DBA Contract Job Trends in Newport

Database Administrator
South Wales > Newport

As of 30 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Database Administrator daily rate in Newport.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 1.92% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate - £275 £588
% change year-on-year - -53.19% +19.90%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 50 60 68
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 90.91% 85.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 28 45
10th Percentile £387 £149 £142
25th Percentile £420 £189 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £389 £450
Median % change year-on-year +41.48% -13.61% -14.29%
75th Percentile £580 £603 £600
90th Percentile £713 £668 £660
South Wales median daily rate £413 £420 £420
% change year-on-year -1.79% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 21 16
10th Percentile - £15.20 £12.96
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.12 £19.60
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.36 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -42.03% +132.53%
75th Percentile £82.50 £41.25 £55.56
90th Percentile £84.00 £45.00 £86.90
South Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £25.36 £33.50
% change year-on-year -24.72% -24.30% +103.71%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

DBA job vacancy trend in Newport

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Newport.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Newport

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Newport.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Newport

DBA Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 30 January 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 Newport region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk