DBA Contracts in Milton Keynes

Database Administrator
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Milton Keynes is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 41 52
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 +41
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a DBA 2 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.85% 0.34% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.37% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 13
10th Percentile - - £376
25th Percentile - £335 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% -3.15%
75th Percentile - £365 £425
90th Percentile - - £450
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £350 £350 £400
% change year-on-year - -12.50% -3.15%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 224 272 663
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 92.52% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 197 534
10th Percentile £213 £253 £268
25th Percentile £352 £363 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £548 £550 £588
90th Percentile £644 £631 £688
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £435 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.52 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £20.56 £13.16
Median hourly rate £15.50 £26.29 £13.37
Median % change year-on-year -41.04% +96.63% +16.36%
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.19 £13.57
90th Percentile £25.15 £37.12 £16.16
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.38 £25.00 £16.40
% change year-on-year -38.50% +52.44% +23.77%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Milton Keynes

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Milton Keynes

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Milton Keynes

DBA Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, 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 Milton Keynes region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script