Database Designer Contracts

Database Designer
UK

The median Database Designer daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 715 -
Rank change year-on-year +139 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Database Designer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.002% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Database Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Database Designer in the UK

Database Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Database Designer.

Daily rate trend for Database Designer in the UK

Database Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Database Designer.

Hourly rate trend for Database Designer in the UK

Database Designer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Scotland - 2 £575 -
Work from Home - 2 £575 -
UK excluding London - 2 £575 -

Database Designer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Database Designer 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 Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science

Database Designer 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle APEX
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle