DBA Contracts in the Midlands

Database Administrator
England > Midlands

The median Database Administrator daily rate in the Midlands is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 156 178
Rank change year-on-year +30 +22 -42
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 8 13 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.29% 0.37% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.40% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 24
10th Percentile £381 £313 £312
25th Percentile £390 £356 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year - -8.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile - £481 £495
90th Percentile £513 £686 £504
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.50 -
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.40 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.13% -12.01% -15.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,507 3,290 4,984
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 94.40% 96.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,697 2,318 3,662
10th Percentile £211 £223 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.50% +12.56%
75th Percentile £588 £586 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 133 177
10th Percentile £11.97 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.33 £15.25 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +17.65% +10.03%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.00 £22.10
90th Percentile £52.67 £59.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DBA in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DBA in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for DBA in the Midlands

DBA
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
West Midlands +27 7 £400 +10.34% 6
East Midlands +11 1 - - 3
DBA
England

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, DBA 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 Midlands region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (75.00%) High Availability
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (50.00%) Statistics
4 4 (50.00%) Clustering
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (25.00%) Replication
5 2 (25.00%) Database Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
6 1 (12.50%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (12.50%) EMC
6 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
6 1 (12.50%) Oracle
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) Linux
6 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
6 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
3 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
3 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Clustering
2 2 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) High Availability
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (50.00%) Statistics
3 2 (25.00%) Database Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Database Mirroring
4 1 (12.50%) Database Security
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Server Migrations
4 1 (12.50%) Server Patching
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Data Guard
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) EMC
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle