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

LinkSenior Database Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank164176
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads1410
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.243 %0.170 %
Daily rates quoted104
Average minimum daily rate£368£450
Average daily rate£397£469
% change on same period last year-15.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£488
UK excluding London average daily rate£495£429
% change on same period last year+15.33 %
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£40.00£51.07
% change on same period last year-21.67 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads57705867
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.088 %6.287 %
Daily rates quoted30262493
Average minimum daily rate£400£451
Average daily rate£433£477
% change on same period last year-9.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted267232
Average minimum hourly rate£22.85£22.62
Average hourly rate£24.72£23.87
% change on same period last year+3.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.60£25.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Senior DBA LondonSenior DBA
London

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.

Senior DBA
Demand Trend

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

City of London Senior DBA Demand Trend

Senior DBA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior DBA across the City of London region.

City of London Senior DBA Daily Rate Trend

Senior DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior DBA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

City of London Senior DBA Daily Rate Histogram

Senior DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Senior 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 Senior DBA in their job title.

111 (57.89 %)SQL
111 (57.89 %)Oracle
111 (57.89 %)Oracle 10g
210 (52.63 %)SQL Server
38 (42.11 %)Oracle 9i
47 (36.84 %)UNIX
56 (31.58 %)Oracle RMAN
56 (31.58 %)Finance
65 (26.32 %)Linux
65 (26.32 %)Sybase
65 (26.32 %)PL/SQL
65 (26.32 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
65 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (21.05 %)Oracle RAC
83 (15.79 %)Oracle 11g
83 (15.79 %)Shell Script
83 (15.79 %)Windows
83 (15.79 %)AIX
92 (10.53 %)ITIL
92 (10.53 %)PRINCE2
92 (10.53 %)Perl
92 (10.53 %)Transact-SQL
92 (10.53 %)Red Hat
92 (10.53 %)MS Excel
92 (10.53 %)Disaster Recovery
92 (10.53 %)Banking
92 (10.53 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (10.53 %)Investment Banking
92 (10.53 %)SQL Server Integration Services

Senior DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.263 %)Oracle Fusion
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.53 %)MS Excel
21 (5.263 %)MS Visio
21 (5.263 %)MS Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.263 %)Oracle 11i
11 (5.263 %)Oracle EBS
11 (5.263 %)Oracle Applications
11 (5.263 %)Oracle EBS R12
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (57.89 %)Oracle 10g
210 (52.63 %)SQL Server
38 (42.11 %)Oracle 9i
45 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (15.79 %)Oracle 11g
72 (10.53 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
72 (10.53 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (5.263 %)SQLPlus
81 (5.263 %)MySQL
81 (5.263 %)DB2
81 (5.263 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (31.58 %)Finance
22 (10.53 %)Banking
22 (10.53 %)Investment Banking
31 (5.263 %)Law
31 (5.263 %)Financial Institution
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)Replication
11 (5.263 %)Clustering
11 (5.263 %)Credit Risk
11 (5.263 %)Data Extraction
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (36.84 %)UNIX
25 (26.32 %)Linux
33 (15.79 %)Windows
33 (15.79 %)AIX
42 (10.53 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (5.263 %)HPUX
51 (5.263 %)Solaris
51 (5.263 %)FreeBSD
51 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (5.263 %)Tru64
51 (5.263 %)Ubuntu
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.53 %)ITIL
12 (10.53 %)PRINCE2
12 (10.53 %)Disaster Recovery
12 (10.53 %)SC Cleared
12 (10.53 %)Security Cleared
21 (5.263 %)Data Modelling
21 (5.263 %)Business Intelligence
21 (5.263 %)Project Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (57.89 %)SQL
25 (26.32 %)PL/SQL
33 (15.79 %)Shell Script
42 (10.53 %)Perl
42 (10.53 %)Transact-SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.263 %)OCP
11 (5.263 %)Oracle Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.263 %)SLA
11 (5.263 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (31.58 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (21.05 %)Oracle RAC
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (26.32 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (57.89 %)Oracle
25 (26.32 %)Sybase
32 (10.53 %)Red Hat
41 (5.263 %)HP