The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 20 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 South East 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 102 144 96
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -48
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 121 98 171
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.487% 0.997% 1.618%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.602% 1.084% 1.748%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 56 76
Average daily rate £375 £343 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.48% -4.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £200 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £321 £345
% change year-on-year
+13.79% -7.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
Average hourly rate £16.50 £25.25 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.65% -13.67%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £22.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+34.06% -17.27%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7554 9043 9785
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.84% 92.03% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3818 4070 4253
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 593 676 850
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
DBA
England

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Kent +25 37 £450 +16.12% 14
Hampshire -15 16 £319 +18.05% 9
Berkshire +19 15 £370 +10.44% 4
Surrey -5 14 £325 -23.52% 8
Oxfordshire +9 12 £320 +24.87% 4
East Sussex +8 8 £375 -
Middlesex +3 3 £450 +20.00%
Sussex - 3 £350 - 1
Buckinghamshire -8 1 - - 2
West Sussex - 1 £400 - 1
DBA
England

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 142 (57.96%) Oracle
2 120 (48.98%) SQL
3 104 (42.45%) SQL Server
4 81 (33.06%) Oracle 11g
5 77 (31.43%) Oracle RAC
6 69 (28.16%) Linux
7 66 (26.94%) UNIX
8 60 (24.49%) Finance
9 54 (22.04%) Oracle 10g
10 46 (18.78%) Windows
11 41 (16.73%) Business Intelligence
12 39 (15.92%) Red Hat
12 39 (15.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 39 (15.92%) SQL Server 2008
13 38 (15.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 38 (15.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 38 (15.51%) Replication
14 37 (15.10%) SQL Server 2005
14 37 (15.10%) T-SQL
14 37 (15.10%) PL/SQL
15 36 (14.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
16 34 (13.88%) AIX
17 32 (13.06%) Shell Script
18 31 (12.65%) Data Guard
19 30 (12.24%) Microsoft
20 27 (11.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
21 22 (8.980%) Security Cleared
21 22 (8.980%) Oracle Reports
22 21 (8.571%) Disaster Recovery
22 21 (8.571%) Oracle RMAN

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 20 (8.163%) .NET
2 12 (4.898%) Middleware
3 11 (4.490%) Web Services
4 9 (3.673%) XML
5 6 (2.449%) WCF
6 5 (2.041%) jQuery
6 5 (2.041%) Dojo
7 4 (1.633%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.224%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.816%) HTML
9 2 (0.816%) COM
9 2 (0.816%) HTML5
10 1 (0.408%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.408%) ASP
10 1 (0.408%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 18 (7.347%) WebLogic
2 15 (6.122%) IIS
3 12 (4.898%) Apache
4 8 (3.265%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.449%) ArcGIS
5 6 (2.449%) ArcIMS
6 4 (1.633%) SAS
7 3 (1.224%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.408%) Windows Azure
8 1 (0.408%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.408%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.408%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.408%) Oracle 9iAS
8 1 (0.408%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.408%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (7.347%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.408%) PowerPivot
2 1 (0.408%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.408%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.408%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 16 (6.531%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (2.449%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (2.041%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.633%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.816%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (0.816%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.408%) Epicor iScala
6 1 (0.408%) Movex
6 1 (0.408%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.408%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.408%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.408%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.449%) SAN
2 4 (1.633%) HTTP
3 3 (1.224%) Firewall
4 2 (0.816%) Internet
4 2 (0.816%) LAN
5 1 (0.408%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.408%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.408%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.408%) SSL
5 1 (0.408%) VoIP
5 1 (0.408%) DHCP
5 1 (0.408%) DNS
5 1 (0.408%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.408%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.408%) VPN
5 1 (0.408%) DMZ
5 1 (0.408%) RTP
5 1 (0.408%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (42.45%) SQL Server
2 81 (33.06%) Oracle 11g
3 54 (22.04%) Oracle 10g
4 39 (15.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 39 (15.92%) SQL Server 2008
5 38 (15.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 37 (15.10%) SQL Server 2005
7 27 (11.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 22 (8.980%) Oracle Reports
9 20 (8.163%) Oracle 8/8i
10 16 (6.531%) MySQL
11 15 (6.122%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (5.306%) SQL Server 2012
13 12 (4.898%) SQLPlus
13 12 (4.898%) TOAD
14 11 (4.490%) Oracle Discoverer
15 8 (3.265%) DB2
15 8 (3.265%) Oracle 9i
15 8 (3.265%) GIS
16 6 (2.449%) DTS
Development Applications
1 14 (5.714%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (2.449%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.449%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (1.633%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 4 (1.633%) ProC
3 4 (1.633%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (1.224%) LoadRunner
General
1 60 (24.49%) Finance
2 8 (3.265%) Banking
3 6 (2.449%) French Language
4 5 (2.041%) Telecoms
4 5 (2.041%) Investment Banking
5 3 (1.224%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.816%) Financial Institution
6 2 (0.816%) Marketing
6 2 (0.816%) Local Government
6 2 (0.816%) Retail
6 2 (0.816%) Electronics
7 1 (0.408%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.51%) Replication
2 18 (7.347%) Clustering
3 6 (2.449%) AS400
4 5 (2.041%) Oracle Exalytics
5 4 (1.633%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.633%) Open Source
6 3 (1.224%) Statistics
6 3 (1.224%) NHS
7 2 (0.816%) Data Extraction
8 1 (0.408%) SaaS
8 1 (0.408%) Oracle Exalogic
8 1 (0.408%) Data Integration
8 1 (0.408%) CMDB
8 1 (0.408%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.408%) DTV
8 1 (0.408%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 69 (28.16%) Linux
2 66 (26.94%) UNIX
3 46 (18.78%) Windows
4 38 (15.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (13.88%) AIX
6 15 (6.122%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (4.898%) Solaris
8 11 (4.490%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.408%) zOS
9 1 (0.408%) Tru64
9 1 (0.408%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.408%) HPUX
9 1 (0.408%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (16.73%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (8.571%) Disaster Recovery
2 21 (8.571%) Migration
3 17 (6.939%) ETL
4 12 (4.898%) SOA
5 10 (4.082%) Data Modelling
5 10 (4.082%) E-business
6 9 (3.673%) BCP
7 8 (3.265%) Investment Management
8 7 (2.857%) Fund Management
9 6 (2.449%) Data Migration
9 6 (2.449%) High Availability
9 6 (2.449%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (2.449%) Database Security
10 5 (2.041%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (2.041%) System Testing
10 5 (2.041%) CRM
10 5 (2.041%) ERP
10 5 (2.041%) ITIL
11 4 (1.633%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 120 (48.98%) SQL
2 37 (15.10%) T-SQL
2 37 (15.10%) PL/SQL
3 32 (13.06%) Shell Script
4 13 (5.306%) Perl
5 12 (4.898%) Korn
6 11 (4.490%) C#
7 8 (3.265%) Java
7 8 (3.265%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.265%) Python
8 5 (2.041%) VB.NET
8 5 (2.041%) C
9 3 (1.224%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.224%) C++
9 3 (1.224%) VB
10 2 (0.816%) VBA
10 2 (0.816%) PHP
10 2 (0.816%) Bourne shell
10 2 (0.816%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.408%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
Qualifications
1 22 (8.980%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.122%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.633%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.224%) ISEB Practitioner
4 3 (1.224%) ISEB
5 2 (0.816%) Degree
5 2 (0.816%) HP AIS
6 1 (0.408%) OCP
6 1 (0.408%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.408%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.633%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (0.816%) SLA
2 2 (0.816%) QA
3 1 (0.408%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 77 (31.43%) Oracle RAC
2 21 (8.571%) Oracle RMAN
3 12 (4.898%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.224%) SRDF
4 3 (1.224%) LiteSpeed
4 3 (1.224%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.816%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.816%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.408%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 36 (14.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 31 (12.65%) Data Guard
3 4 (1.633%) NetBackup
4 3 (1.224%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.408%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.408%) Oracle Statspack
5 1 (0.408%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.408%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.408%) MOM
Vendors
1 142 (57.96%) Oracle
2 39 (15.92%) Red Hat
3 30 (12.24%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.714%) Cognos
5 12 (4.898%) SAP
6 11 (4.490%) JD Edwards
6 11 (4.490%) Business Objects
7 7 (2.857%) Sybase
8 6 (2.449%) JBoss
8 6 (2.449%) VMware
9 5 (2.041%) HP
9 5 (2.041%) ESRI
10 4 (1.633%) Orchard
10 4 (1.633%) Teradata
11 3 (1.224%) Red Gate
11 3 (1.224%) Netezza
12 1 (0.408%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.408%) EnterpriseDB
12 1 (0.408%) Lagan
12 1 (0.408%) IBM
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