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This section looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts within the Edinburgh region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDatabase Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4430
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads1440
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.042 %
As % of the category below1.705 %3.610 %
Daily rates quoted37
Average minimum daily rate£365£329
Average daily rate£374£347
% change on same period last year+7.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£362
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£41.67
Average hourly rate-£41.67
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£41.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.15£31.02
% change on same period last year+26.20 %
Job Titles EdinburghJob Titles
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads8211108
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.083 %1.175 %
Daily rates quoted189248
Average minimum daily rate£304£305
Average daily rate£327£320
% change on same period last year+2.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted2641
Average minimum hourly rate£20.32£24.48
Average hourly rate£21.55£25.04
% change on same period last year-13.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.77£25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.28£26.07
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
DBA ScotlandDBA
Scotland

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh DBA Daily Rate Trend

DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DBA across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Edinburgh DBA Daily Rate Histogram

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh DBA Hourly Rate Trend

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (65.38 %)SQL
213 (50.00 %)Finance
310 (38.46 %)DB2
49 (34.62 %)SQL Server
58 (30.77 %)Oracle
67 (26.92 %)Banking
76 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2005
76 (23.08 %)Unix
76 (23.08 %)Windows
76 (23.08 %)BMC
85 (19.23 %)REXX
85 (19.23 %)Oracle 10g
85 (19.23 %)Retail
94 (15.38 %)Oracle RMAN
94 (15.38 %)OMEGAMON
94 (15.38 %)Windows Server 2003
94 (15.38 %)JCL
94 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
94 (15.38 %)Windows NT
103 (11.54 %)Solaris
103 (11.54 %)AIX
103 (11.54 %)IBM
103 (11.54 %)OS/390
103 (11.54 %)Retail Banking
103 (11.54 %)Oracle RAC
112 (7.692 %)Problem Management
112 (7.692 %)ISPF
112 (7.692 %)QA
112 (7.692 %)SLA
112 (7.692 %)Mainframe

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Application Development
12 (7.692 %)ISPF
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (38.46 %)DB2
29 (34.62 %)SQL Server
36 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (19.23 %)Oracle 10g
54 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
62 (7.692 %)SQL Server 7
62 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (3.846 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
71 (3.846 %)ETL
71 (3.846 %)TOAD
71 (3.846 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (3.846 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
General
113 (50.00 %)Finance
27 (26.92 %)Banking
35 (19.23 %)Retail
43 (11.54 %)Retail Banking
51 (3.846 %)Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
12 (7.692 %)Mainframe
21 (3.846 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
16 (23.08 %)Unix
16 (23.08 %)Windows
24 (15.38 %)Windows NT
24 (15.38 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (11.54 %)Solaris
33 (11.54 %)OS/390
33 (11.54 %)AIX
41 (3.846 %)HPUX
41 (3.846 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
12 (7.692 %)Problem Management
21 (3.846 %)Change Management
Programming Languages
117 (65.38 %)SQL
25 (19.23 %)REXX
34 (15.38 %)JCL
42 (7.692 %)PL/SQL
51 (3.846 %)Shell Script
51 (3.846 %)Transact-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (7.692 %)SLA
12 (7.692 %)QA
System Software
14 (15.38 %)Oracle RMAN
23 (11.54 %)Oracle RAC
Systems Management
14 (15.38 %)OMEGAMON
21 (3.846 %)EMC NetWorker
21 (3.846 %)Legato
21 (3.846 %)Tivoli
Vendors
18 (30.77 %)Oracle
26 (23.08 %)BMC
33 (11.54 %)IBM
41 (3.846 %)HP
41 (3.846 %)Sybase
41 (3.846 %)VERITAS
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