Hybrid/Remote SC Cleared DBA Contract Job Trends

Security Check Clearance Database Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Check Clearance Database Administrator daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 298 375
Rank change year-on-year -23 +77 +159
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared DBA 4 19 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.039% 0.16% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.18% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 5
10th Percentile £381 £370 £483
25th Percentile £409 £409 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £519 £594 £550
90th Percentile - £750 £670
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.75% -4.76% -

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,511 10,779 15,942
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.12% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,187 6,809 10,941
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 194 352
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.65 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £27.44
Median hourly rate £45.46 £36.85 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% -30.81% -3.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%

SC Cleared DBA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared DBA' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SC Cleared DBA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

SC Cleared DBA
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid SC Cleared DBA job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid SC Cleared DBA job vacancies

SC Cleared DBA
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SC Cleared DBA over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

SC Cleared DBA daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SC Cleared DBA Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, SC Cleared 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring SC Cleared DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) RBAC
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server

SC Cleared DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (25.00%) RBAC
1 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory