The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL 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 SQL 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
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 35 - 37
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 3 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.980% - 2.508%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.056% - 2.589%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
Average daily rate £450 - £359
UK excluding London average daily rate £329 £314 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.78% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £29.25 £30.50
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -4.09%
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%
SQL DBA
South East

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent SQL DBA Daily Rate Trend

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 Kent region.

Kent SQL DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (85.71%) Clustering
2 6 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2012
3 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
4 4 (57.14%) High Availability
4 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
5 3 (42.86%) SRDF
5 3 (42.86%) Finance
5 3 (42.86%) Replication
6 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
7 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
7 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
7 1 (14.29%) MySQL
7 1 (14.29%) Linux
7 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
7 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (14.29%) MySQL
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Clustering
2 3 (42.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (57.14%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) SRDF
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft