The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 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 Swindon 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
Database Administrator
Rank 38 28 21
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -7
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 4 12 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 1.399% 3.324% 4.777%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.493% 3.582% 5.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 7
Average daily rate £456 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.08% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £212 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £455 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+0.97% -14.16%
All Job Titles
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
268 335 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 93.71% 92.80% 94.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 238 174
Average daily rate £413 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £472 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £15.25 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.47% -35.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.42 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £22.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
DBA
Wiltshire

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon DBA Daily Rate Trend

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon DBA Hourly Rate Trend

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (85.71%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (85.71%) Oracle 11g
2 6 (85.71%) Linux
3 5 (71.43%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (71.43%) Middleware
3 5 (71.43%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (71.43%) Oracle BI EE
3 5 (71.43%) Oracle 10gAS
4 4 (57.14%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (57.14%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (42.86%) SAN
5 3 (42.86%) Hyperion
5 3 (42.86%) Siebel
5 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (42.86%) ETL
6 2 (28.57%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (28.57%) ITIL
6 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
6 2 (28.57%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (28.57%) NAS
6 2 (28.57%) WebCenter
6 2 (28.57%) BPEL
7 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
7 1 (14.29%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (14.29%) Scrum
7 1 (14.29%) Replication
7 1 (14.29%) Finance
7 1 (14.29%) E-business
7 1 (14.29%) Data Security

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 5 (71.43%) Middleware
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (28.57%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle 10gAS
2 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle EBS R12
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) SAN
2 2 (28.57%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle BI EE
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Exadata
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ETL
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) BPEL
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) E-business
3 1 (14.29%) Data Security
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Hyperion
2 3 (42.86%) Siebel
3 1 (14.29%) Informatica