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 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 144 170
Rank change year-on-year +36 +26 -35
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 19 17 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.70% 0.52% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.55% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 24
10th Percentile £270 £313 £312
25th Percentile £379 £350 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year - -8.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £418 £500 £496
90th Percentile £486 £640 £528
England median daily rate £500 £500 £523
% change year-on-year - -4.31% +16.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.50 -
England median hourly rate £51.50 £34.80 £46.25
% change year-on-year +48.01% -24.77% -7.50%

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 2,509 3,069 4,809
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 94.52% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,711 2,161 3,497
10th Percentile £213 £225 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +14.20%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £560
90th Percentile £676 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 115 167
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.70
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.12 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.36 £20.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% +17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £31.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.67 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +6.98%

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 23 May 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 23 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
West Midlands +20 11 £395 +21.54% 10
East Midlands +17 8 £400 - 3
DBA
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 14 (73.68%) SQL
1 14 (73.68%) SQL Server
2 11 (57.89%) High Availability
3 9 (47.37%) Performance Tuning
3 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
4 8 (42.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (31.58%) Windows
5 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
6 5 (26.32%) Degree
6 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (26.32%) DV Cleared
6 5 (26.32%) Mentoring
6 5 (26.32%) Windows Server
6 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
6 5 (26.32%) Data Modelling
6 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (26.32%) MCTS
6 5 (26.32%) MCITP
6 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (21.05%) Statistics
7 4 (21.05%) Clustering
7 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Clustering
7 4 (21.05%) Performance Monitoring
8 3 (15.79%) Proactive Monitoring
9 2 (10.53%) Database Security
9 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (10.53%) Capacity Planning
9 2 (10.53%) Data Integration

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 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (73.68%) SQL Server
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (10.53%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.26%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (5.26%) MySQL
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
4 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (5.26%) RDBMS
4 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.26%) Banking
2 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Clustering
2 2 (10.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Windows Server
3 2 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) High Availability
2 9 (47.37%) Performance Tuning
3 8 (42.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (26.32%) Data Modelling
4 5 (26.32%) Mentoring
5 4 (21.05%) Performance Monitoring
5 4 (21.05%) Statistics
6 3 (15.79%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (10.53%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (10.53%) Data Integration
7 2 (10.53%) Database Migration
7 2 (10.53%) Database Security
7 2 (10.53%) ETL
7 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (5.26%) Change Control
8 1 (5.26%) Database Mirroring
8 1 (5.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 1 (5.26%) Load Balancing
8 1 (5.26%) Server Patching
8 1 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) DV Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) MCITP
2 5 (26.32%) MCTS
3 1 (5.26%) OCP
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (5.26%) Data Guard
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 1 (5.26%) EMC