The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 19 June 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 Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 71 - 71
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 2 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.227% - 0.692%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.250% - 0.799%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £368 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £22.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -24.16%
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
801 1060 876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.02% 92.09% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 370 393
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 51 39
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.38 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.50 £27.50 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
SQL DBA
Berkshire

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading SQL DBA Daily Rate Trend

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 Reading region.

Reading SQL DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (40.00%) Replication
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) ATM
3 1 (20.00%) Clustering
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) Database Security
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (40.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Replication
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ETL
1 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (20.00%) ITSM
1 1 (20.00%) Database Security
1 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft