Database Architect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Database Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Database Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 344 472
Rank change year-on-year +44 +128 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Database Architect 1 4 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.026% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.028% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £586 £445
25th Percentile £581 £659 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £700 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% +27.27% -21.03%
75th Percentile £594 - £641
90th Percentile - - £646
UK median daily rate £744 £650 £625
% change year-on-year +14.42% +4.00% -6.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,281 14,167 24,342
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.50% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,352 9,496 17,179
10th Percentile £338 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 575 559
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.33 £17.68
25th Percentile £17.51 £23.29 £25.71
Median hourly rate £35.13 £43.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -20.37% +54.29%
75th Percentile £66.38 £62.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +90.68%

Database Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Database Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Database Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Database Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Database Architect.

Database Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Database Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Database Architect 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Database Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Aveksa
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC

Database Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aveksa
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle