Database Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Database Optimisation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Database Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 110 118
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Database Optimisation 1 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.050% 0.31% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.34% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £282 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £290 £475
Median % change year-on-year +64.08% -39.05% -
75th Percentile £488 £297 £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £563 £450 £515
% change year-on-year +25.00% -12.62% -10.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Database Optimisation 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,661 1,478 1,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 82.84% 92.90% 87.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 853 1,140
10th Percentile £286 £257 £220
25th Percentile £381 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £463 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% - -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £568
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 53 91
10th Percentile £12.62 £16.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.45 £17.30 £15.05
Median hourly rate £19.33 £19.97 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +2.41% +21.95%
75th Percentile £50.00 £25.15 £44.47
90th Percentile £77.50 £57.16 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

Database Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Database Optimisation job vacancy trend in Scotland

Database Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Database Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Database Optimisation

Database Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Optimisation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Edinburgh -8 1 £475 -
Database Optimisation
UK

Database Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL DBA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server DBA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) RedGate
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds