The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server 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 Server 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Database Administrator
Rank - - 76
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 0 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - 0.291%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.330%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-2.91% -20.76%
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
783 1015 908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.47% 91.86% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 342 407
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £218 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 57 38
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% +24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £11.25 £10.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £24.00 £34.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL Server DBA
Berkshire

SQL Server DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading SQL Server DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server DBA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the Reading region.

Reading SQL Server DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading SQL Server DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server DBA
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL