The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 21 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 Surrey 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Database Administrator
Rank 78 85 94
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +9
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 2 12 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.172% 0.739% 0.494%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.184% 0.795% 0.525%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 5
Average daily rate £340 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £372 £434 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-2.91% -20.76%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1086 1510 1713
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 93.46% 93.04% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 798 849
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 130 79
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -23.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.60 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.50 £42.50 £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
South East

SQL Server DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey SQL Server DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey SQL Server DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 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 Server DBA within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Guildford -16 1 £380 +26.66%
SQL Server DBA
South East

SQL Server DBA
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) IIS
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (33.33%) LiteSpeed
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) Red Gate

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) LiteSpeed
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Red Gate