DBA Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Database Administrator
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Gloucestershire is £606, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.82% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 - -
South West median daily rate £534 £658 £525
% change year-on-year -18.75% +25.24% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 315 325 376
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.30% 96.15% 91.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 213 242
10th Percentile £229 £259 £310
25th Percentile £425 £425 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +1.10%
75th Percentile £625 £670 £700
90th Percentile £700 £734 £755
South West median daily rate £520 £500 £528
% change year-on-year +3.95% -5.17% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 17 41
10th Percentile £15.17 £24.67 £26.25
25th Percentile £31.50 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -50.86% +38.55% -18.80%
75th Percentile £61.02 £71.25 £78.00
90th Percentile £68.81 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £44.00 £65.00 £59.68
% change year-on-year -32.31% +8.91% -8.18%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

DBA job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Gloucestershire

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Gloucestershire

DBA
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Gloucester - 3 £606 - 1
DBA
South West

DBA Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Gloucestershire region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) DynamoDB
1 3 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle APEX
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) SQL

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (100.00%) DynamoDB
1 3 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle APEX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle