Database Security Contract Job Trends in Reading

Database Security
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Database Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - 97
Rank change year-on-year - - -13
Contract jobs citing Database Security 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.20% - 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £511 - £444
25th Percentile £528 - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £628 - £491
90th Percentile £634 - £496
Berkshire median daily rate £588 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59.89
Median hourly rate - - £60.14
75th Percentile - - £60.39
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £63.75 £58.73
% change year-on-year - +8.54% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Database Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 873 539 1,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 86.78% 92.45% 89.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 319 565
10th Percentile £318 £300 £213
25th Percentile £417 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £716 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.67% -3.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 2 47
10th Percentile £57.50 £33.82 £20.17
25th Percentile £80.75 £41.05 £52.90
Median hourly rate £84.00 £53.10 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +58.21% -13.87% -5.16%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.14 £80.69
90th Percentile £105.50 £72.37 £87.49
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.54 £61.50 £61.00
% change year-on-year +35.84% +0.81% +7.23%

Database Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Database Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Database Security job vacancy trend in Reading

Database Security
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Database Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Database Security

Database Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Database Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Database Security

Database Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) DBA
2 1 (50.00%) Administrator
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared DBA
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (50.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle