Database Optimisation Contracts in London

Database Optimisation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Database Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Database Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 467 594
Rank change year-on-year +94 +127 -98
Contract jobs citing Database Optimisation 27 15 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.060% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.066% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 8
10th Percentile £413 £335 £489
25th Percentile £425 £481 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £716
90th Percentile £613 £606 £905
England median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Database Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Database Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Database Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Database Optimisation in London

Database Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Database Optimisation in London.

Daily rate trend for Database Optimisation in London

Database Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Optimisation in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Database Optimisation in London

Database Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Optimisation within the London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
East London - 6 £443 -
Central London +41 3 £378 +42.45% 1
Database Optimisation
England

Database Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (3.70%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.41%) WhatsApp
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (3.70%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (7.41%) Power BI
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.70%) Redis
3 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (3.70%) SonarQube
General
1 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.11%) Back Office
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Developer
2 14 (51.85%) Senior
2 14 (51.85%) Senior Developer
3 8 (29.63%) Senior Software Developer
3 8 (29.63%) Software Developer
4 6 (22.22%) Backend Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 4 (14.81%) Lead
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Backend Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Technical Leader
7 2 (7.41%) Data Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Distributed Systems Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Java Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior Systems Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Architect
8 1 (3.70%) C# Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Data Architect
8 1 (3.70%) DBA
8 1 (3.70%) Oracle DBA
8 1 (3.70%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) .NET
2 3 (11.11%) XML
3 2 (7.41%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.41%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.70%) ARM Templates
4 1 (3.70%) Kafka
4 1 (3.70%) REST
4 1 (3.70%) Spring
4 1 (3.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (29.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Agile
2 19 (70.37%) Content Management
3 18 (66.67%) Design Patterns
3 18 (66.67%) Software Engineering
4 13 (48.15%) SDLC
5 5 (18.52%) DevOps
5 5 (18.52%) Front End Development
6 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
6 4 (14.81%) Data Modelling
7 3 (11.11%) Data Analysis
7 3 (11.11%) ETL
7 3 (11.11%) OO
7 3 (11.11%) OOP
7 3 (11.11%) Scrum
7 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Workflow
8 2 (7.41%) Data Engineering
8 2 (7.41%) Data Visualisation
8 2 (7.41%) Microservices
8 2 (7.41%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (81.48%) SQL
2 21 (77.78%) Java
2 21 (77.78%) PowerShell
3 20 (74.07%) C#
3 20 (74.07%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.41%) Bicep
5 1 (3.70%) C
5 1 (3.70%) Kotlin
5 1 (3.70%) Scala
5 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (59.26%) PCI DSS
2 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Argo
1 1 (3.70%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) Databricks
4 1 (3.70%) Checkmarx