The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 121 132 108
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -24
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 4 3 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.162% 0.096% 0.683%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.177% 0.105% 0.757%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
Average daily rate £375 £280 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.92% -9.67%
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.34% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.75 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+0.97% -15.57%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2254 2850 2643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.26% 91.35% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 915 1009 1009
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 122 184
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL DBA
South East

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL DBA across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire SQL DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SQL DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SQL DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidenhead - 2 - -
SQL DBA
South East

SQL DBA
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title.

1 10 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (66.67%) SQL
3 6 (50.00%) Replication
4 5 (41.67%) Clustering
5 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (33.33%) Windows
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (25.00%) ITSM
6 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (25.00%) Windows Azure
6 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (16.67%) C#
7 2 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
7 2 (16.67%) .NET
7 2 (16.67%) MySQL
8 1 (8.333%) MSDE
8 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2012

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 2 (16.67%) MySQL
4 1 (8.333%) MSDE
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2012
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Replication
2 5 (41.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) ITSM
1 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft