Live market evidence
Database Engineer Contract Job Market
Current Database Engineer contract demand, compensation evidence, technology mix, sources, and hiring velocity from Radar's normalized live inventory.
Updated November 12, 2026 from persisted Radar inventory.
Find my Database Engineer matches →Current opportunities
859
New · 24h
22
New · 7d
106
Sources represented
6
Compensation evidence
Current stated hourly rates
Based on 47 current listings with structured USD hourly evidence. This is observed listing data, not a salary estimate or guarantee.
- 25th percentile
- $53/hr
- Median
- $60/hr
- 75th percentile
- $68/hr
What is in this market
Contract types
- W2 Contract834
- 1099100
- C2c17
Top sources
- LinkedIn628
- Dice204
- Indeed10
- FreelancerMap10
- Upwork5
- Freelancer2
Relevant specialties
- Cloud64
- Artificial Intelligence5
- Data Platform3
- Generative Ai1
- Large Language Models1
Seniority
- Senior476
- Mid24
- Lead16
- Junior13
- Staff12
- Principal7
Remote mix
- Unknown650
- Onsite Or Hybrid162
- Remote47
Work arrangements
- Contract Duration49
- Ongoing Contract10
- Fixed Project6
- Freelance Ad Hoc1
Current examples
A bounded preview of current persisted jobs. Open a result for normalized facts or use RadarJobs for the full live set.
Database Engineer
W2 Contract · United States
ClickHouse Solutions Engineer
W2 Contract · United States
Oracle PL/SQL Developer / Developer DBA
W2 Contract · McLean, VA
Database Engineer
W2 Contract · Oak Brook, IL
Database Engineer Contractor
W2 Contract · New York, United States
Database Engineer Contractor
W2 Contract · Texas, United States
Lead SQL Infrastructure Architect
W2 Contract · Louisville, KY
Database Engineer
W2 Contract · United States
Database Engineer Contractor
W2 Contract · Maryland, United States
Oracle database Developer || Database Architect
1099 · W2 Contract · Albany, New York, USA
Senior PostgreSQL DBA
W2 Contract · Los Angeles, California, USA
Mainframe IMS Application DBA
W2 Contract · Chandler, Arizona, USA
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Methodology
Current live, classified Database Engineer opportunities with a 1099, C2C, or W-2 contract engagement in Radar's normalized inventory.
Global current inventory; location and remote status are reported as observed, including unknown values rather than inferring them.
Current counts use Radar liveness; new counts use the first-seen timestamp over rolling 24-hour and seven-day windows.
Compensation includes only structured USD hourly evidence. Ranges use the midpoint; single stated bounds use that bound. Statistics require at least 20 observations.
Listings and source classifications can change after the latest verification; observed postings are not a census of all contract work.