SC Cleared DBA Contracts

Security Check Clearance Database Administrator
UK

The median Security Check Clearance Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 570 686
Rank change year-on-year +57 +116 +113
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared DBA 7 12 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.028% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.030% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 24
10th Percentile £405 £570 £413
25th Percentile £410 £600 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +25.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £485 £725 £538
90th Percentile £525 - £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -33.33% +14.29% +5.00%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

SC Cleared DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SC Cleared DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared DBA in the UK

SC Cleared DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared DBA.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared DBA in the UK

SC Cleared DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared DBA.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared DBA in the UK

SC Cleared DBA
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Work from Home +42 4 £443 -19.55%
England +50 3 £415 -40.71%
London +33 2 £433 -38.21%
UK excluding London +61 1 £400 -33.33%
South East - 1 £400 -

SC Cleared DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SC Cleared DBA 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 SC Cleared DBA in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (57.14%) High Availability
4 3 (42.86%) AWS
4 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
5 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
5 2 (28.57%) Database Security
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (28.57%) Replication
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle
5 2 (28.57%) Unix
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (14.29%) Data Security
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (14.29%) Migration
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (14.29%) Security Hardening
6 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance

SC Cleared DBA 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (14.29%) MariaDB
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 2 (28.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) High Availability
2 2 (28.57%) Database Security
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Data Security
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (14.29%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Virgin Media