DBA Contracts in the West Midlands

Database Administrator
England > West Midlands

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Database Administrator daily rate in the West Midlands.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 103 131
Rank change year-on-year +8 +28 +25
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 2 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.41% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.45% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 5
10th Percentile - £381 £262
25th Percentile - £390 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +23.08% -25.71%
75th Percentile - - £400
90th Percentile - £513 £633
England median daily rate £450 £511 £500
% change year-on-year -11.98% +2.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £12.50
England median hourly rate £63.75 £51.50 £34.80
% change year-on-year +23.78% +48.01% -18.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,221 1,776 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 91.22% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,198 1,556
10th Percentile £200 £259 £250
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £702 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 134 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £15.02
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%
75th Percentile £28.18 £42.31 £26.82
90th Percentile £35.58 £55.88 £55.63
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the West Midlands

DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DBA in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for DBA in the West Midlands

DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DBA in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for DBA in the West Midlands

DBA
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the West Midlands region 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
Shropshire - 2 - -
DBA
England

DBA Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) OCP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Database Security
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Database Security
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) OCP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle