DBA Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Database Administrator
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Swindon is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 1.04% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £425 £500 -
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 85 84 152
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.54% 90.32% 96.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 53 105
10th Percentile £309 £205 £228
25th Percentile £408 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £465 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.83% -11.37% +5.00%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £619
90th Percentile £693 £700 £675
Wiltshire median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £20.86 - -
25th Percentile £30.51 - -
Median hourly rate £48.53 - £14.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.57%
75th Percentile £68.36 - -
90th Percentile £79.10 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £49.25
% change year-on-year +87.65% -74.03% -23.35%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

DBA job vacancy trend in Swindon

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Swindon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Swindon

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Swindon.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Swindon

DBA Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, DBA 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 Swindon region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Exadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle