The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside 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 22 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 Merseyside 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 19 28 28
Rank change year-on-year
+9 0
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 15 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 6.977% 2.996% 1.606%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.212% 3.150% 1.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 4
Average daily rate £425 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+0.97% -14.16%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
208 254 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.74% 95.13% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 115 110
Average daily rate £330 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £188 £132
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 46 35
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.51 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.32% +16.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £12.05 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £83.70 £25.00 £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
DBA
North West

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside DBA Daily Rate Trend

DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DBA across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Merseyside DBA Daily Rate Histogram

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 22 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
Liverpool +12 11 £425 +41.66%
DBA
North West

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 11 (73.33%) Oracle
2 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (60.00%) UNIX
4 7 (46.67%) SQL
5 6 (40.00%) Oracle ADF
5 6 (40.00%) WebLogic
5 6 (40.00%) JDeveloper
6 4 (26.67%) Java
6 4 (26.67%) Oracle 10g
6 4 (26.67%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (13.33%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (13.33%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
9 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (6.667%) ETL
9 1 (6.667%) CommVault
9 1 (6.667%) zOS
9 1 (6.667%) NHS
9 1 (6.667%) Shell Script
9 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
9 1 (6.667%) Linux
9 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
9 1 (6.667%) .NET
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
9 1 (6.667%) Change Management
9 1 (6.667%) Security Management

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 Development
1 6 (40.00%) Oracle ADF
2 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
2 1 (6.667%) .NET
2 1 (6.667%) MDX
2 1 (6.667%) Mason
Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle 10g
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (13.33%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
4 1 (6.667%) Data Mart
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) JDeveloper
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) NHS
1 1 (6.667%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) UNIX
2 1 (6.667%) zOS
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (6.667%) ETL
2 1 (6.667%) Change Management
2 1 (6.667%) Security Management
2 1 (6.667%) Migration
2 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (6.667%) Data Migration
2 1 (6.667%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (6.667%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) SQL
2 4 (26.67%) Java
3 1 (6.667%) Shell Script
3 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) LiteSpeed
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) CommVault
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...
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013