The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Cardiff 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Database Administrator
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 1.905% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.051% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £303 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -24.16%
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
195 193 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 92.86% 95.54% 94.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 115 128
Average daily rate £350 £350 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £225 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £500 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 5
Average hourly rate £25.60 £14.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+82.85% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £14.00 £7.67
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £22.50 £100.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL Server DBA
South Wales

SQL Server DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff SQL Server DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cardiff SQL Server DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server DBA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) Clustering
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Replication
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) DTS
4 2 (33.33%) ETL
4 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) OLTP
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) Cognos
4 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (33.33%) AS400
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) Kimball Methodology
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (33.33%) Cognos Business Intelligence

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (50.00%) DTS
3 2 (33.33%) OLTP
3 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Clustering
2 4 (66.67%) Replication
3 2 (33.33%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) ETL
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Kimball Methodology
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Cognos
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Log shipping / Mirroring / Replication / Clustering/DB Backup/ DB Restoring. Good understanding of Windows Server operating system (2003 / 2008) and related storage / network infrastructures... T-SQL including stored procedures...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £275 to £300 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Log shipping / Mirroring / Replication / Clustering/DB Backup/ DB Restoring. - Good understanding of Windows Server operating system (2003 / 2008) and related storage / network infrastructures... - T-SQL including stored procedures...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £285 to £300 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013