The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 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 Oxfordshire 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
Database Administrator
Rank 47 47 24
Rank change year-on-year
0 -23
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 4 5 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.905% 0.795% 6.444%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.962% 0.832% 6.697%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 13
Average daily rate £275 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £239 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £335 £375
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
416 601 433
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.12% 95.55% 96.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 290 201
Average daily rate £340 £350 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +18.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £488 £386
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 81 61
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% +11.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.90 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
DBA
South East

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
Oxford +3 2 - -
DBA
South East

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (54.55%) T-SQL
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (27.27%) ETL
6 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (9.091%) Data Security
7 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (9.091%) Replication
7 1 (9.091%) Clustering
7 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
7 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
7 1 (9.091%) Windows
7 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
7 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
7 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (9.091%) DTS
7 1 (9.091%) ERP
7 1 (9.091%) VB
7 1 (9.091%) .NET
7 1 (9.091%) Epicor iScala
7 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (9.091%) Degree

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
1 1 (9.091%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Epicor iScala
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (81.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (9.091%) DTS
6 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Replication
1 1 (9.091%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) ETL
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.091%) Data Security
3 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
3 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (9.091%) Database Security
3 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) T-SQL
3 1 (9.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft