Database Security Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Database Security
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 144 103 141
Rank change year-on-year -41 +38 +5
Contract jobs citing Database Security 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.14% 0.068% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.073% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £397 - £444
25th Percentile £401 - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £609 - £491
90th Percentile £626 - £496
South East median daily rate £478 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +6.11% -21.74% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
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
South East median hourly rate - £63.75 £58.73
% change year-on-year - +8.54% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,416 1,373 2,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.18% 92.83% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,601 833 1,293
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +2.50% -0.10% -1.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 57 166
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.09
25th Percentile £27.69 £14.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.05 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.29% -28.78% -12.20%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.50 £64.57
90th Percentile £99.00 £78.31 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +96.43% -41.05% -3.06%

Database Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Database Security job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Database Security
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Database Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Database Security

Database Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Database Security in the Thames Valley

Database Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Database Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Database Security

Database Security
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Berkshire -28 2 £588 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 2 £400 -
Database Security
South East

Database Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database 12c
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) DBA
2 2 (50.00%) SQL DBA
3 1 (25.00%) Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared DBA
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior DBA
3 1 (25.00%) Senior SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
1 2 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (50.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) RBAC
3 1 (25.00%) Security Auditing
3 1 (25.00%) Security Hardening
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (25.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle