Senior DBA Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Senior Database Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Database Administrator daily rate in the Thames Valley is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 103 -
Rank change year-on-year -45 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior DBA 7 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.27% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £403 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £625 £500 -
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £63.75 -
South East median hourly rate - £63.75 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,750 1,367 2,487
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.62% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,753 862 1,384
10th Percentile £310 £286 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 68 202
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £15.85
25th Percentile £24.66 £15.13 £20.17
Median hourly rate £60.00 £31.78 £48.29
Median % change year-on-year +88.83% -34.20% -2.44%
75th Percentile £85.50 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £78.25 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £32.05 £50.00
% change year-on-year +56.01% -35.90% -

Senior DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Senior DBA job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Senior DBA
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior DBA job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior DBA job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Senior DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior DBA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior DBA in the Thames Valley

Senior DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior DBA job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior DBA job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Senior DBA
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 Senior DBA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Berkshire -28 5 £625 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 2 £405 -
Senior DBA
South East

Senior DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 10 June 2026, Senior 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior DBA in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle Database
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle Database 12c
3 3 (42.86%) Teamcenter
4 2 (28.57%) High Availability
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 2 (28.57%) Python
4 2 (28.57%) Unix
5 1 (14.29%) Bash
5 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Database Security
5 1 (14.29%) Database Tuning
5 1 (14.29%) Db2
5 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (14.29%) ETL
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Korn
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification

Senior DBA Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Teamcenter
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle Database
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (14.29%) Db2
4 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
4 1 (14.29%) MySQL
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle8/8i Database
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (14.29%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Developer 2000
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Replication
2 1 (14.29%) Clustering
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Life Science
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Unix
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Database Security
2 1 (14.29%) Database Tuning
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) ETL
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (14.29%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
2 1 (14.29%) Security Auditing
2 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (28.57%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Bash
3 1 (14.29%) Korn
3 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
3 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) OCP
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 1 (14.29%) Wonderware