Database Engineer
UK
The median Database Engineer daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 465 | 534 | 680 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +69 | +146 | +131 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Database Engineer | 43 | 44 | 36 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.10% | 0.061% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.11% | 0.064% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 34 | 30 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £227 | £152 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £390 | £220 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £575 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.74% | +9.52% | -12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £631 | £598 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £700 | £660 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £250 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +80.00% | -47.37% | -24.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 27,103 | 40,251 | 55,892 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.50% | 92.75% | 94.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,687 | 26,220 | 39,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,052 | 2,676 | 1,569 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.13 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.55% | -18.89% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £40.00 | £42.16 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | -5.11% | +115.96% |
Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Database Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Database Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Database Engineer.
Database Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
Database Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Database Engineer.
Database Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 |
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| England | +69 | 33 | £425 | -27.66% | 27 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 23 | £450 | +80.00% | 11 |
| London | +50 | 15 | £550 | -6.38% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +45 | 13 | £400 | -33.33% | 16 |
| North of England | +27 | 11 | £425 | -34.62% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +23 | 9 | £400 | -38.46% | 1 |
| Scotland | +17 | 7 | £575 | +4.45% | 1 |
| South East | +33 | 2 | £350 | +72.84% | 2 |
| Midlands | +22 | 2 | £170 | +3.03% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 2 | £170 | +3.03% | |
| North West | - | 2 | £493 | - | 1 |
| East of England | +30 | 1 | £180 | -5.26% | 2 |
Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Database Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Database Engineer in the job title.
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Database Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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