Senior Oracle DBA Contracts

Senior Oracle Database Administrator
UK

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Oracle Database Administrator daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 590 707
Rank change year-on-year +71 +117 +137
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Oracle DBA 1 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.018% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.020% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £363 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +28.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £688 £581
90th Percentile - £693 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate - £375 £650
% change year-on-year - -42.31% +18.18%

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 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
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 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +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 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Senior Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Oracle DBA in the UK

Senior Oracle DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Oracle DBA.

Daily rate trend for Senior Oracle DBA in the UK

Senior Oracle DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Oracle DBA.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Oracle DBA in the UK

Senior Oracle DBA
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 Senior Oracle DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
UK excluding London +59 1 - -
England +50 1 - - 2
South East - 1 - -

Senior Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior Oracle 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 Senior Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation

Senior Oracle 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle