Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT contracts within the Staffordshire 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 SQL DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSQL Database Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank3321
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.917 %2.273 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£200£300
Average daily rate£250£325
% change on same period last year-23.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£358
% change on same period last year-6.32 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.00£36.60
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Staffordshire
Matching contract IT job ads218176
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.342 %0.192 %
Daily rates quoted8152
Average minimum daily rate£308£299
Average daily rate£333£320
% change on same period last year+4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted3442
Average minimum hourly rate£16.57£24.54
Average hourly rate£18.12£26.37
% change on same period last year-31.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.68£28.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.38£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
SQL DBA West MidlandsSQL DBA
West Midlands

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.

SQL DBA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL DBA across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Staffordshire SQL DBA Demand Trend

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire SQL DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 November 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
Burton-upon-TrentNew entry-1£250-
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-1--
SQL DBA West MidlandsSQL DBA
West Midlands

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

14 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server
32 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
32 (50.00 %).NET
32 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (25.00 %)iSeries
41 (25.00 %)AS400
41 (25.00 %)Replication
41 (25.00 %)NetBackup
41 (25.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
41 (25.00 %)Sun
41 (25.00 %)BusinessObjects
41 (25.00 %)CA
41 (25.00 %)Unicenter
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (25.00 %)AutoSys
41 (25.00 %)Oracle
41 (25.00 %)DB2
41 (25.00 %)Business Objects
41 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
41 (25.00 %)UNIX
41 (25.00 %)Solaris
41 (25.00 %)MS Excel
41 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %).NET
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)SQL Server
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (25.00 %)DB2
31 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
31 (25.00 %)BusinessObjects
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)AS400
11 (25.00 %)Replication
11 (25.00 %)iSeries
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
11 (25.00 %)Solaris
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)NetBackup
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)Unicenter
11 (25.00 %)AutoSys
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Sun
21 (25.00 %)CA
21 (25.00 %)Oracle
21 (25.00 %)Business Objects
21 (25.00 %)IBM