The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 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 England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 318 293 255
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -38
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 204 315 400
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.491% 0.591% 0.712%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.531% 0.638% 0.768%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 191 218
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.14% -0.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £238 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 20
Average hourly rate £26.00 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.30 £16.50 £22.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £34.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+0.97% -14.16%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL DBA
UK

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SQL DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SQL DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England SQL DBA Daily Rate Histogram

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SQL DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England SQL DBA Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL DBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -43 87 £350 -
South East +2 34 £375 +7.14%
Yorkshire +18 23 £213 -31.37%
North West +3 19 £381 +38.63%
East of England +19 18 £325 -7.14%
West Midlands +7 9 £313 -
South West +12 6 £200 -37.50%
North East - 4 £300 -
East Midlands -4 3 £300 -11.76%
SQL DBA
UK

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SQL 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 DBA in their job title.

1 383 (89.91%) SQL
2 360 (84.51%) SQL Server
3 175 (41.08%) SQL Server 2008
4 163 (38.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 157 (36.85%) T-SQL
6 139 (32.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 128 (30.05%) SQL Server 2005
8 94 (22.07%) Microsoft
9 93 (21.83%) Windows
10 88 (20.66%) Replication
11 81 (19.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 66 (15.49%) Clustering
13 58 (13.62%) Migration
14 55 (12.91%) Finance
15 53 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
16 52 (12.21%) Oracle
17 48 (11.27%) SQL Server 2012
18 47 (11.03%) .NET
19 42 (9.859%) ETL
19 42 (9.859%) SQL Server 2000
20 38 (8.920%) Data Warehouse
20 38 (8.920%) Windows Server 2008
21 35 (8.216%) MS Excel
22 33 (7.746%) Security Cleared
23 32 (7.512%) Banking
24 31 (7.277%) Disaster Recovery
24 31 (7.277%) Windows Server 2003
25 30 (7.042%) ITIL
25 30 (7.042%) Capacity Planning
26 26 (6.103%) High Availability

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SQL 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 DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 47 (11.03%) .NET
2 10 (2.347%) ASP
2 10 (2.347%) Web Services
3 9 (2.113%) ASP.NET
4 6 (1.408%) XML
5 4 (0.939%) Middleware
6 3 (0.704%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.469%) MDX
7 2 (0.469%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.235%) Regular Expression
8 1 (0.235%) WCF
8 1 (0.235%) Silverlight
8 1 (0.235%) DHTML
8 1 (0.235%) HTML
8 1 (0.235%) CSS
8 1 (0.235%) ODBC
8 1 (0.235%) WSH
8 1 (0.235%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.235%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.235%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 17 (3.991%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.052%) IIS
3 10 (2.347%) WebLogic
4 6 (1.408%) Windows Azure
5 5 (1.174%) Apache
5 5 (1.174%) Oracle Application Server
6 4 (0.939%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (0.704%) Moodle
8 2 (0.469%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.469%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.235%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.235%) MTS
9 1 (0.235%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.235%) CICS
9 1 (0.235%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 35 (8.216%) MS Excel
2 4 (0.939%) MS Office
3 1 (0.235%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.643%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (1.174%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.704%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.235%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.235%) Epicor iScala
4 1 (0.235%) Movex
4 1 (0.235%) Maximo
4 1 (0.235%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.235%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.235%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.756%) SAN
2 8 (1.878%) Intranet
2 8 (1.878%) Internet
2 8 (1.878%) HTTP
3 4 (0.939%) NAS
4 1 (0.235%) DNS
4 1 (0.235%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.235%) VPN
4 1 (0.235%) Wireless
4 1 (0.235%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 360 (84.51%) SQL Server
2 175 (41.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 163 (38.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 139 (32.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 128 (30.05%) SQL Server 2005
6 81 (19.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 48 (11.27%) SQL Server 2012
8 42 (9.859%) SQL Server 2000
9 38 (8.920%) Data Warehouse
10 26 (6.103%) OLTP
11 24 (5.634%) DTS
12 19 (4.460%) Oracle 10g
13 18 (4.225%) Oracle 8/8i
14 17 (3.991%) RDBMS
15 14 (3.286%) SQLPlus
16 12 (2.817%) Oracle 11g
17 11 (2.582%) MySQL
17 11 (2.582%) OLAP
17 11 (2.582%) Oracle Reports
17 11 (2.582%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.408%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (1.174%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (0.939%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.469%) ERwin
General
1 55 (12.91%) Finance
2 32 (7.512%) Banking
3 19 (4.460%) Investment Banking
4 9 (2.113%) Retail
5 6 (1.408%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.174%) Law
7 4 (0.939%) Legal
8 3 (0.704%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.469%) Games
9 2 (0.469%) Front Office
10 1 (0.235%) Back Office
10 1 (0.235%) Advertising
10 1 (0.235%) Local Government
10 1 (0.235%) International Banking
10 1 (0.235%) Marketing
10 1 (0.235%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 88 (20.66%) Replication
2 66 (15.49%) Clustering
3 13 (3.052%) Statistics
4 6 (1.408%) NHS
4 6 (1.408%) SaaS
5 5 (1.174%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.939%) Data Integration
7 3 (0.704%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.704%) Data Extraction
7 3 (0.704%) Wiki
7 3 (0.704%) VLE
8 2 (0.469%) Computer Science
8 2 (0.469%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.469%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.469%) Online Games
8 2 (0.469%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.469%) Visualisation
8 2 (0.469%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.235%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.235%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 93 (21.83%) Windows
2 38 (8.920%) Windows Server 2008
3 31 (7.277%) Windows Server 2003
4 19 (4.460%) Linux
5 16 (3.756%) UNIX
6 6 (1.408%) Solaris
7 4 (0.939%) AIX
7 4 (0.939%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.704%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.469%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.469%) Android
9 2 (0.469%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.235%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.235%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.235%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.235%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.235%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (13.62%) Migration
2 53 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
3 42 (9.859%) ETL
4 31 (7.277%) Disaster Recovery
5 30 (7.042%) ITIL
5 30 (7.042%) Capacity Planning
6 26 (6.103%) High Availability
7 20 (4.695%) Data Modelling
8 18 (4.225%) Database Security
9 11 (2.582%) Root Cause Analysis
9 11 (2.582%) Incident Management
10 10 (2.347%) Service Management
10 10 (2.347%) Change Management
10 10 (2.347%) Capacity Management
10 10 (2.347%) Data Migration
11 9 (2.113%) PRINCE2
11 9 (2.113%) CRM
12 8 (1.878%) Resource Management
12 8 (1.878%) Service Delivery
12 8 (1.878%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 383 (89.91%) SQL
2 157 (36.85%) T-SQL
3 17 (3.991%) PowerShell
4 16 (3.756%) C#
5 12 (2.817%) Perl
5 12 (2.817%) PL/SQL
5 12 (2.817%) Shell Script
6 11 (2.582%) VB.NET
7 9 (2.113%) Korn
8 7 (1.643%) Java
9 6 (1.408%) VBA
9 6 (1.408%) VB
10 4 (0.939%) VBScript
11 2 (0.469%) VB6
11 2 (0.469%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.469%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.235%) C
12 1 (0.235%) Python
12 1 (0.235%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 33 (7.746%) Security Cleared
2 19 (4.460%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (3.756%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.582%) MCDBA
5 10 (2.347%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.113%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (1.878%) MCITP
8 7 (1.643%) Degree
9 4 (0.939%) MCTS
9 4 (0.939%) MCSA
9 4 (0.939%) OCA
10 3 (0.704%) OCP
11 2 (0.469%) IBM Certification
11 2 (0.469%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.235%) HP ASE
12 1 (0.235%) MCT
12 1 (0.235%) MCSE
12 1 (0.235%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.869%) SLA
2 16 (3.756%) QA
3 3 (0.704%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (4.460%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.991%) Oracle RAC
3 12 (2.817%) Oracle RMAN
4 11 (2.582%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.174%) SRDF
6 4 (0.939%) LiteSpeed
7 2 (0.469%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.235%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.235%) vSphere
8 1 (0.235%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.235%) Samba
8 1 (0.235%) Snort
Systems Management
1 10 (2.347%) Data Guard
2 4 (0.939%) SCOM
3 3 (0.704%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (0.469%) WMI
4 2 (0.469%) OpenView
4 2 (0.469%) Nagios
4 2 (0.469%) BMC Performance Manager
4 2 (0.469%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (0.469%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (0.469%) Zenoss
4 2 (0.469%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.235%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.235%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.235%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 94 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 52 (12.21%) Oracle
3 20 (4.695%) VMware
4 6 (1.408%) Mercator
4 6 (1.408%) Citrix
4 6 (1.408%) HP
5 5 (1.174%) Sybase
6 4 (0.939%) Red Gate
7 3 (0.704%) SolarWinds
7 3 (0.704%) BMC
7 3 (0.704%) Veritas
7 3 (0.704%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.704%) IBM
7 3 (0.704%) EMC
8 2 (0.469%) Capita
8 2 (0.469%) Cisco
8 2 (0.469%) NetApp
8 2 (0.469%) Sophos
8 2 (0.469%) Business Objects
8 2 (0.469%) IronPort
London
Any knowledge of SQL Server 2012 is very desirable... Essential Skills: Excellent SQL Server Production Support DBA. Strong knowledge of SQL Server 2008 (any knowledge of 2012 is...
ComputAppoint
Rate: £350 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
SQL Server Production DBA / SQL Server 2008 R2 / SSRS / SSIS / DBA / SQL / T-SQL / Developer / Programming / London / £300 - £350 per day + long term contract required to support and...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Potential to extend
Posted: 23 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
You should have excellent DBA experience and key skills for this role include; - SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 - T-SQL, Stored Procedures - DBA Tasks; Performance Tuning, High...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
A large financial services client is looking for a production support SQL server DBA with the following experience: - Extensive experience in MS SQL server 2000, 2005 and 2008... -...
Aston Carter
Rate: market rate
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
For this role you will have demonstrable experience in SQL Server Database Administration including managing, clustering, monitoring and tuning multiple large MS SQL 2000, 2005 & 2008 RDBMS... Keywords -...
Gonnadoo
Rate: From £300 to £400 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
SQL DBA - Migration / Optimisation / Tuning / Mirroring / Replication - London £350-400pdSQL DBA required for a 6 month contract with my central London based client-The successful candidate will be...
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 to GBP400 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
West Yorkshire
New 3+ month contract assignment for a SQL Server DBA to join a leading leisure company based in West Yorkshire which boasts a £500 million annual turnoverSkills:-experience...
Rate: £350 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Essex
This position will be providing BAU support on a Disaster Recovery remediation programme, with some on call support required... The SQL Server DBA will also need to be...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chester, North West
You will also be responsible for all aspects of SQL Server database development in adherence with iDMS standards, including unit testing and documentation. Key skills: - Demonstrable experience in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 - £425.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
City, London
Around 5 years database administration ideally in banking or Business Critical IT environments. Experience of supporting Production, User Acceptance, Test and Development databases. Excellent working knowledge of Oracle...
Sanderson
Rate: £350 - £425 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013