Database Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Database Security
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 Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Database Security over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 447 602
Rank change year-on-year +134 +155 -136
Contract jobs citing Database Security 31 24 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.094% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.10% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 12
10th Percentile £463 £466 -
25th Percentile £481 £499 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £545 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +17.84% +1.37%
75th Percentile £540 £650 £597
90th Percentile £572 £695 £639
UK median daily rate £540 £505 £575
% change year-on-year +6.93% -12.17% +31.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Database Security 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 13,413 23,039 40,643
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.76% 91.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,959 16,290 29,502
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
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 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 580 529 544
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.58
25th Percentile £25.38 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

Database Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Database Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Database Security
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 Security.

Database Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Database Security
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Database Security over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Database Security daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Database Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) Serverless
2 8 (25.81%) AWS
3 5 (16.13%) Azure
4 3 (9.68%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.23%) OCI
5 1 (3.23%) PaaS
5 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) DHCP
1 1 (3.23%) DNS
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) SAN
1 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (48.39%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (38.71%) NoSQL
2 12 (38.71%) RDBMS
2 12 (38.71%) Relational Database
3 11 (35.48%) MongoDB
3 11 (35.48%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (22.58%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (12.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
5 4 (12.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (12.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (9.68%) Oracle Database
7 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (6.45%) DocumentDB
7 2 (6.45%) MariaDB
7 2 (6.45%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (3.23%) Metadata
8 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (3.23%) Oracle8/8i Database
General
1 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (77.42%) DBA
2 13 (41.94%) PostgreSQL DBA
3 5 (16.13%) Administrator
3 5 (16.13%) Oracle DBA
4 4 (12.90%) Developer
4 4 (12.90%) SQL DBA
4 4 (12.90%) SQL Developer
5 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared DBA
6 2 (6.45%) Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Data Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Security Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Applications Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) AWS Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Developer
7 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL DBA
7 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Performance Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (32.26%) JSON
1 10 (32.26%) Kafka
1 10 (32.26%) XML
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.45%) Clustering
1 2 (6.45%) Replication
2 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.23%) PKI
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Linux
2 2 (6.45%) AIX
3 1 (3.23%) Unix
3 1 (3.23%) Windows
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (35.48%) Mentoring
3 10 (32.26%) Agile
3 10 (32.26%) DevOps
3 10 (32.26%) Performance Tuning
4 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (25.81%) Migration
6 5 (16.13%) Database Tuning
7 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
7 4 (12.90%) Data Science
7 4 (12.90%) Database Migration
8 3 (9.68%) Analytics
8 3 (9.68%) Data Reconciliation
8 3 (9.68%) RBAC
9 2 (6.45%) Capacity Planning
9 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (6.45%) Data Encryption
9 2 (6.45%) ETL
9 2 (6.45%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (6.45%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (41.94%) SQL
2 6 (19.35%) Python
3 4 (12.90%) Bash
3 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
4 2 (6.45%) PL/SQL
4 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.23%) C#
5 1 (3.23%) Java
5 1 (3.23%) R
5 1 (3.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) Azure Certification
4 2 (6.45%) Degree
4 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) MCSA
5 1 (3.23%) MCSE
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.23%) OCP
5 1 (3.23%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) IFRS
1 1 (3.23%) IFRS 17
1 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Data Guard
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Oracle
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) Dell
3 1 (3.23%) HP
3 1 (3.23%) Remedy
3 1 (3.23%) SAP