Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server DBA role in IT contracts within the Berkshire 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 SQL Server DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-107
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads035
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.038 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.966 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£363
Average daily rate-£374
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£365
% change on same period last year-10.47 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£36.00
Average hourly rate-£36.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£37.69
% change on same period last year-25.70 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads24713622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.892 %3.881 %
Daily rates quoted6651004
Average minimum daily rate£341£334
Average daily rate£363£354
% change on same period last year+2.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted179429
Average minimum hourly rate£21.41£25.90
Average hourly rate£22.81£27.38
% change on same period last year-16.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.21£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
SQL Server DBA South EastSQL Server DBA
South East

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.

SQL Server DBA
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SQL Server DBA Demand Trend

SQL Server DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SQL Server DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SQL Server DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server DBA
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title.

16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
24 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (50.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
42 (33.33 %)SQL
51 (16.67 %)Transact-SQL
51 (16.67 %)Oracle
51 (16.67 %)Telecoms
51 (16.67 %)Replication
51 (16.67 %)Clustering
51 (16.67 %)DTS
51 (16.67 %)Microsoft
51 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
51 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
24 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (50.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (16.67 %)DTS
41 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Replication
11 (16.67 %)Clustering
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)Transact-SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Oracle
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft