Very Large Database (VLDB)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VLDB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VLDB over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 691 860
Rank change year-on-year - +169 -156
Contract jobs citing VLDB 0 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 0.029% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £460 -
25th Percentile - £475 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +22.14%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £600

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

VLDB is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,287 10,222 17,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.13% 17.85% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,225 7,278 12,532
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £549
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.73% +9.80%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 175 184
10th Percentile £14.00 £21.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.93 £32.30 £22.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +27.78% +69.81%
75th Percentile £61.53 £73.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £79.38 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.25 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.64% +57.14% +45.83%

VLDB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VLDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VLDB in the UK

VLDB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for VLDB in the UK

VLDB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VLDB in the UK