Database Optimisation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Database Optimisation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Database Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Database Optimisation over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 456 613
Rank change year-on-year +128 +157 -143
Contract jobs citing Database Optimisation 18 15 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.059% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.065% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 2
10th Percentile £313 £563 -
25th Percentile £386 £570 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £553 £610 £588
90th Percentile £588 - -
UK median daily rate £515 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -12.71% +2.61% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Database Optimisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,390 22,975 40,674
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.75% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,954 16,256 29,514
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £720
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 528 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.00 £30.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Database Optimisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Database Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Database Optimisation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Database Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Database Optimisation.

Database Optimisation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Database Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Database Optimisation over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Database Optimisation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Database Optimisation
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (5.56%) Datadog
3 1 (5.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (27.78%) MySQL
3 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle Database
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (5.56%) Redis
3 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) ERwin
1 1 (5.56%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Back Office
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Developer
2 8 (44.44%) Senior
2 8 (44.44%) Senior Developer
3 5 (27.78%) .NET Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Senior Software Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Software Developer
5 3 (16.67%) DBA
5 3 (16.67%) Java Developer
6 2 (11.11%) Backend Developer
6 2 (11.11%) Distributed Systems Developer
6 2 (11.11%) Senior Java Developer
6 2 (11.11%) Senior Systems Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Administrator
7 1 (5.56%) Azure Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 1 (5.56%) Lead
7 1 (5.56%) Senior Backend Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Senior C# Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) .NET
2 7 (38.89%) AngularJS
3 5 (27.78%) CSS
3 5 (27.78%) HTML
3 5 (27.78%) React
3 5 (27.78%) RESTful
3 5 (27.78%) Vue
4 2 (11.11%) .NET Framework
4 2 (11.11%) XML
5 1 (5.56%) Kafka
5 1 (5.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (5.56%) Spring
5 1 (5.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Agile
2 9 (50.00%) Content Management
3 8 (44.44%) Design Patterns
4 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 5 (27.78%) API Development
5 5 (27.78%) API Integration
5 5 (27.78%) Code Quality
5 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (27.78%) Full Stack Development
5 5 (27.78%) User Experience
5 5 (27.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 5 (27.78%) UX Design
6 4 (22.22%) SDLC
7 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 3 (16.67%) DevOps
8 2 (11.11%) Front End Development
8 2 (11.11%) Microservices
8 2 (11.11%) Migration
8 2 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) JavaScript
2 11 (61.11%) PowerShell
2 11 (61.11%) SQL
3 10 (55.56%) Java
4 9 (50.00%) C#
5 1 (5.56%) Kotlin
5 1 (5.56%) Scala
5 1 (5.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 5 (27.78%) Accessibility
2 5 (27.78%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Checkmarx
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle