PaaS
7 3 (1.18%) Azure Storage
7 3 (1.18%) GitHub
8 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.79%) IaaS
8 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.39%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.39%) dbt
9 1 (0.39%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.39%) Firewall
1 1 (0.39%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (40.94%) Oracle Database
2 101 (39.76%) SQL Server
3 59 (23.23%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (12.99%) MySQL
5 26 (10.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 23 (9.06%) MongoDB
7 22 (8.66%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (8.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (7.48%) Oracle Database 12c
10 17 (6.69%) Oracle Reports
11 14 (5.51%) Relational Database
12 13 (5.12%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (5.12%) Oracle Database 11g
13 12 (4.72%) RDBMS
14 10 (3.94%) NoSQL
14 10 (3.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (2.36%) Big Data
15 6 (2.36%) Oracle Exadata
16 5 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (1.57%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (4.33%) GitLab
2 10 (3.94%) Git
3 7 (2.76%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (2.36%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.57%) Flyway
5 4 (1.57%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (1.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.79%) JIRA
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Developer 2000
8 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 35 (13.78%) Social Skills
2 23 (9.06%) Public Sector
3 21 (8.27%) Finance
4 19 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.54%) Banking
6 6 (2.36%) Legal
7 4 (1.57%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.57%) Military
7 4 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.18%) Publishing
9 2 (0.79%) Aviation
9 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.39%) Advertising
10 1 (0.39%) Billing
10 1 (0.39%) International Banking
10 1 (0.39%) Local Government
10 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.39%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.30%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 8 (3.15%) JSON
3 7 (2.76%) Kafka
3 7 (2.76%) XML
4 6 (2.36%) OLE
5 4 (1.57%) AWS CDK
6 3 (1.18%) GeoJSON
6 3 (1.18%) Matplotlib
6 3 (1.18%) Middleware
6 3 (1.18%) Pandas
6 3 (1.18%) Polars
6 3 (1.18%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.79%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.79%) REST
8 1 (0.39%) .NET
8 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.39%) Node.js
8 1 (0.39%) PostGIS
8 1 (0.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.06%) Replication
2 19 (7.48%) Clustering
3 7 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.36%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (1.57%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.79%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.79%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.79%) NHS
7 2 (0.79%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.39%) Life Science
8 1 (0.39%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.39%) SCADA
8 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.17%) Linux
2 25 (9.84%) Unix
3 17 (6.69%) Windows
4 11 (4.33%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.57%) AIX
6 4 (1.57%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.39%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.39%) HPUX
7 1 (0.39%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.39%) Solaris
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (31.10%) Performance Tuning
2 72 (28.35%) High Availability
3 44 (17.32%) Migration
4 41 (16.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 37 (14.57%) Database Security
6 28 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (10.63%) DevOps
8 23 (9.06%) ITIL
9 19 (7.48%) Capacity Planning
10 16 (6.30%) Agile
10 16 (6.30%) Task Automation
11 15 (5.91%) CI/CD
11 15 (5.91%) Data Migration
12 13 (5.12%) Database Tuning
12 13 (5.12%) Performance Optimisation
13 12 (4.72%) Database Migration
13 12 (4.72%) Project Delivery
14 11 (4.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (4.33%) Data Protection
14 11 (4.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 128 (50.39%) SQL
2 22 (8.66%) PL/SQL
2 22 (8.66%) PowerShell
2 22 (8.66%) Python
3 19 (7.48%) Shell Script
4 16 (6.30%) T-SQL
5 10 (3.94%) Korn
6 6 (2.36%) Bash
7 4 (1.57%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.79%) Java
9 1 (0.39%) C#
9 1 (0.39%) Groovy
9 1 (0.39%) Perl
9 1 (0.39%) RPG
9 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 106 (41.73%) Security Cleared
2 77 (30.31%) SC Cleared
3 35 (13.78%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.54%) Oracle Certification
6 8 (3.15%) OCP
7 6 (2.36%) Degree
8 5 (1.97%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.57%) MCITP
9 4 (1.57%) MCTS
10 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.15%) GDPR
2 7 (2.76%) QA
3 5 (1.97%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.57%) SLA
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.39%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (11.42%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (2.36%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.18%) Oracle Clusterware
5 1 (0.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 47 (18.50%) Oracle RMAN
2 28 (11.02%) Data Guard
3 17 (6.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 9 (3.54%) Terraform
5 8 (3.15%) Ansible
6 4 (1.57%) Foglight
7 3 (1.18%) Grafana
7 3 (1.18%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.79%) systemd
9 1 (0.39%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Vendors
1 146 (57.48%) Oracle
2 50 (19.69%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.36%) RedGate
3 6 (2.36%) ServiceNow
3 6 (2.36%) SolarWinds
4 5 (1.97%) Databricks
5 4 (1.57%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.57%) Sybase
6 3 (1.18%) BMC
6 3 (1.18%) Remedy
7 1 (0.39%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.39%) EMC
7 1 (0.39%) Google
7 1 (0.39%) IBM
7 1 (0.39%) NetApp
7 1 (0.39%) NetCracker
7 1 (0.39%) Wonderware