Database Optimisation Contracts in London

Database Optimisation
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Database Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Database Optimisation over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 479 596
Rank change year-on-year +118 +117 -121
Contract jobs citing Database Optimisation 27 22 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.082% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.090% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 22 9
10th Percentile £417 £298 £488
25th Percentile £466 £516 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% -1.67% +46.34%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £663
90th Percentile £619 £610 £895
England median daily rate £535 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -9.32% +2.61% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Database Optimisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,690 24,329 35,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.98% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,247 17,488 26,241
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 276 422
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.50 £17.28
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.48 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +6.12% +12.47%
75th Percentile £47.34 £63.81 £50.94
90th Percentile £65.68 £80.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Database Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Database Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Database Optimisation in London

Database Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Database Optimisation in London

Database Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Optimisation in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Database Optimisation in London

Database Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Optimisation within the London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
East London - 6 £443 -
Central London +40 2 £480 +81.13% 4
Database Optimisation
England

Database Optimisation
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 (3.70%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.70%) AWS
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (3.70%) Datadog
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) Redis
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (3.70%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.11%) Back Office
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Developer
2 14 (51.85%) Senior
2 14 (51.85%) Senior Developer
3 8 (29.63%) Senior Software Developer
3 8 (29.63%) Software Developer
4 6 (22.22%) Backend Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 4 (14.81%) Lead
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Backend Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Technical Leader
7 2 (7.41%) Data Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Distributed Systems Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Java Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior Systems Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Architect
8 1 (3.70%) C# Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Oracle DBA
8 1 (3.70%) Senior C# Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) .NET
2 3 (11.11%) XML
3 2 (7.41%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.41%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.70%) ARM Templates
4 1 (3.70%) Kafka
4 1 (3.70%) REST
4 1 (3.70%) Spring
4 1 (3.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (29.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Agile
2 19 (70.37%) Content Management
3 18 (66.67%) Design Patterns
3 18 (66.67%) Software Engineering
4 13 (48.15%) SDLC
5 5 (18.52%) DevOps
5 5 (18.52%) Front End Development
6 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
6 4 (14.81%) Data Modelling
7 3 (11.11%) ETL
7 3 (11.11%) OO
7 3 (11.11%) OOP
7 3 (11.11%) Scrum
7 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Workflow
8 2 (7.41%) B2C
8 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
8 2 (7.41%) Data Integration
8 2 (7.41%) Microservices
8 2 (7.41%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 21 (77.78%) Java
1 21 (77.78%) PowerShell
1 21 (77.78%) SQL
2 20 (74.07%) C#
2 20 (74.07%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.41%) Bicep
4 1 (3.70%) C
4 1 (3.70%) Kotlin
4 1 (3.70%) Scala
4 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (59.26%) PCI DSS
2 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Argo
1 1 (3.70%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) Checkmarx
3 1 (3.70%) Databricks
3 1 (3.70%) Yardi