DV Cleared DBA Contract Job Trends

Developed Vetting Clearance Database Administrator
UK

The median Developed Vetting Clearance Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £492, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 515 573
Rank change year-on-year -101 +58 +144
Contract jobs requiring a DV Cleared DBA 7 2 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.007% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.007% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £400 - £450
25th Percentile £423 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £663
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% -16.98% +33.84%
75th Percentile £498 £575 £713
90th Percentile £500 - £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £446 - £375
% change year-on-year - - -23.47%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,306 27,128 40,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 92.60% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,259 17,804 26,404
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £627 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,679 980 2,578
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.65 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.26 £19.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.86 £31.42 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.20% -10.22% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.58 £72.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.28% -14.29% -17.38%

DV Cleared DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

DV Cleared DBA job vacancy trend in the UK

DV Cleared DBA
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DV Cleared DBA job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DV Cleared DBA job vacancies in the UK

DV Cleared DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DV Cleared DBA job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DV Cleared DBA job vacancies in the UK

DV Cleared DBA
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DV Cleared DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 15 April 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
England -118 7 £492 -10.55% 3
UK excluding London -90 5 £446 - 3
North of England - 3 £492 -
South East -49 2 £400 - 2
London -54 2 £500 -9.09%
North West - 2 £492 -
Work from Home - 2 £400 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -

DV Cleared DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 April 2026, DV Cleared 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 featuring DV Cleared DBA in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle
4 3 (42.86%) High Availability
4 3 (42.86%) MySQL
4 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
5 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (28.57%) Statistics
6 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (14.29%) Database Security
6 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
6 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery

DV Cleared DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) MySQL
2 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) High Availability
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Security Management
2 2 (28.57%) Statistics
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Database Security
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) RedGate
3 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds