Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server DBA role in IT contracts within the Birmingham 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
Rank45-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.182 %0.000 %
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£327£365
% change on same period last year-10.47 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£37.69
% change on same period last year-25.70 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads549983
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.865 %1.053 %
Daily rates quoted169229
Average minimum daily rate£354£375
Average daily rate£378£402
% change on same period last year-6.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted82182
Average minimum hourly rate£21.45£16.15
Average hourly rate£23.17£17.23
% change on same period last year+34.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.89£18.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
SQL Server DBA West MidlandsSQL Server DBA
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham SQL Server DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server DBA
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (33.33 %).NET Framework
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
31 (33.33 %).NET
31 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (33.33 %)ITIL Certification
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (33.33 %)DB2
31 (33.33 %)ITIL
31 (33.33 %)MCDBA
31 (33.33 %)DTS
31 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
31 (33.33 %)Retail
31 (33.33 %)Billing
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
31 (33.33 %)Insurance
31 (33.33 %)Migration
31 (33.33 %)Replication
31 (33.33 %)Clustering

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %).NET
11 (33.33 %).NET Framework
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (33.33 %)DB2
31 (33.33 %)DTS
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Retail
11 (33.33 %)Billing
11 (33.33 %)Insurance
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Replication
11 (33.33 %)Clustering
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)ITIL
11 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)Migration
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
21 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)MCDBA
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (33.33 %)ITIL Certification
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft