DBA Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Database Administrator
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £501, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.16% - 3.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £501 - £491
90th Percentile - - £496
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £501 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -9.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 590 188 146
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 94.47% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 128 85
10th Percentile £313 £218 £333
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £464 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +3.06% -18.18%
75th Percentile £576 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £641 £635
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £464 £450
% change year-on-year -2.96% +3.06% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 6 10
10th Percentile £25.69 £13.56 £18.23
25th Percentile £62.50 £14.78 £20.75
Median hourly rate £66.25 £19.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +244.16% -61.50% +104.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £20.63 £70.00
90th Percentile - £36.31 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £68.47 £13.25 £23.00
% change year-on-year +416.95% -42.41% -6.12%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

DBA job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

DBA Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, DBA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Guard
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle