Database Security Contracts in the South East

Database Security
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Database Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Database Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 192 217
Rank change year-on-year +39 +25 +44
Contract jobs citing Database Security 6 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.23% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.28% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 5
10th Percentile - £400 -
25th Percentile - £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% +40.85%
75th Percentile £472 £588 -
90th Percentile £511 - £553
England median daily rate £447 £540 £505
% change year-on-year -17.18% +6.93% -12.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £56.53 -
25th Percentile £61.87 £57.09 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £58.73 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.54% - -
75th Percentile £65.62 £59.91 -
90th Percentile - £60.20 -
England median hourly rate £63.75 £57.32 -
% change year-on-year +11.21% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Database Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Database Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Database Security in the South East

Database Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Database Security in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Database Security in the South East

Database Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Database Security in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Database Security in the South East

Database Security
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
East Sussex - 3 £450 -
Thames Valley +40 1 - - 1
Berkshire +28 1 - - 1
Hampshire +24 1 - - 2
Surrey - 1 £525 -
Database Security
England

Database Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) DBA
2 5 (83.33%) SQL DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Clustering
1 2 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (66.67%) High Availability
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL
4 3 (50.00%) Database Migration
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Optimisation
5 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
6 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
6 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
6 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 1 (16.67%) Database Optimisation
6 1 (16.67%) Database Tuning
6 1 (16.67%) Kanban
6 1 (16.67%) Migration
6 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
6 1 (16.67%) Scrum
6 1 (16.67%) Strategic Management
6 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds