Sybase DBA Contract Job Trends in England

Sybase Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Sybase Database Administrator daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 466 534
Rank change year-on-year -108 +68 -
Contract jobs requiring a Sybase DBA 3 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.008% 0.020% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.022% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 9
10th Percentile £341 £571 -
25th Percentile £373 £630 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £688 £600
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +14.58% -
75th Percentile £550 £700 £815
90th Percentile £595 - £852
UK median daily rate £450 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -33.33% +12.50% +20.00%

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 34,460 22,787 34,959
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.04% 93.03% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,776 15,097 23,367
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 791 2,280
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.16 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.46 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.61
90th Percentile £76.58 £76.25 £71.30
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £33.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.54% -23.53%

Sybase DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Sybase DBA job vacancy trend in England

Sybase DBA
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Sybase DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sybase DBA in England over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Sybase DBA in England

Sybase DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Sybase 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 Sybase DBA within the England region over the 6 months to 21 March 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 -53 2 £460 - 2
North West - 1 £450 -
North of England - 1 £450 -
Sybase DBA
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, Sybase 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 Sybase DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Sybase
1 3 (100.00%) Sybase ASE
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Database Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Database Security
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Unix
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Jenkins

Sybase 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Sybase ASE
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Unix
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Database Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Database Security
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Optimisation
1 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Sybase
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft