Senior DBA Contract Job Trends in the North of England
Senior Database Administrator
England > North of England
The median Senior Database Administrator daily rate in the North of England is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 256 | 197 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -59 | - | - |
| Contract Senior DBA jobs | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the North of England | 0.12% | 0.022% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.024% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £429 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £528 | £363 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £581 | £375 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +54.93% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £388 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £678 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £505 | £599 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.91% | -15.66% | +33.06% |
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 adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title | 6,955 | 4,123 | 3,652 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 90.97% | 91.68% | 92.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,002 | 2,756 | 1,991 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £215 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £363 | £385 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £466 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.35% | -1.95% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £594 | £563 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £669 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -1.87% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 759 | 268 | 220 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.85 | £15.18 | £15.47 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.93 | £19.07 | £18.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.00 | £29.14 | £29.89 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.00% | -2.51% | +18.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £51.02 | £46.51 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £74.26 | £69.78 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -37.13% | -11.11% |
Senior DBA Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Senior DBA job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
Senior DBA Daily Rate Trend in the North of England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior DBA job vacancies in the North of England.
Senior DBA Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England
Daily rate distribution for Senior DBA jobs in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 November 2026.
Senior DBA Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior DBA job vacancies in the North of England.
Senior DBA 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 Senior DBA jobs within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | - | 4 | £552 | - | 3 |
| North West | -51 | 3 | £650 | +73.33% | 2 |
| North East | - | 3 | £625 | - | 3 |
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Senior DBA Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England
For the 6 months to 10 November 2026, Senior DBA contract job ads cited 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 Senior DBA job ads across the North of England region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oracle | 88.9% | 8 |
| 2 | Oracle Database | 55.6% | 5 |
| 2 | RDBMS | 55.6% | 5 |
| 2 | Relational Database | 55.6% | 5 |
| 2 | Terraform | 55.6% | 5 |
| 6 | Ansible | 44.4% | 4 |
| 6 | AWS | 44.4% | 4 |
| 6 | Linux | 44.4% | 4 |
| 6 | Oracle RAC | 44.4% | 4 |
| 6 | Performance Tuning | 44.4% | 4 |
| 11 | CI/CD | 33.3% | 3 |
| 11 | DevOps | 33.3% | 3 |
| 11 | Infrastructure as Code | 33.3% | 3 |
| 11 | PostgreSQL | 33.3% | 3 |
| 11 | SQL | 33.3% | 3 |
| 16 | AIX | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Azure | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Data Guard | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Data Security | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Dynatrace | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | GCP | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Git | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | GitLab | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Migration | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | OCI | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Oracle Exadata | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Oracle RMAN | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Prometheus | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Python | 22.2% | 2 |
| 16 | Splunk | 22.2% | 2 |
Senior DBA Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Oracle DBA | 44.4% | 4 |
| 2 | Administrator | 22.2% | 2 |
| 3 | DevOps Administrator | 11.1% | 1 |
| 3 | PostgreSQL DBA | 11.1% | 1 |
| 3 | Senior Data Warehouse Developer | 11.1% | 1 |
| 3 | Senior DB2 DBA | 11.1% | 1 |
| 3 | Senior DevOps | 11.1% | 1 |