DBA Contracts in Glasgow

Database Administrator
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Database Administrator daily rate in Glasgow is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 83 70
Rank change year-on-year +25 -13 +6
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 13 8 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.60% 0.90% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 0.95% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 13
10th Percentile £324 £423 -
25th Percentile £330 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £405
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +23.46% +2.21%
75th Percentile £488 £569 £503
90th Percentile £506 £593 £520
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -5.00% +14.29% +13.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 769 845 890
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 95.05% 96.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 599 677
10th Percentile £260 £325 £215
25th Percentile £363 £410 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +6.44% +8.43%
75th Percentile £570 £583 £538
90th Percentile £623 £700 £613
Scotland median daily rate £453 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -4.63% +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 21 18
10th Percentile £12.03 £12.13 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.16 £23.77
Median hourly rate £40.94 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +182.34% -61.26% +113.52%
75th Percentile £53.75 £47.73 £43.36
90th Percentile £67.50 £60.55 £56.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.57 £19.88 £37.43
% change year-on-year +3.47% -46.89% +7.71%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Glasgow

DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for DBA in Glasgow

DBA
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBA in Glasgow over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DBA in Glasgow

DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for DBA in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Glasgow region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 6 (46.15%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (46.15%) Migration
2 6 (46.15%) High Availability
2 6 (46.15%) Database Security
3 5 (38.46%) Problem Management
3 5 (38.46%) PowerShell
4 4 (30.77%) Data Guard
4 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
4 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle RMAN
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (30.77%) Security Management
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle8/8i Database
4 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
4 4 (30.77%) T-SQL
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle
4 4 (30.77%) Unix
4 4 (30.77%) Linux
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle Database 12c
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle Database
4 4 (30.77%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (30.77%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (30.77%) Data Structures
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 4 (30.77%) Data Transformation
4 4 (30.77%) Metadata
5 3 (23.08%) Public Sector

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
2 4 (30.77%) Metadata
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle Database
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle Database 12c
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle8/8i Database
3 3 (23.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (23.08%) MongoDB
3 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Unix
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Database Security
1 6 (46.15%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (46.15%) High Availability
1 6 (46.15%) Migration
2 5 (38.46%) Problem Management
3 4 (30.77%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (30.77%) Data Migration
3 4 (30.77%) Data Transformation
3 4 (30.77%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (30.77%) Security Management
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (7.69%) Database Optimisation
5 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.69%) Patch Management
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (7.69%) RBAC
5 1 (7.69%) Security Patching
5 1 (7.69%) Server Patching
5 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) PowerShell
3 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
3 4 (30.77%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) MCSE
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Data Guard
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Atlassian
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft