Database Manager Contracts in London

Database Manager
England > London

The median Database Manager daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 389 -
Rank change year-on-year +42 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Database Manager 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.048% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.012% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £473 - -
25th Percentile £488 £595 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £620 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.32% - -
75th Percentile £563 £645 -
90th Percentile £578 - -
England median daily rate £575 £620 -
% change year-on-year -7.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.75 - -
Median hourly rate £53.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £53.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Database Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Database Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Database Manager in London

Database Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Database Manager in London.

Daily rate trend for Database Manager in London

Database Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Database Manager in London.

Hourly rate trend for Database Manager in London

Database Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Database Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Database Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (33.33%) Business Development
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Observability
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Metadata
4 1 (16.67%) Power BI
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Content Management
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (16.67%) Storage Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Advertising
4 1 (16.67%) CMS

Database Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Advertising
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Business Development
3 2 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Observability
3 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Content Management
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft