The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 24 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 South Wales 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Database Administrator
Rank - - 46
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales - - 0.240%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.256%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.79% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.75 £30.50
% change year-on-year
-2.91% -15.57%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
309 377 390
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 94.21% 93.32% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 199 213
Average daily rate £350 £328 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.87% +0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £177 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 21
Average hourly rate £14.75 £14.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -41.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.32 £10.95 £11.21
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.65 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL Server DBA
Wales

SQL Server DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales SQL Server DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (83.33%) Clustering
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) OLTP
2 5 (83.33%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (83.33%) ETL
3 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) DTS
3 4 (66.67%) Cognos
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) AS400
3 4 (66.67%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) Kimball Methodology
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) OpenUP
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (16.67%) MCITP
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Replication

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (83.33%) OLTP
2 5 (83.33%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (66.67%) DTS
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Clustering
2 4 (66.67%) AS400
3 1 (16.67%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ETL
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (16.67%) OpenUP
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) MCITP
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Cognos
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle