The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 36 55 48
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -7
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 3 12 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.095% 1.729% 0.233%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.149% 1.881% 0.249%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £353 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.46% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
+12.30% -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £29.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -2.50%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
261 638 401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 95.26% 91.93% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 362 158
Average daily rate £380 £400 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +29.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £270 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 39 67
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £23.34 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
DBA
South West

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire DBA Jobs Demand Trend

DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire DBA Daily Rate Trend

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire DBA Hourly Rate Trend

DBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Gloucester +26 2 £353 -
Cheltenham +22 1 - -
DBA
South West

DBA
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) MySQL
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Replication
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (50.00%) Information Management
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Database Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
4 1 (25.00%) Windows

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (50.00%) MySQL
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Information Management
1 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Database Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle