DBA Contracts in England

Database Administrator
UK > England

The median Database Administrator daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 345 382
Rank change year-on-year +11 +37 -15
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 211 323 466
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.67% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.71% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 222 315
10th Percentile £375 £385 £363
25th Percentile £413 £450 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +15.56%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £588
90th Percentile £688 £665 £638
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £32.45 £14.30 £26.38
25th Percentile £39.13 £17.00 £35.94
Median hourly rate £51.50 £34.80 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +48.01% -24.77% -7.50%
75th Percentile £65.13 £53.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £72.55 £74.48 £56.75
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £34.80 £46.25
% change year-on-year +48.01% -24.77% -7.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,728 45,413 67,759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,387 32,257 48,330
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £763 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,336 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.25 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DBA in England

DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DBA in England.

Daily rate trend for DBA in England

DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBA in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DBA in England

DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DBA in England.

Hourly rate trend for DBA in England

DBA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DBA in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DBA in England

DBA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +40 101 £580 +10.48% 19
North of England +42 55 £490 -2.00% 17
Yorkshire +38 29 £450 -17.43% 5
South East +6 21 £550 +18.92% 17
North West +21 20 £534 +12.42% 6
Midlands +21 17 £400 - 14
West Midlands +17 11 £395 +21.54% 11
East Midlands +17 6 £400 - 3
North East +10 6 £475 -9.52% 6
South West -15 3 £593 +18.50% 3
East of England -7 2 £450 +5.88% 5
DBA
UK

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, DBA 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 job ads across the England region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 116 (54.98%) SQL
2 72 (34.12%) Oracle
3 63 (29.86%) SQL Server
4 53 (25.12%) Performance Tuning
5 46 (21.80%) Security Cleared
6 45 (21.33%) Oracle Database
6 45 (21.33%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (20.85%) Disaster Recovery
7 44 (20.85%) AWS
8 39 (18.48%) Microsoft
9 36 (17.06%) Migration
10 35 (16.59%) Python
10 35 (16.59%) Azure
11 33 (15.64%) Linux
12 32 (15.17%) Database Security
12 32 (15.17%) Social Skills
13 31 (14.69%) High Availability
13 31 (14.69%) DV Cleared
14 28 (13.27%) DevOps
14 28 (13.27%) Public Sector
15 27 (12.80%) Replication
16 26 (12.32%) Relational Database
16 26 (12.32%) MongoDB
17 25 (11.85%) MySQL
18 24 (11.37%) Finance
19 23 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
20 22 (10.43%) RDBMS
21 21 (9.95%) SAP
21 21 (9.95%) Agile
21 21 (9.95%) Banking

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (0.95%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.47%) Apache
2 1 (0.47%) Apache Solr
2 1 (0.47%) IIS
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle HTTP Server
Business Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (20.85%) AWS
2 35 (16.59%) Azure
3 12 (5.69%) GCP
4 11 (5.21%) Serverless
5 8 (3.79%) OCI
6 6 (2.84%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.90%) PaaS
7 4 (1.90%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.42%) IaaS
9 2 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.47%) GitHub
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) Firewall
1 1 (0.47%) HTTP
1 1 (0.47%) Internet
1 1 (0.47%) Kerberos
1 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (29.86%) SQL Server
2 45 (21.33%) Oracle Database
2 45 (21.33%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (12.32%) MongoDB
3 26 (12.32%) Relational Database
4 25 (11.85%) MySQL
5 22 (10.43%) RDBMS
6 20 (9.48%) Oracle Reports
7 19 (9.00%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (8.06%) NoSQL
8 17 (8.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (8.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (7.11%) Ingres
9 15 (7.11%) Sybase ASE
10 12 (5.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (4.74%) DB2
12 7 (3.32%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (3.32%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (2.84%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Maven
2 6 (2.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.90%) Git
5 3 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.95%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.95%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 32 (15.17%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.27%) Public Sector
3 24 (11.37%) Finance
4 21 (9.95%) Banking
5 13 (6.16%) Telecoms
6 11 (5.21%) Electronics
6 11 (5.21%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.21%) Marketing
7 10 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.95%) Local Government
10 1 (0.47%) Advertising
10 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.47%) Front Office
10 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.47%) Law
10 1 (0.47%) Legal
10 1 (0.47%) Military
10 1 (0.47%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.47%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.21%) Hibernate
1 11 (5.21%) JPA
1 11 (5.21%) JSON
1 11 (5.21%) Kafka
1 11 (5.21%) XML
2 4 (1.90%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 3 (1.42%) Spring
3 3 (1.42%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.95%) .NET
5 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.47%) Flash
5 1 (0.47%) LDAP
5 1 (0.47%) Middleware
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.80%) Replication
2 14 (6.64%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.16%) Clustering
4 10 (4.74%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.32%) NHS
6 4 (1.90%) Credit Derivative
6 4 (1.90%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.90%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.42%) Derivative
8 2 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.95%) Cybercrime
8 2 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.47%) Blog
9 1 (0.47%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 33 (15.64%) Linux
2 20 (9.48%) Windows
3 16 (7.58%) Unix
4 13 (6.16%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.95%) HPUX
6 2 (0.95%) Solaris
7 1 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (25.12%) Performance Tuning
2 44 (20.85%) Disaster Recovery
3 36 (17.06%) Migration
4 32 (15.17%) Database Security
5 31 (14.69%) High Availability
6 28 (13.27%) DevOps
7 23 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (9.95%) Agile
8 21 (9.95%) Task Automation
9 20 (9.48%) Database Tuning
9 20 (9.48%) Root Cause Analysis
10 19 (9.00%) Database Migration
11 16 (7.58%) Mentoring
12 14 (6.64%) Knowledge Transfer
13 13 (6.16%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (6.16%) ITIL
14 11 (5.21%) Digital Marketing
14 11 (5.21%) Programme Management
15 10 (4.74%) Capacity Planning
15 10 (4.74%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 116 (54.98%) SQL
2 35 (16.59%) Python
3 18 (8.53%) Bash
3 18 (8.53%) Java
4 16 (7.58%) T-SQL
5 13 (6.16%) Perl
5 13 (6.16%) PowerShell
6 11 (5.21%) JavaScript
7 7 (3.32%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.84%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.95%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.95%) VBA
10 1 (0.47%) Bicep
10 1 (0.47%) C#
10 1 (0.47%) CQL
Qualifications
1 46 (21.80%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.69%) DV Cleared
3 18 (8.53%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (4.74%) Degree
6 8 (3.79%) MCITP
6 8 (3.79%) MCTS
7 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.42%) MCSE
9 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.95%) OCP
9 2 (0.95%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.32%) QA
2 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.47%) IFRS
2 1 (0.47%) IFRS 17
2 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (4.74%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.90%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 2 (0.95%) Docker
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (5.69%) Ansible
2 10 (4.74%) Data Guard
3 6 (2.84%) Terraform
4 5 (2.37%) Puppet
5 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.95%) Grafana
6 2 (0.95%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.47%) Graylog
7 1 (0.47%) Kibana
7 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.47%) logstash
7 1 (0.47%) Nagios
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (34.12%) Oracle
2 39 (18.48%) Microsoft
3 21 (9.95%) SAP
4 15 (7.11%) Sybase
5 10 (4.74%) IBM
6 7 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.84%) Sun
8 5 (2.37%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.90%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.90%) Google
9 4 (1.90%) Veritas
10 2 (0.95%) Actian
10 2 (0.95%) NEC
10 2 (0.95%) Northgate
10 2 (0.95%) Splunk
11 1 (0.47%) AppDynamics
11 1 (0.47%) Brio
11 1 (0.47%) EMC
11 1 (0.47%) RedGate
11 1 (0.47%) SolarWinds