Database Administrator
UK

The median Database Administrator daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 353 394
Rank change year-on-year +34 +41 -28
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 274 383 586
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.67% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.71% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 260 389
10th Percentile £363 £399 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £588
90th Percentile £688 £650 £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -2.00% +4.17% +12.94%
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 excluding London median hourly rate £51.50 £18.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +186.11% -64.00% -

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 39,468 54,175 84,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.61% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,716 37,826 59,224
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,504 2,051
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in the UK

DBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for DBA in the UK

DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DBA over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DBA in the UK

DBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for DBA in the UK

DBA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DBA over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DBA in the UK

DBA
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +23 213 £500 - 75
Work from Home +86 137 £500 +1.52% 44
UK excluding London +20 127 £490 -2.00% 64
London +44 102 £580 +10.48% 20
North of England +45 55 £490 -2.00% 16
Yorkshire +36 29 £450 -17.43% 5
South East +10 22 £550 +18.92% 18
North West +11 20 £534 +12.42% 5
Scotland +46 18 £475 -5.00% 5
Midlands +17 17 £400 - 14
West Midlands +23 11 £395 +21.54% 11
Wales +26 10 £575 +6.98% 1
East Midlands +16 6 £400 - 3
North East +13 6 £475 -9.52% 6
South West -16 3 £593 +18.50% 3
East of England -10 2 £450 +5.88% 7

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 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 featuring DBA in the job title.

1 145 (52.92%) SQL
2 96 (35.04%) Oracle
3 87 (31.75%) SQL Server
4 73 (26.64%) Performance Tuning
5 61 (22.26%) Migration
5 61 (22.26%) Disaster Recovery
5 61 (22.26%) Oracle Database
5 61 (22.26%) Azure
6 58 (21.17%) High Availability
7 56 (20.44%) Security Cleared
7 56 (20.44%) Linux
8 54 (19.71%) PostgreSQL
9 52 (18.98%) AWS
9 52 (18.98%) Social Skills
10 48 (17.52%) Microsoft
11 44 (16.06%) Database Security
12 41 (14.96%) DevOps
13 38 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
13 38 (13.87%) Windows
13 38 (13.87%) Replication
14 36 (13.14%) Python
14 36 (13.14%) Public Sector
15 35 (12.77%) Finance
16 34 (12.41%) MySQL
16 34 (12.41%) MongoDB
17 32 (11.68%) DV Cleared
18 29 (10.58%) Relational Database
19 26 (9.49%) Data Guard
20 25 (9.12%) Task Automation
20 25 (9.12%) Agile

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.46%) Confluence
1 4 (1.46%) WebLogic
2 2 (0.73%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.73%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (0.36%) Apache
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.36%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.46%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 61 (22.26%) Azure
2 52 (18.98%) AWS
3 12 (4.38%) GCP
3 12 (4.38%) OCI
3 12 (4.38%) Serverless
4 9 (3.28%) Amazon S3
5 8 (2.92%) GitHub
6 6 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (1.82%) PaaS
7 5 (1.82%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.46%) IaaS
9 3 (1.09%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 1 (0.36%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.82%) Firewall
1 5 (1.82%) TCP/IP
1 5 (1.82%) VPN
2 2 (0.73%) HTTP
3 1 (0.36%) Internet
3 1 (0.36%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (31.75%) SQL Server
2 61 (22.26%) Oracle Database
3 54 (19.71%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (12.41%) MongoDB
4 34 (12.41%) MySQL
5 29 (10.58%) Relational Database
6 24 (8.76%) RDBMS
7 22 (8.03%) Oracle Reports
8 21 (7.66%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (6.57%) NoSQL
9 18 (6.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (6.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (5.47%) Ingres
10 15 (5.47%) Sybase ASE
11 13 (4.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 11 (4.01%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (3.65%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (3.65%) DB2
14 8 (2.92%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 10 (3.65%) JIRA
2 7 (2.55%) Maven
3 6 (2.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.82%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.46%) Git
6 3 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.73%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
General
1 52 (18.98%) Social Skills
2 36 (13.14%) Public Sector
3 35 (12.77%) Finance
4 23 (8.39%) Banking
5 18 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.74%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.01%) Electronics
7 11 (4.01%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.01%) Marketing
8 6 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.73%) Legal
10 2 (0.73%) Local Government
10 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.73%) Retail
11 1 (0.36%) Advertising
11 1 (0.36%) Front Office
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Military
11 1 (0.36%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.38%) JSON
1 12 (4.38%) Kafka
1 12 (4.38%) XML
2 11 (4.01%) Hibernate
2 11 (4.01%) JPA
3 9 (3.28%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 7 (2.55%) Middleware
5 4 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.09%) Spring
6 3 (1.09%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.73%) .NET
8 1 (0.36%) Flash
8 1 (0.36%) LDAP
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.36%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.87%) Replication
2 17 (6.20%) Clustering
3 14 (5.11%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.38%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.65%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (2.92%) NHS
6 8 (2.92%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.46%) Credit Derivative
8 4 (1.46%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.09%) Derivative
9 3 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.73%) Cybercrime
10 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.73%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.36%) Data Fabric
11 1 (0.36%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 56 (20.44%) Linux
2 38 (13.87%) Windows
3 21 (7.66%) Unix
4 16 (5.84%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.28%) AIX
6 4 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.73%) HPUX
7 2 (0.73%) Solaris
8 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (26.64%) Performance Tuning
2 61 (22.26%) Disaster Recovery
2 61 (22.26%) Migration
3 58 (21.17%) High Availability
4 44 (16.06%) Database Security
5 41 (14.96%) DevOps
6 38 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (9.12%) Agile
7 25 (9.12%) Task Automation
8 23 (8.39%) Database Tuning
9 21 (7.66%) Database Migration
10 20 (7.30%) Capacity Planning
10 20 (7.30%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (6.57%) Mentoring
12 16 (5.84%) ITIL
12 16 (5.84%) Knowledge Transfer
13 15 (5.47%) ETL
14 14 (5.11%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (5.11%) Performance Monitoring
15 11 (4.01%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 145 (52.92%) SQL
2 36 (13.14%) Python
3 22 (8.03%) PowerShell
3 22 (8.03%) T-SQL
4 18 (6.57%) Bash
4 18 (6.57%) Java
5 16 (5.84%) Shell Script
6 13 (4.74%) Perl
7 11 (4.01%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.92%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.73%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.73%) VBA
10 1 (0.36%) Bicep
10 1 (0.36%) C
10 1 (0.36%) C#
10 1 (0.36%) CQL
10 1 (0.36%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 56 (20.44%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.68%) DV Cleared
3 24 (8.76%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (4.38%) Degree
6 8 (2.92%) MCITP
6 8 (2.92%) MCTS
7 6 (2.19%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.19%) MCSE
8 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.73%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.73%) OCP
9 2 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.36%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.01%) QA
2 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.36%) IFRS
3 1 (0.36%) IFRS 17
3 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (5.47%) Oracle RAC
2 11 (4.01%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.46%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 2 (0.73%) Docker
4 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (9.49%) Data Guard
2 19 (6.93%) Ansible
3 13 (4.74%) Terraform
4 8 (2.92%) Oracle RMAN
5 7 (2.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 7 (2.55%) Puppet
6 6 (2.19%) Grafana
7 5 (1.82%) Nagios
8 4 (1.46%) Graylog
8 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Clustering
8 4 (1.46%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.73%) Oracle Flashback
9 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10 1 (0.36%) Kibana
10 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.36%) logstash
10 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 96 (35.04%) Oracle
2 48 (17.52%) Microsoft
3 21 (7.66%) SAP
4 15 (5.47%) Sybase
5 11 (4.01%) IBM
6 9 (3.28%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.19%) Informatica
7 6 (2.19%) Sun
8 5 (1.82%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.82%) Splunk
9 4 (1.46%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.46%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.46%) Google
9 4 (1.46%) Veritas
10 2 (0.73%) Actian
10 2 (0.73%) Databricks
10 2 (0.73%) NEC
10 2 (0.73%) Northgate
11 1 (0.36%) RedGate
11 1 (0.36%) SolarWinds