The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South West 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 96 95 99
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 5 37 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.249% 1.183% 0.958%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.267% 1.260% 1.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 25 14
Average daily rate £200 £313 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.00% +5.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £22.75 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -26.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £22.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -24.16%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1876 2937 2830
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.38% 93.92% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1118 1762 1405
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £485 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 175 256
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -1.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.58 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West SQL DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the South West region over the 3 months to 19 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
Bristol +19 2 - - 4
Devon -8 2 £200 -38.46% 1
Somerset -3 1 - - 2
Wiltshire - - - - 2
Dorset - - - -
Gloucestershire - - - -
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 18 (90.00%) SQL Server
3 13 (65.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (55.00%) T-SQL
5 10 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 9 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (35.00%) Windows
7 7 (35.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (25.00%) Replication
8 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (20.00%) OCA
9 4 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (20.00%) Oracle
9 4 (20.00%) MCSA
9 4 (20.00%) SLA
9 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (15.00%) Migration
10 3 (15.00%) ETL
11 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
12 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 1 (5.000%) VMware
12 1 (5.000%) Clustering
12 1 (5.000%) Scrum
12 1 (5.000%) DTS
12 1 (5.000%) SAN
12 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
12 1 (5.000%) MCDBA
12 1 (5.000%) SharePoint

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 Development
1 1 (5.000%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.000%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (90.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (65.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (35.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (5.000%) DTS
7 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (5.000%) OLAP
7 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (5.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (15.00%) Migration
2 3 (15.00%) ETL
3 1 (5.000%) Scrum
3 1 (5.000%) Database Security
3 1 (5.000%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 11 (55.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (20.00%) OCA
2 4 (20.00%) Oracle Certification
2 4 (20.00%) MCSA
3 1 (5.000%) MCDBA
3 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.000%) VMware
3 1 (5.000%) Red Gate
View SQL DBA jobs Nationwide