The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior 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 Kent 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
Senior Database Administrator
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Senior DBA 16 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 5.229% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.634% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £45.00
All Job Titles
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
284 242 309
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 92.81% 91.32% 96.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 118 174
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £138 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 24 23
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £74.25 £27.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Senior DBA
South East

Senior DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Senior DBA Jobs Demand Trend

Senior DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Senior DBA Daily Rate Trend

Senior DBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior DBA within the Kent 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
Tonbridge - 2 £450 -
Senior DBA
South East

Senior DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 21 (95.45%) Oracle
1 21 (95.45%) Oracle RAC
2 20 (90.91%) Linux
2 20 (90.91%) Finance
3 19 (86.36%) UNIX
4 16 (72.73%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 16 (72.73%) Oracle 11g
5 15 (68.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (63.64%) Red Hat
7 7 (31.82%) AIX
8 6 (27.27%) Investment Management
9 4 (18.18%) Fund Management
10 3 (13.64%) TimesTen
10 3 (13.64%) Oracle Exalytics
10 3 (13.64%) Sybase ASE
10 3 (13.64%) Sybase
10 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (13.64%) Oracle 10g
11 2 (9.091%) Solaris
11 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
11 2 (9.091%) Database Security
12 1 (4.545%) High Availability
12 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2012
12 1 (4.545%) Data Guard
12 1 (4.545%) SRDF
12 1 (4.545%) R
12 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
12 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
12 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
12 1 (4.545%) MS Excel

Senior DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (72.73%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (13.64%) Sybase ASE
2 3 (13.64%) TimesTen
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 20 (90.91%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Exalytics
2 1 (4.545%) Replication
2 1 (4.545%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 20 (90.91%) Linux
2 19 (86.36%) UNIX
3 15 (68.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (31.82%) AIX
5 2 (9.091%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Investment Management
2 4 (18.18%) Fund Management
3 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (9.091%) Database Security
5 1 (4.545%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.545%) R
System Software
1 21 (95.45%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (4.545%) SRDF
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 16 (72.73%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (4.545%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Oracle
2 14 (63.64%) Red Hat
3 3 (13.64%) Sybase
Tonbridge, South East
This is a fantastic 3 month initial contract based in Tonbridge for 2 x Senior Oracle DBA's.
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The Successful Oracle DBAs must have experience with : ** Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) ** Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 (including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart) ** PL/SQL or SQL...
e-Recruiter
Rate: £2000 - £2400 per week
Posted: 16 May 2013
Tonbridge, South East
Excellent skills in the following areas must include:* Recent Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) skills and a proven investment management and / or financial services.* Proven Oracle Grid...
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Tonbridge, South East
Excellent skills in the following areas must include: * Recent Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) skills and a proven investment management and / or financial services... * Detailed Oracle Enterprise...
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Location: KentDuration: 3 monthsRate: TBAMy client, a leading fund management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Engineering and Automation experience from...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013