Database Manager Contracts

Database Manager
UK

The median Database Manager daily rate in the UK is £561, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 565 658
Rank change year-on-year +7 +93 +189
Contract jobs requiring a Database Manager 5 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.018% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.019% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £529 - -
25th Percentile £534 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 - -
75th Percentile £582 - -
90th Percentile £583 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £573 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.75 - -
Median hourly rate £53.50 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.50% - -
75th Percentile £55.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £100.00 -

All DemandTrendContract 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 29,910 35,903 47,906
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 93.02% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,855 22,735 32,984
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,566 1,849 1,472
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.16 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.58 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.78% +9.88% +86.05%

Database Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Database Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Database Manager in the UK

Database Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Database Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Database Manager job vacancies in the UK

Database Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Database Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Database Manager job vacancies in the UK

Database Manager
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 August 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
England +25 5 £561 - 2
London +24 4 £550 - 2
Work from Home +19 1 - -
UK excluding London +2 1 £573 - 1
North of England - 1 £573 -
Yorkshire - 1 £573 -

Database Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Database Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) CMS
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Register

Database Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft