The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 21 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 North West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 100 103 98
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -5
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 19 32 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.805% 1.015% 1.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.863% 1.108% 1.146%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 21
Average daily rate £381 £288 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.60% -16.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £238 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £329 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.34% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.75 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+0.97% -15.57%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2202 2887 2793
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.27% 91.53% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1041 1432 1395
Average daily rate £333 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.30% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 174 190
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.30 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West SQL DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West SQL DBA Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West SQL DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West SQL DBA Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL DBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cheshire +1 7 £388 +24.00%
Manchester +5 4 £331 +20.45%
Merseyside -2 4 £175 -41.66%
Lancashire - 1 - -
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 36 (97.30%) SQL
2 32 (86.49%) SQL Server
3 22 (59.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (43.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (40.54%) Replication
5 15 (40.54%) T-SQL
6 14 (37.84%) SQL Server 2008
7 12 (32.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 10 (27.03%) SQL Server 2005
9 9 (24.32%) OLTP
10 7 (18.92%) Finance
10 7 (18.92%) QA
10 7 (18.92%) SQL Server 2000
11 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
11 6 (16.22%) RDBMS
12 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
12 5 (13.51%) ETL
12 5 (13.51%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (13.51%) Unit Testing
13 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
13 4 (10.81%) Data Integration
13 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
14 3 (8.108%) VLDB
14 3 (8.108%) Change Management
14 3 (8.108%) Migration
14 3 (8.108%) Clustering
14 3 (8.108%) Agile Software Development
14 3 (8.108%) IDMS
15 2 (5.405%) Load Testing

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.703%) .NET
1 1 (2.703%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.703%) WSH
1 1 (2.703%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.703%) CICS
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) SAN
1 1 (2.703%) HTTP
1 1 (2.703%) Internet
1 1 (2.703%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (86.49%) SQL Server
2 22 (59.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (43.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (37.84%) SQL Server 2008
5 12 (32.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (27.03%) SQL Server 2005
7 9 (24.32%) OLTP
8 7 (18.92%) SQL Server 2000
9 6 (16.22%) RDBMS
10 5 (13.51%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (8.108%) VLDB
11 3 (8.108%) IDMS
12 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2012
13 1 (2.703%) Informix
13 1 (2.703%) MS Access
13 1 (2.703%) MySQL
13 1 (2.703%) DB2
13 1 (2.703%) MSDE
13 1 (2.703%) Data Mart
13 1 (2.703%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (18.92%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Back Office
2 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.703%) Retail
2 1 (2.703%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 15 (40.54%) Replication
2 4 (10.81%) Data Integration
3 3 (8.108%) Clustering
4 2 (5.405%) NHS
5 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.703%) Tandem
5 1 (2.703%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.703%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.22%) Data Modelling
2 5 (13.51%) ETL
2 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (13.51%) Unit Testing
3 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (8.108%) Change Management
4 3 (8.108%) Migration
4 3 (8.108%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (5.405%) Load Testing
5 2 (5.405%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.405%) ITIL
6 1 (2.703%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.703%) SOA
6 1 (2.703%) Project Management
6 1 (2.703%) Data Security
6 1 (2.703%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.703%) Information Security
6 1 (2.703%) Data Transformation
6 1 (2.703%) Performance Management
6 1 (2.703%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 36 (97.30%) SQL
2 15 (40.54%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.703%) VBScript
3 1 (2.703%) Assembly Language
3 1 (2.703%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (5.405%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.703%) MCDBA
2 1 (2.703%) MCT
2 1 (2.703%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.703%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.703%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.703%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.703%) LiteSpeed
1 1 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle
2 1 (2.703%) Sybase
2 1 (2.703%) Dell
2 1 (2.703%) CommVault
2 1 (2.703%) VMware
2 1 (2.703%) Teradata
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...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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You will also be responsible for all aspects of SQL Server database development in adherence with iDMS standards, including unit testing and documentation. Key skills: - Demonstrable experience in...
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Rate: £350.00 - £425.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013