Database Specialist Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Database Specialist
England > North of England

The median Database Specialist daily rate in the North of England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 - 180
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Database Specialist 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.018% - 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% - 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £423
75th Percentile £675 - £437
90th Percentile - - £442
England median daily rate £450 £450 £575
% change year-on-year - -21.74% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 5,096 3,005 4,595
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 93.06% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,213 1,939 2,935
10th Percentile £230 £230 £256
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £556 £567 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £669
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 143 400
10th Percentile £17.11 £13.54 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.13 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £27.50 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% +33.61% -31.39%
75th Percentile £65.33 £47.47 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.33 £79.42 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.32 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +3.77% +7.69% -23.29%

Database Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Database Specialist job vacancy trend in the North of England

Database Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Database Specialist job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Database Specialist job vacancies in the North of England

Database Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
North West - 1 £650 - 1
Database Specialist
England

Database Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 11 March 2026, Database Specialist 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 of England region featuring Database Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Kernel Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Database Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Kernel Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
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%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle