SC Cleared DBA Contracts

Security Check Clearance Database Administrator
UK

The median Security Check Clearance Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £663 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 560 669 793
Rank change year-on-year +109 +124 -108
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared DBA 11 27 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.048% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.050% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 21 52
10th Percentile £508 £400 £451
25th Percentile £575 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +36.60% -3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £725 £525 £575
90th Percentile - £538 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +21.95% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £45.75
25th Percentile - - £46.88
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £56.88
90th Percentile - - £57.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £50.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,413 53,669 84,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 94.62% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,677 37,466 59,216
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,499 2,051
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

SC Cleared DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared DBA in the UK

SC Cleared DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared DBA in the UK

SC Cleared DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared DBA in the UK

SC Cleared DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared DBA in the UK

SC Cleared DBA
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared DBA within the UK 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
England +82 11 £663 +36.60%
London +93 8 £700 +47.37%
Work from Home +99 2 - -
UK excluding London +34 1 £625 +21.95%
South West +9 1 £625 +11.11%

SC Cleared DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, SC Cleared 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 featuring SC Cleared DBA in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) Oracle
3 6 (54.55%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (54.55%) Oracle Database
4 5 (45.45%) Migration
4 5 (45.45%) Replication
5 4 (36.36%) AWS
5 4 (36.36%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (36.36%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) Database Migration
5 4 (36.36%) OCI
5 4 (36.36%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 3 (27.27%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (27.27%) Python
6 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
6 3 (27.27%) SQL
6 3 (27.27%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (27.27%) Bash
7 2 (18.18%) NoSQL
7 2 (18.18%) Database Tuning
7 2 (18.18%) Azure
7 2 (18.18%) Database Security
7 2 (18.18%) Agile
7 2 (18.18%) MySQL
7 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
7 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
7 2 (18.18%) DevOps
7 2 (18.18%) Performance Tuning

SC Cleared DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) OCI
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle Database
1 6 (54.55%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (36.36%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (36.36%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (27.27%) Amazon Aurora
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle Exadata
4 2 (18.18%) MySQL
4 2 (18.18%) NoSQL
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Replication
2 1 (9.09%) Blog
2 1 (9.09%) Cybercrime
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Migration
2 4 (36.36%) Database Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Database Security
3 2 (18.18%) Database Tuning
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.09%) High Availability
4 1 (9.09%) Microservices
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (9.09%) Security Management
4 1 (9.09%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Bash
1 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
1 3 (27.27%) Python
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) Dynatrace
4 1 (9.09%) SAP