Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts within the Aberdeen region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDatabase Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2923
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.571 %4.167 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£359
% change on same period last year+1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£34.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.69£36.06
% change on same period last year-6.58 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads175216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.273 %0.235 %
Daily rates quoted1620
Average minimum daily rate£250£218
Average daily rate£262£236
% change on same period last year+10.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£273£254
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£350
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted5351
Average minimum hourly rate£24.73£16.21
Average hourly rate£25.78£16.88
% change on same period last year+52.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.83£17.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.35£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.45 %
DBA ScotlandDBA
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

DBA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DBA across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Aberdeen DBA Demand Trend

DBA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DBA across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen DBA Daily Rate Trend

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DBA across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen DBA Hourly Rate Trend

DBA
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited DBA in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with DBA in their job title.

15 (62.50 %)SQL Server
15 (62.50 %)Sybase
15 (62.50 %)SQL Server 2000
15 (62.50 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (50.00 %)UNIX
24 (50.00 %)Oracle
33 (37.50 %)Windows
42 (25.00 %)Migration
42 (25.00 %)SQL
42 (25.00 %)Oracle 9i
42 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
42 (25.00 %)Incident Management
42 (25.00 %)Auditing
42 (25.00 %)Data Migration
51 (12.50 %)Degree
51 (12.50 %)Oracle RAC
51 (12.50 %)Solaris
51 (12.50 %)Linux
51 (12.50 %)Replication
51 (12.50 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (12.50 %)Finance

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited DBA in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (62.50 %)SQL Server
15 (62.50 %)SQL Server 2000
15 (62.50 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (25.00 %)Oracle 9i
22 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Auditing
21 (12.50 %)Finance
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Replication
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (50.00 %)UNIX
23 (37.50 %)Windows
31 (12.50 %)Solaris
31 (12.50 %)Linux
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Migration
12 (25.00 %)Incident Management
12 (25.00 %)Data Migration
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)SQL
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Degree
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (12.50 %)Oracle RMAN
11 (12.50 %)Oracle RAC
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (62.50 %)Sybase
24 (50.00 %)Oracle