DBA Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Database Administrator
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Wokingham is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
14 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 0.49% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £412 - -
25th Percentile £415 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £430 - -
90th Percentile £430 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £469 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 323 95 85
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.40% 85.59% 98.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 60 58
10th Percentile £270 £255 £310
25th Percentile £350 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £436 £484
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% -9.77% -3.30%
75th Percentile £512 £575 £573
90th Percentile £650 £630 £615
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -0.50%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

DBA job vacancy trend in Wokingham

DBA
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Wokingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Wokingham

DBA Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 14 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 Wokingham region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Korn
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Responsibility
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Responsibility
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Korn
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
DBA jobs