DBA Contract Job Trends in West London

Database Administrator
London > West London

The median Database Administrator daily rate in West London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 27 40
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.34% 0.93% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 1.00% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £344
25th Percentile £525 £725 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £750 £491
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +52.62% -
75th Percentile £575 £775 £583
90th Percentile - - £638
London median daily rate £500 £500 £586
% change year-on-year - -14.71% +20.26%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 254 200 368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.52% 93.46% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 151 262
10th Percentile £300 £206 £200
25th Percentile £418 £269 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £475 £588
90th Percentile £716 £594 £647
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 31
10th Percentile £19.14 £19.20 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.36 £19.58
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% -31.48% -48.00%
75th Percentile £29.73 £24.82 £53.75
90th Percentile £32.80 £29.50 £67.00
London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.75 £28.50
% change year-on-year -2.10% +25.44% -18.57%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

DBA job vacancy trend in West London

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in West London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in West London

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in West London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in West London

DBA Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, 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 across the West London region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR