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 14 November 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 433 290
Rank change year-on-year +42 -143 +64
Contract DBA jobs 269 111 240
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.37% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.40% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 73 139
10th Percentile £400 £353 £361
25th Percentile £429 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £492 £493
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -0.10% +3.68%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £624
90th Percentile £671 £695 £673
UK median daily rate £511 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +7.63% - -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £38.55 £30.65 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.63 -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £51.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.13 -
90th Percentile £75.10 £72.55 -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £30.00 -
% change year-on-year +41.67% - -

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
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 43,365 27,572 29,056
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.77% 91.19% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,481 17,718 17,780
10th Percentile £331 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -1.87%
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 3,996 1,648 1,097
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.24 £15.22
25th Percentile £19.77 £17.87 £21.22
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -37.13% -11.32%
75th Percentile £68.75 £55.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £81.73 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -28.14% -21.35%

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 14 November 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 Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution for DBA jobs in England over the 6 months to 14 November 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DBA 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 14 November 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 +3 90 £481 +6.78% 25
London -57 86 £525 - 42
North West +9 70 £478 +6.22% 10
South East -38 32 £550 +15.79% 32
South West -20 20 £750 +22.45% 6
Midlands -33 20 £447 +22.47% 23
Yorkshire -23 16 £454 +24.38% 10
West Midlands -32 14 £447 +22.47% 19
East of England -18 8 £425 -10.53% 2
East Midlands -1 6 £800 - 4
North East - 5 £625 - 5
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DBA Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 Cleared62.8%169
2SQL61.7%166
3Oracle56.1%151
4SQL Server50.9%137
5Performance Tuning49.1%132
6SC Cleared48.3%130
7PostgreSQL36.4%98
8Disaster Recovery31.6%85
8High Availability31.6%85
10Microsoft30.5%82
11Oracle Database28.3%76
12AWS27.5%74
13MySQL26.4%71
14Azure21.9%59
15Database Security18.2%49
16Migration17.8%48
17Linux16.4%44
17PowerShell16.4%44
19DV Cleared15.2%41
20Data Guard14.9%40
21Microsoft Certification14.1%38
21Root Cause Analysis14.1%38
21Windows14.1%38
24Stakeholder Management13.8%37
25Oracle RAC13.4%36
25Problem-Solving13.4%36
27CI/CD12.6%34
27ITIL12.6%34
29DevOps12.3%33
30Amazon Aurora11.9%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
1Administrator43.1%116
2SQL DBA34.2%92
3Oracle DBA33.8%91
4Senior DBA13.0%35
5SC Cleared DBA11.9%32
6PostgreSQL DBA7.1%19
7DV Cleared DBA6.3%17
8SQL Server DBA5.9%16
9AWS Administrator4.5%12
9Senior Oracle DBA4.5%12
11Oracle Specialist2.6%7
12MySQL DBA2.2%6
12Sybase DBA2.2%6
14Support Specialist1.9%5
15Data Modeller1.5%4
15Data Warehouse Developer1.5%4
15Senior SQL DBA1.5%4
18DevOps Engineer1.1%3
18SQL Developer1.1%3
20DB2 DBA0.7%2
142 DBA jobs in England