Production DBA Contract Job Trends

Production Database Administrator
UK

The median Production Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Production DBA 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 - -

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 46,221 27,241 40,562
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.30% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,120 17,531 26,073
10th Percentile £325 £290 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,085 1,148 2,936
10th Percentile £15.24 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.70 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.10% -26.13% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £61.81
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +76.94% -37.13% -4.94%

Production DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Production DBA job vacancy trend in the UK

Production DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Production DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Production DBA
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Production DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
UK excluding London - 2 £475 - 1
South East - 1 - -
England - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £475 - 1

Production DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 June 2026, Production 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 Production DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Database Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Database Security
2 1 (50.00%) Database Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Korn
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Production 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 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Database Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Database Security
1 1 (50.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Korn
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat