Database Optimisation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Database Optimisation
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 Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Database Optimisation over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 441 617
Rank change year-on-year +119 +176 -129
Contract jobs citing Database Optimisation 19 10 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.042% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.047% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 2
10th Percentile £313 £551 £581
25th Percentile £410 £563 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £595 £663
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% -10.19% +32.50%
75th Percentile £545 £600 £709
90th Percentile £585 £642 £734
UK median daily rate £515 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -10.43% - +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Database Optimisation 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 12,808 21,452 40,398
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.38% 89.66% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,620 15,212 29,410
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 498 524
10th Percentile £14.90 £17.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.81
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +2.38% +38.82% +11.65%

Database Optimisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Database Optimisation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Database Optimisation
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 Optimisation.

Database Optimisation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Database Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Database Optimisation over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Database Optimisation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Database Optimisation
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.26%) Datadog
3 1 (5.26%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
2 5 (26.32%) MySQL
3 3 (15.79%) Oracle Database
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (5.26%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Local Government
2 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Back Office
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Developer
2 10 (52.63%) Senior
3 9 (47.37%) Senior Developer
4 5 (26.32%) .NET Developer
5 4 (21.05%) Senior Software Developer
5 4 (21.05%) Software Developer
6 3 (15.79%) Java Developer
7 2 (10.53%) Backend Developer
7 2 (10.53%) DBA
7 2 (10.53%) Distributed Systems Developer
7 2 (10.53%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (10.53%) Senior Systems Developer
8 1 (5.26%) Azure Developer
8 1 (5.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 1 (5.26%) Lead
8 1 (5.26%) Senior Applications Developer
8 1 (5.26%) Senior Backend Developer
8 1 (5.26%) Senior C# Developer
8 1 (5.26%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 1 (5.26%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (42.11%) .NET
2 7 (36.84%) AngularJS
3 5 (26.32%) CSS
3 5 (26.32%) HTML
3 5 (26.32%) React
3 5 (26.32%) RESTful
3 5 (26.32%) Vue
4 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
4 2 (10.53%) XML
5 1 (5.26%) Kafka
5 1 (5.26%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (5.26%) Spring
5 1 (5.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) Housing Association
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.26%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
1 2 (10.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Agile
2 9 (47.37%) Content Management
3 8 (42.11%) Design Patterns
4 7 (36.84%) API Development
5 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (31.58%) Software Engineering
6 5 (26.32%) API Integration
6 5 (26.32%) Code Quality
6 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (26.32%) Full Stack Development
6 5 (26.32%) User Experience
6 5 (26.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (26.32%) UX Design
7 4 (21.05%) SDLC
8 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
8 3 (15.79%) DevOps
9 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
9 2 (10.53%) Data Extraction
9 2 (10.53%) Housing Management
9 2 (10.53%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) JavaScript
2 12 (63.16%) SQL
3 10 (52.63%) Java
3 10 (52.63%) PowerShell
4 9 (47.37%) C#
5 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.26%) Kotlin
6 1 (5.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) PCI DSS
2 5 (26.32%) Accessibility
2 5 (26.32%) QA
3 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Argo
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) NEC
3 1 (5.26%) Checkmarx