Production DBA Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Production Database Administrator
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Production Database Administrator daily rate in Glasgow is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
13 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Production DBA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 826 723 760
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 95.63% 94.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 449 517
10th Percentile £305 £300 £260
25th Percentile £363 £368 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £568
90th Percentile £675 £600 £623
Scotland median daily rate £470 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +4.33% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 15 35
10th Percentile £16.11 - £11.85
25th Percentile £17.60 £16.84 £16.00
Median hourly rate £60.91 £19.83 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +207.16% -51.56% +182.34%
75th Percentile £61.84 £41.86 £55.63
90th Percentile £77.50 £62.00 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £23.84 £19.37 £19.34
% change year-on-year +23.08% +0.16% +2.63%

Production DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Production DBA job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Production DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Production DBA job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Production DBA job vacancies in Glasgow

Production DBA Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 13 June 2026, Production 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 Glasgow region featuring Production DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Database Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

Production DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Database Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle