DBA Contract Job Trends in the North East

Database Administrator
England > North East

The median Database Administrator daily rate in the North East is £501, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.13% - 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 2.63%
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
England median daily rate £456 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -8.75% +5.26% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 711 273 228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 92.23% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 183 116
10th Percentile £313 £190 £263
25th Percentile £364 £345 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.22%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 19 28
10th Percentile £25.00 - £10.42
25th Percentile £62.50 £11.60 £11.44
Median hourly rate £68.47 £13.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +426.69% -39.53% -33.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £20.30 £47.14
90th Percentile - £47.34 £70.00
England median hourly rate £45.25 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.05% -38.84% -1.71%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

DBA job vacancy trend in the North East

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in the North East

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in the North East

DBA
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the North East region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £501 - 1
DBA
England

DBA Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 27 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 North East 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 the North East 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