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The table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDatabase Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8259
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching contract IT job ads6441257
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.871 %1.240 %
As % of the category below2.181 %2.842 %
Daily rates quoted279469
Average minimum daily rate£396£420
Average daily rate£418£445
% change on same period last year-6.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£369
% change on same period last year-2.07 %
Hourly rates quoted1723
Average minimum hourly rate£29.65£26.41
Average hourly rate£31.47£27.43
% change on same period last year+14.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.29£28.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.40£30.54
% change on same period last year+29.03 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2952544224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.91 %43.61 %
Daily rates quoted1261716632
Average minimum daily rate£405£425
Average daily rate£435£453
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£464£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted16282304
Average minimum hourly rate£23.77£23.98
Average hourly rate£25.42£25.70
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.07£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
DBA EnglandDBA
England

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London 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 London region.

London DBA Hourly Rate Trend

DBA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DBA across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London DBA Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-35168£429-6.78 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1035£465-11.16 %
Canary WharfUp+913£410-16.50 %
CroydonUp+107--
HammersmithNew entry-4£292-
UxbridgeDown-83£300-
BromleyNew entry-2£400-
LutonNew entry-2--
BexleyheathNew entry-1£275-
EalingUp+31£425+23.63 %
SouthwarkNew entry-1£400-
New MaldenNew entry-1£525-
OrpingtonNew entry-1£325-
DBA EnglandDBA
England

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1736 (58.97 %)Oracle
2594 (47.60 %)SQL
3576 (46.15 %)SQL Server
4408 (32.69 %)Oracle 10g
5359 (28.77 %)UNIX
6317 (25.40 %)Finance
6317 (25.40 %)Banking
7279 (22.36 %)Sybase
8236 (18.91 %)SQL Server 2005
9231 (18.51 %)Oracle 9i
10207 (16.59 %)Windows
11185 (14.82 %)Investment Banking
12183 (14.66 %)Replication
13175 (14.02 %)Oracle RAC
14167 (13.38 %)SQL Server 2000
15152 (12.18 %)Solaris
16150 (12.02 %)Linux
17147 (11.78 %)Oracle RMAN
18145 (11.62 %)Microsoft
19143 (11.46 %)Migration
20124 (9.936 %)PL/SQL
21117 (9.375 %)Shell Script
22101 (8.093 %)Clustering
2398 (7.853 %)Transact-SQL
2495 (7.612 %)Security Cleared
2585 (6.811 %)Sybase ASE
2682 (6.571 %)Perl
2779 (6.330 %)Oracle 8/8i
2875 (6.010 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2971 (5.689 %)DTS

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
146 (3.686 %).NET
232 (2.564 %)XML
330 (2.404 %)Oracle Streams
421 (1.683 %)HTML
515 (1.202 %)Middleware
614 (1.122 %)ASP.NET
78 (0.641 %)ASP
78 (0.641 %)JDBC
78 (0.641 %)TopLink
83 (0.240 %).NET Framework
83 (0.240 %)Servlets
83 (0.240 %)XSL
92 (0.160 %)ODBC
92 (0.160 %)ActiveX
92 (0.160 %)XML Schema
92 (0.160 %)DCOM
92 (0.160 %)OC4J
92 (0.160 %)WebSphere
101 (0.080 %)Oracle Fusion
101 (0.080 %)ASP.NET 2.0
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
127 (2.163 %)Oracle Application Server
217 (1.362 %)WebLogic
316 (1.282 %)Oracle 10gAS
49 (0.721 %)CICS
57 (0.561 %)IIS
65 (0.401 %)Apache
74 (0.321 %)Lotus Notes
74 (0.321 %)SharePoint
74 (0.321 %)Oracle 9iAS
83 (0.240 %)ColdFusion
83 (0.240 %)Oracle Spatial
92 (0.160 %)SharePoint Server 2007
92 (0.160 %)BizTalk Server
92 (0.160 %)ColdFusion MX
101 (0.080 %)Oracle Workflow
101 (0.080 %)SAS
101 (0.080 %)MTS
101 (0.080 %)Tomcat
101 (0.080 %)Tuxedo
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
168 (5.449 %)MS Excel
217 (1.362 %)MS Office
33 (0.240 %)CA Clarity
41 (0.080 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.080 %)MS Visio
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (1.843 %)Oracle Applications
222 (1.763 %)Oracle EBS
315 (1.202 %)Oracle 11i
411 (0.881 %)Oracle Financials
54 (0.321 %)Siebel Analytics
63 (0.240 %)AWD
63 (0.240 %)Microsoft CRM
63 (0.240 %)Summit
71 (0.080 %)RMDS
71 (0.080 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
71 (0.080 %)Oracle Payroll
71 (0.080 %)MAXIMO
71 (0.080 %)Oracle HRMS
71 (0.080 %)Oracle ERP
71 (0.080 %)Line 500
71 (0.080 %)Cerner Millennium
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
160 (4.808 %)SAN
241 (3.285 %)TCP/IP
330 (2.404 %)DNS
416 (1.282 %)DHCP
514 (1.122 %)LDAP
514 (1.122 %)LAN
514 (1.122 %)WAN
611 (0.881 %)Internet
76 (0.481 %)Intranet
83 (0.240 %)SSL
83 (0.240 %)Firewall
92 (0.160 %)DAB
92 (0.160 %)FTP
101 (0.080 %)HTTPS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1576 (46.15 %)SQL Server
2408 (32.69 %)Oracle 10g
3236 (18.91 %)SQL Server 2005
4231 (18.51 %)Oracle 9i
5167 (13.38 %)SQL Server 2000
685 (6.811 %)Sybase ASE
779 (6.330 %)Oracle 8/8i
875 (6.010 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
971 (5.689 %)DTS
1066 (5.288 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1161 (4.888 %)Datawarehouse
1248 (3.846 %)ETL
1346 (3.686 %)DB2
1444 (3.526 %)RDBMS
1543 (3.446 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1635 (2.804 %)Oracle Reports
1731 (2.484 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1829 (2.324 %)OLAP
1926 (2.083 %)MS Access
2025 (2.003 %)Crystal Reports
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (1.202 %)ClearCase
212 (0.962 %)ClearQuest
212 (0.962 %)JIRA
36 (0.481 %)Visual Studio
45 (0.401 %)Oracle Forms
52 (0.160 %)CruiseControl
52 (0.160 %)JDeveloper
52 (0.160 %)WinRunner
61 (0.080 %)Synon
61 (0.080 %)Oracle Developer 2000
61 (0.080 %)ERwin
61 (0.080 %)Flash
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1317 (25.40 %)Finance
1317 (25.40 %)Banking
2185 (14.82 %)Investment Banking
360 (4.808 %)Government
437 (2.965 %)Financial Institution
527 (2.163 %)Law
621 (1.683 %)Retail
715 (1.202 %)Insurance
814 (1.122 %)Telecoms
913 (1.042 %)Health
1010 (0.801 %)Auditing
119 (0.721 %)Marketing
127 (0.561 %)Front Office
127 (0.561 %)Legal
136 (0.481 %)Pensions
145 (0.401 %)Retail Banking
154 (0.321 %)Billing
154 (0.321 %)Back Office
163 (0.240 %)Police
163 (0.240 %)Education
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1183 (14.66 %)Replication
2101 (8.093 %)Clustering
317 (1.362 %)Equities
413 (1.042 %)Derivative
413 (1.042 %)NHS
510 (0.801 %)French Language
68 (0.641 %)Client/Server
68 (0.641 %)Mainframe
75 (0.401 %)Firmware
83 (0.240 %)Management Information System
83 (0.240 %)Mathematics
92 (0.160 %)Fixed Income
92 (0.160 %)Data Integration
92 (0.160 %)Market Risk
92 (0.160 %)Fat Client
92 (0.160 %)Thin Client
92 (0.160 %)iDTV
92 (0.160 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
101 (0.080 %)Symmetrix
101 (0.080 %)Japanese Language
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1359 (28.77 %)UNIX
2207 (16.59 %)Windows
3152 (12.18 %)Solaris
4150 (12.02 %)Linux
568 (5.449 %)Windows Server 2003
643 (3.446 %)Windows 2000
735 (2.804 %)HPUX
834 (2.724 %)AIX
917 (1.362 %)Red Hat Linux
1013 (1.042 %)zOS
1110 (0.801 %)Windows 2000 Server
129 (0.721 %)Windows XP
138 (0.641 %)Windows NT
145 (0.401 %)VMS
145 (0.401 %)Windows Server 2008
152 (0.160 %)OpenVMS
161 (0.080 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
161 (0.080 %)Debian
161 (0.080 %)Ubuntu
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1143 (11.46 %)Migration
295 (7.612 %)Security Cleared
366 (5.288 %)SC Cleared
455 (4.407 %)Data Modelling
552 (4.167 %)Disaster Recovery
648 (3.846 %)Data Migration
742 (3.365 %)Business Intelligence
835 (2.804 %)ITIL
931 (2.484 %)CRM
1029 (2.324 %)Project Management
1120 (1.603 %)Asset Management
1218 (1.442 %)Investment Management
1315 (1.202 %)PRINCE2
1413 (1.042 %)Change Management
1512 (0.962 %)BCP
1512 (0.962 %)User Acceptance Testing
1611 (0.881 %)Configuration Management
179 (0.721 %)Service Delivery
179 (0.721 %)OO
179 (0.721 %)SOA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1594 (47.60 %)SQL
2124 (9.936 %)PL/SQL
3117 (9.375 %)Shell Script
498 (7.853 %)Transact-SQL
582 (6.571 %)Perl
633 (2.644 %)Java
633 (2.644 %)VB
722 (1.763 %)C#
820 (1.603 %)Korn
917 (1.362 %)C
1016 (1.282 %)VBA
116 (0.481 %)VB.NET
116 (0.481 %)REXX
124 (0.321 %)AWK
124 (0.321 %)VBScript
124 (0.321 %)C++
133 (0.240 %)JCL
133 (0.240 %)XPath
142 (0.160 %)VB6
142 (0.160 %)JavaScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (1.763 %)Degree
221 (1.683 %)Oracle Certification
320 (1.603 %)Microsoft Certification
412 (0.962 %)MCDBA
58 (0.641 %)OCP
61 (0.080 %)MCSD
61 (0.080 %)MCDST
61 (0.080 %)HP ASE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (0.481 %)QA
25 (0.401 %)SLA
32 (0.160 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1175 (14.02 %)Oracle RAC
2147 (11.78 %)Oracle RMAN
314 (1.122 %)AquaLogic
46 (0.481 %)Active Directory
53 (0.240 %)VMware ESX
53 (0.240 %)VMware Infrastructure
62 (0.160 %)Backup Exec
71 (0.080 %)NetBackup
71 (0.080 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.080 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (0.962 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
29 (0.721 %)Oracle Statspack
34 (0.321 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
34 (0.321 %)MAINVIEW
43 (0.240 %)AutoSys
43 (0.240 %)MIIS
43 (0.240 %)Foglight
43 (0.240 %)OMEGAMON
51 (0.080 %)SCOM
51 (0.080 %)AppDetective
51 (0.080 %)BMC PATROL
51 (0.080 %)CONTROL-M
51 (0.080 %)MOM
51 (0.080 %)OpenView
51 (0.080 %)Tivoli
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1736 (58.97 %)Oracle
2279 (22.36 %)Sybase
3145 (11.62 %)Microsoft
436 (2.885 %)Siebel
532 (2.564 %)Sun
624 (1.923 %)Murex
624 (1.923 %)Calypso
721 (1.683 %)VERITAS
817 (1.362 %)BMC
817 (1.362 %)Red Hat
914 (1.122 %)BEA
914 (1.122 %)Cisco
1013 (1.042 %)HP
1013 (1.042 %)Remedy
1111 (0.881 %)Reuters
1111 (0.881 %)Bloomberg
1111 (0.881 %)Business Objects
1210 (0.801 %)IBM
139 (0.721 %)Hummingbird
145 (0.401 %)EMC