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The table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts within the Cambridge 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDatabase Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3553
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads75
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.882 %0.849 %
Daily rates quoted33
Average minimum daily rate£360£417
Average daily rate£417£417
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£473£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£374£369
% change on same period last year+1.26 %
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£34.26£33.36
% change on same period last year+2.69 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads372589
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.521 %0.604 %
Daily rates quoted82117
Average minimum daily rate£302£313
Average daily rate£324£330
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9290
Average minimum hourly rate£19.64£29.94
Average hourly rate£21.41£32.14
% change on same period last year-33.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.18£34.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.16
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
DBA CambridgeshireDBA
Cambridgeshire

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge DBA Daily Rate Trend

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

117 (80.95 %)SQL
210 (47.62 %)Finance
210 (47.62 %)Windows Server 2003
210 (47.62 %)SQL Server
210 (47.62 %)Windows
39 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (28.57 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
46 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (14.29 %)Replication
53 (14.29 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
62 (9.524 %)Agile Software Development
62 (9.524 %)Telecoms
62 (9.524 %)Oracle
62 (9.524 %)Solaris
62 (9.524 %)Transact-SQL
62 (9.524 %)MCDBA
62 (9.524 %)Tomcat
62 (9.524 %)Oracle 9i
62 (9.524 %)Datawarehouse
62 (9.524 %)Crystal Reports
62 (9.524 %)Business Intelligence
62 (9.524 %)Oracle 10g
71 (4.762 %)Sun
71 (4.762 %)PRINCE2
71 (4.762 %)ETL
71 (4.762 %).NET
71 (4.762 %)Sybase
71 (4.762 %)OLAP
71 (4.762 %)Linux

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.762 %).NET
11 (4.762 %).NET Framework
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (9.524 %)Tomcat
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (47.62 %)SQL Server
29 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2000
36 (28.57 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
43 (14.29 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
52 (9.524 %)Oracle 10g
52 (9.524 %)Crystal Reports
52 (9.524 %)Oracle 9i
52 (9.524 %)Datawarehouse
61 (4.762 %)ETL
61 (4.762 %)OLAP
61 (4.762 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (47.62 %)Finance
22 (9.524 %)Telecoms
31 (4.762 %)Banking
31 (4.762 %)Retail
31 (4.762 %)Retail Banking
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (14.29 %)Replication
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (47.62 %)Windows
110 (47.62 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (9.524 %)Solaris
31 (4.762 %)Linux
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (9.524 %)Business Intelligence
12 (9.524 %)Agile Software Development
21 (4.762 %)Data Management
21 (4.762 %)Logistics
21 (4.762 %)Project Management
21 (4.762 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (4.762 %)PRINCE2
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (80.95 %)SQL
22 (9.524 %)Transact-SQL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (9.524 %)MCDBA
31 (4.762 %)MCSE
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.762 %)Oracle RMAN
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (9.524 %)Oracle
21 (4.762 %)Sybase
21 (4.762 %)Sun