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This section looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts within the Reading region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDatabase Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7141
Rank change on same period last yearDown-30
Matching contract IT job ads327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.029 %
As % of the category below0.316 %2.951 %
Daily rates quoted222
Average minimum daily rate£425£391
Average daily rate£441£402
% change on same period last year+9.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£458£414
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£362
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.15£31.02
% change on same period last year+26.20 %
Job Titles ReadingJob Titles
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads948915
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.250 %0.971 %
Daily rates quoted279254
Average minimum daily rate£322£324
Average daily rate£340£344
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted9284
Average minimum hourly rate£21.28£29.02
Average hourly rate£22.98£30.67
% change on same period last year-25.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.69£32.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.28£26.07
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
DBA BerkshireDBA
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading DBA Hourly Rate Trend

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

17 (77.78 %)SQL Server
26 (66.67 %)SQL
33 (33.33 %)Microsoft
33 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
33 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (33.33 %)Oracle
42 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (22.22 %)Active Directory
42 (22.22 %)HP
42 (22.22 %)Dell
42 (22.22 %)Windows
42 (22.22 %)Windows 2000
42 (22.22 %)Business Intelligence
42 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
42 (22.22 %)Migration
42 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
51 (11.11 %)DTS
51 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
51 (11.11 %)TOAD
51 (11.11 %)RDBMS
51 (11.11 %)DB2
51 (11.11 %)Oracle Reports
51 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (11.11 %)VBScript
51 (11.11 %)JavaScript
51 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
51 (11.11 %)MicroStrategy
51 (11.11 %)ERwin
51 (11.11 %)Finance

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
17 (77.78 %)SQL Server
23 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
23 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (22.22 %)Oracle 9i
41 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
41 (11.11 %)DTS
41 (11.11 %)TOAD
41 (11.11 %)RDBMS
41 (11.11 %)DB2
41 (11.11 %)Oracle Reports
41 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
11 (11.11 %)ERwin
General
11 (11.11 %)Finance
11 (11.11 %)Health
11 (11.11 %)Manufacturing
Operating Systems
12 (22.22 %)Windows
12 (22.22 %)Windows 2000
12 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)Migration
21 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
Programming Languages
16 (66.67 %)SQL
21 (11.11 %)VBScript
21 (11.11 %)JavaScript
21 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
System Software
12 (22.22 %)Active Directory
Vendors
13 (33.33 %)Oracle
13 (33.33 %)Microsoft
22 (22.22 %)HP
22 (22.22 %)Dell
31 (11.11 %)MicroStrategy
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