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This section looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDatabase Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3643
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads7599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.100 %
As % of the category below3.218 %2.891 %
Daily rates quoted1616
Average minimum daily rate£312£311
Average daily rate£340£328
% change on same period last year+3.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£373
% change on same period last year-5.17 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£39.25
Average hourly rate-£39.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.57£28.83
% change on same period last year+37.22 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads23313425
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.107 %3.465 %
Daily rates quoted514666
Average minimum daily rate£297£306
Average daily rate£320£321
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted140196
Average minimum hourly rate£20.18£18.21
Average hourly rate£22.27£19.26
% change on same period last year+15.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.36£20.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
DBA UKDBA
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland DBA Hourly Rate Trend

DBA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowUp+2035£324+8.25 %
EdinburghDown-515£373+9.02 %
AberdeenUp+27--
RenfrewshireNew entry-5£375-
AberdeenshireNew entry-1--
DundeeNew entry-1--
West LothianDown-81--
DBA UKDBA
UK

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1110 (74.83 %)Oracle
280 (54.42 %)Oracle 10g
362 (42.18 %)Oracle 9i
456 (38.10 %)UNIX
545 (30.61 %)SQL
638 (25.85 %)Oracle RAC
737 (25.17 %)Finance
836 (24.49 %)SQL Server
931 (21.09 %)Linux
1028 (19.05 %)Solaris
1127 (18.37 %)Sybase
1224 (16.33 %)Oracle Application Server
1323 (15.65 %)Windows
1422 (14.97 %)SQL Server 2005
1518 (12.24 %)Oracle RMAN
1518 (12.24 %)VERITAS
1617 (11.56 %)SQL Server 2000
1617 (11.56 %)Sun
1617 (11.56 %)BMC
1713 (8.844 %)SAN
1713 (8.844 %)BusinessObjects
1713 (8.844 %)AIX
1713 (8.844 %)Business Objects
1812 (8.163 %)RDBMS
1911 (7.483 %)Red Hat
1911 (7.483 %)DB2
1911 (7.483 %)Perl
1911 (7.483 %)Replication
1911 (7.483 %)Migration
2010 (6.803 %)Sybase ASE

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (2.041 %).NET
21 (0.680 %)ASP
21 (0.680 %)ISPF
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (16.33 %)Oracle Application Server
22 (1.361 %)SharePoint
22 (1.361 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (0.680 %)Apache
31 (0.680 %)Oracle 9iAS
31 (0.680 %)Oracle 10gAS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.041 %)Oracle Financials
22 (1.361 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.680 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.680 %)Oracle EBS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (8.844 %)SAN
28 (5.442 %)SSH
31 (0.680 %)WAN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
180 (54.42 %)Oracle 10g
262 (42.18 %)Oracle 9i
336 (24.49 %)SQL Server
422 (14.97 %)SQL Server 2005
517 (11.56 %)SQL Server 2000
613 (8.844 %)BusinessObjects
712 (8.163 %)RDBMS
811 (7.483 %)DB2
910 (6.803 %)Sybase ASE
108 (5.442 %)MySQL
117 (4.762 %)Oracle 8/8i
126 (4.082 %)BusinessObjects XI
134 (2.721 %)Datawarehouse
143 (2.041 %)ETL
143 (2.041 %)SQL Server 7
151 (0.680 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
151 (0.680 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
151 (0.680 %)TOAD
151 (0.680 %)Oracle Reports
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (6.122 %)PVCS
22 (1.361 %)Oracle Forms
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (25.17 %)Finance
29 (6.122 %)Banking
37 (4.762 %)Billing
37 (4.762 %)Telecoms
45 (3.401 %)Retail
54 (2.721 %)Government
54 (2.721 %)Auditing
63 (2.041 %)Retail Banking
72 (1.361 %)Investment Banking
72 (1.361 %)Manufacturing
72 (1.361 %)Chemicals
72 (1.361 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.680 %)Financial Institution
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (7.483 %)Replication
29 (6.122 %)Clustering
38 (5.442 %)Mainframe
43 (2.041 %)IBM Mainframe
51 (0.680 %)Data Integration
51 (0.680 %)Taxonomies
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
156 (38.10 %)UNIX
231 (21.09 %)Linux
328 (19.05 %)Solaris
423 (15.65 %)Windows
513 (8.844 %)AIX
67 (4.762 %)Tru64
76 (4.082 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (2.721 %)Windows NT
93 (2.041 %)zOS
101 (0.680 %)OS/390
101 (0.680 %)HPUX
101 (0.680 %)Debian
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (7.483 %)Migration
27 (4.762 %)Change Management
36 (4.082 %)Data Migration
45 (3.401 %)Incident Management
53 (2.041 %)Business Intelligence
53 (2.041 %)Security Cleared
62 (1.361 %)SC Cleared
62 (1.361 %)PRINCE2
71 (0.680 %)Service Delivery
71 (0.680 %)Problem Management
71 (0.680 %)Release Management
71 (0.680 %)Performance Management
71 (0.680 %)Dimensional Modelling
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
145 (30.61 %)SQL
211 (7.483 %)Perl
310 (6.803 %)PL/SQL
310 (6.803 %)Shell Script
48 (5.442 %)C
48 (5.442 %)Java
55 (3.401 %)REXX
62 (1.361 %)JCL
71 (0.680 %)Transact-SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.041 %)Degree
21 (0.680 %)OCP
21 (0.680 %)Oracle Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.361 %)SLA
21 (0.680 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
138 (25.85 %)Oracle RAC
218 (12.24 %)Oracle RMAN
37 (4.762 %)NetBackup
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.721 %)OMEGAMON
21 (0.680 %)EMC NetWorker
21 (0.680 %)Legato
21 (0.680 %)Tivoli
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1110 (74.83 %)Oracle
227 (18.37 %)Sybase
318 (12.24 %)VERITAS
417 (11.56 %)BMC
417 (11.56 %)Sun
513 (8.844 %)Business Objects
611 (7.483 %)Red Hat
77 (4.762 %)Intec
85 (3.401 %)IBM
85 (3.401 %)Microsoft
91 (0.680 %)HP
91 (0.680 %)PeopleSoft
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