Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 3 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkDatabase Administrator
Location
3 months to
3 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank11910681
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Down-25
Matching contract IT job ads9196211357
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.524 %1.607 %1.852 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.659 %1.729 %2.000 %
Daily rates quoted487251441
Average daily rate£352£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.420 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£260£225£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£325£355
% change year-on-year
+4.610 %-8.450 %
Hourly rates quoted185662
Average hourly rate£30.63£29.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.600 %-27.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.75£17.50£15.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£50.00£45.75£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.30£29.00£41.00
% change year-on-year
-5.860 %-29.26 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
554073590767866
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.89 %92.91 %92.61 %
Daily rates quoted275501423622468
Average daily rate£425£380£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.84 %-5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£210£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£325£350
% change year-on-year
+6.150 %-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted290028495888
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--4.760 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.75£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£20.50
% change year-on-year
--2.430 %

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.

DBA
Demand Trend

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

DBA Demand Trend

DBA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DBA within the UK.

DBA Daily Rate Trend

DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 3 September 2010.

DBA Daily Rate Histogram

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DBA within the UK.

DBA Hourly Rate Trend

DBA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 3 September 2010.

DBA Hourly Rate Histogram

DBA
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 3 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-6852£354+1.07 %
LondonDown-33406£400+8.10 %
South EastUp+19194£340+4.61 %
City of LondonDown-26144£425+6.25 %
South WestUp+675£375+15.38 %
North WestUp+568£300-5.51 %
BerkshireUp+1760£370+9.62 %
SurreyDown-148£340+8.80 %
ScotlandDown-943£300-
East of EnglandDown-1839£350-
ManchesterDown-831£300+19.88 %
YorkshireDown-1130£256-23.50 %
ReadingUp+827£413+50.00 %
WiltshireDown-826£360+10.76 %
EdinburghDown-722£338+3.52 %
West MidlandsDown-1122£300+33.33 %
HampshireDown-921£340-4.22 %
CheshireDown-320£309-5.00 %
West YorkshireDown-719£325+2.36 %
OxfordshireDown-418£340-20.00 %
HertfordshireDown-1216£350-22.22 %
East MidlandsDown-2115£315+23.52 %
DorsetUp+1214£400-
LeedsUp+114£325+2.36 %
SwindonDown-2313£375+15.38 %
BournemouthNew entry-13£400-
BristolDown-411£419+26.41 %
Docklands, LondonUp+810£463+8.88 %
BirminghamDown-99£285+26.66 %
EssexDown-109£370-7.50 %

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1955 (56.04 %)SQL
2942 (55.28 %)SQL Server
3830 (48.71 %)Oracle
4449 (26.35 %)SQL Server 2005
5372 (21.83 %)Windows
6363 (21.30 %)Oracle 10g
7341 (20.01 %)UNIX
8321 (18.84 %)SQL Server 2008
9307 (18.02 %)Finance
10297 (17.43 %)Banking
11290 (17.02 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12283 (16.61 %)Replication
13274 (16.08 %)Oracle 11g
14241 (14.14 %)Linux
15234 (13.73 %)SQL Server 2000
16209 (12.27 %)T-SQL
16209 (12.27 %)Migration
17195 (11.44 %)Oracle RAC
18192 (11.27 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
18192 (11.27 %)Microsoft
19185 (10.86 %)Clustering
20183 (10.74 %)Oracle 9i
21178 (10.45 %)Solaris
22172 (10.09 %)Sybase
23166 (9.742 %)Oracle RMAN
24165 (9.683 %)Data Guard
25162 (9.507 %)Investment Banking
26158 (9.272 %)PL/SQL
27154 (9.038 %)Security Cleared
28152 (8.920 %)DTS

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1120 (7.042 %).NET
247 (2.758 %)XML
339 (2.289 %)Middleware
426 (1.526 %)ASP.NET
520 (1.174 %)Oracle Fusion
619 (1.115 %)HTML
715 (0.880 %)Web Services
814 (0.822 %)Java EE
910 (0.587 %)ASP
910 (0.587 %)SAP Basis
910 (0.587 %)Oracle Streams
109 (0.528 %).NET Framework
118 (0.469 %)J2EE
118 (0.469 %)Oracle Coherence
118 (0.469 %)WCF
127 (0.411 %)WebSphere
127 (0.411 %)MDX
136 (0.352 %)XBRL
136 (0.352 %)OC4J
136 (0.352 %)WPF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
164 (3.756 %)Oracle Application Server
236 (2.113 %)SharePoint
330 (1.761 %)IIS
426 (1.526 %)WebLogic
519 (1.115 %)BizTalk Server
613 (0.763 %)Apache
711 (0.646 %)Oracle 10gAS
88 (0.469 %)Oracle HTTP Server
88 (0.469 %)DotNetNuke
97 (0.411 %)Oracle Workflow
105 (0.293 %)Tuxedo
114 (0.235 %)WebSphere Application Server
114 (0.235 %)ESB
114 (0.235 %)Oracle BPEL
123 (0.176 %)SAP Portal
123 (0.176 %)SAP EP
123 (0.176 %)Oracle Spatial
123 (0.176 %)Oracle 9iAS
123 (0.176 %)MS Exchange
123 (0.176 %)Tomcat
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
199 (5.810 %)MS Excel
212 (0.704 %)MS Office
35 (0.293 %)MS Visio
42 (0.117 %)MS Project
51 (0.059 %)FastStats
51 (0.059 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.059 %)Photoshop
51 (0.059 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
162 (3.638 %)Oracle Applications
255 (3.228 %)Oracle EBS
335 (2.054 %)Oracle EBS R12
427 (1.585 %)Oracle 11i
511 (0.646 %)Navision
68 (0.469 %)Dynamics NAV
77 (0.411 %)Oracle Financials
84 (0.235 %)HFM
84 (0.235 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
93 (0.176 %)SAP SRM
93 (0.176 %)SAP CCM
93 (0.176 %)TIBCO iProcess
93 (0.176 %)Summit
93 (0.176 %)Dynamics CRM
93 (0.176 %)Microsoft CRM
102 (0.117 %)PeopleSoft Financials
102 (0.117 %)Hyperion Enterprise
102 (0.117 %)Oracle HRMS
102 (0.117 %)SAP BPC
102 (0.117 %)Hyperion Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
178 (4.577 %)SAN
239 (2.289 %)Internet
333 (1.937 %)LDAP
426 (1.526 %)TCP/IP
522 (1.291 %)DNS
621 (1.232 %)NAS
713 (0.763 %)Kerberos
810 (0.587 %)HTTP
98 (0.469 %)Intranet
105 (0.293 %)ATM
114 (0.235 %)Firewall
123 (0.176 %)LAN
123 (0.176 %)SSL
123 (0.176 %)VPN
132 (0.117 %)DHCP
132 (0.117 %)WAN
132 (0.117 %)SSH
141 (0.059 %)Intrusion Detection
141 (0.059 %)FTP
141 (0.059 %)SMTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1942 (55.28 %)SQL Server
2449 (26.35 %)SQL Server 2005
3363 (21.30 %)Oracle 10g
4321 (18.84 %)SQL Server 2008
5290 (17.02 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6274 (16.08 %)Oracle 11g
7234 (13.73 %)SQL Server 2000
8192 (11.27 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9183 (10.74 %)Oracle 9i
10152 (8.920 %)DTS
11133 (7.805 %)Oracle 8/8i
12126 (7.394 %)DB2
13120 (7.042 %)RDBMS
14113 (6.631 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
1586 (5.047 %)ETL
1685 (4.988 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1783 (4.871 %)MySQL
1879 (4.636 %)Sybase ASE
1954 (3.169 %)Oracle Reports
2039 (2.289 %)BusinessObjects
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
136 (2.113 %)Oracle Forms
211 (0.646 %)ERwin
310 (0.587 %)Subversion
310 (0.587 %)Oracle APEX
48 (0.469 %)Eclipse
57 (0.411 %)VSS/SourceSafe
66 (0.352 %)Visual Studio
66 (0.352 %)Ant
66 (0.352 %)CruiseControl
66 (0.352 %)TeamCity
73 (0.176 %)Talend Open Studio
73 (0.176 %)Team Foundation Server
82 (0.117 %)ChangeMan
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1307 (18.02 %)Finance
2297 (17.43 %)Banking
3162 (9.507 %)Investment Banking
436 (2.113 %)Government
535 (2.054 %)Education
535 (2.054 %)Retail
633 (1.937 %)Back Office
729 (1.702 %)Law
827 (1.585 %)Health
924 (1.408 %)Insurance
1020 (1.174 %)Telecoms
1112 (0.704 %)Marketing
1112 (0.704 %)Financial Institution
1112 (0.704 %)Legal
1210 (0.587 %)Advertising
139 (0.528 %)Pharmaceutical
148 (0.469 %)Auditing
148 (0.469 %)Front Office
157 (0.411 %)Pensions
164 (0.235 %)Billing
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1283 (16.61 %)Replication
2185 (10.86 %)Clustering
322 (1.291 %)Mainframe
416 (0.939 %)NHS
513 (0.763 %)Data Integration
610 (0.587 %)Computer Science
79 (0.528 %)Hedge funds
87 (0.411 %)Market Risk
87 (0.411 %)IBM Mainframe
96 (0.352 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
96 (0.352 %)Taxonomies
96 (0.352 %)Fixed Income
96 (0.352 %)Equities
105 (0.293 %)SaaS
105 (0.293 %)Management Information System
105 (0.293 %)VSAM
105 (0.293 %)Derivative
105 (0.293 %)Client/Server
114 (0.235 %)Firmware
114 (0.235 %)Statistics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1372 (21.83 %)Windows
2341 (20.01 %)UNIX
3241 (14.14 %)Linux
4178 (10.45 %)Solaris
5119 (6.984 %)Windows Server 2003
6113 (6.631 %)AIX
754 (3.169 %)Windows Server 2008
754 (3.169 %)Red Hat Linux
830 (1.761 %)HPUX
830 (1.761 %)Windows 2000
917 (0.998 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1015 (0.880 %)Windows NT
1110 (0.587 %)Windows XP
126 (0.352 %)zOS
135 (0.293 %)Tru64
144 (0.235 %)VMS
144 (0.235 %)SUSE
153 (0.176 %)Windows Vista
161 (0.059 %)Windows 7
161 (0.059 %)Android
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1209 (12.27 %)Migration
2115 (6.749 %)Data Modelling
3114 (6.690 %)ITIL
484 (4.930 %)Business Intelligence
576 (4.460 %)Disaster Recovery
672 (4.225 %)Capacity Planning
756 (3.286 %)Data Migration
836 (2.113 %)Project Management
836 (2.113 %)CRM
935 (2.054 %)SOA
1034 (1.995 %)Agile Software Development
1128 (1.643 %)Scrum
1224 (1.408 %)ERP
1323 (1.350 %)E-Commerce
1323 (1.350 %)Performance Management
1422 (1.291 %)OO
1422 (1.291 %)BCP
1422 (1.291 %)Incident Management
1521 (1.232 %)PRINCE2
1521 (1.232 %)Database Tuning
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1955 (56.04 %)SQL
2209 (12.27 %)T-SQL
3158 (9.272 %)PL/SQL
4109 (6.397 %)Shell Script
571 (4.167 %)Perl
670 (4.108 %)C
766 (3.873 %)Java
852 (3.052 %)C#
935 (2.054 %)VB
1034 (1.995 %)Korn
1123 (1.350 %)VBScript
1218 (1.056 %)JavaScript
1313 (0.763 %)PHP
149 (0.528 %)VB.NET
158 (0.469 %)JCL
167 (0.411 %)PowerShell
167 (0.411 %)Bash shell
167 (0.411 %)C++
176 (0.352 %)COBOL
185 (0.293 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1154 (9.038 %)Security Cleared
299 (5.810 %)SC Cleared
378 (4.577 %)Degree
471 (4.167 %)Oracle Certification
550 (2.934 %)DV Cleared
637 (2.171 %)Microsoft Certification
733 (1.937 %)OCP
820 (1.174 %)MCDBA
918 (1.056 %)MCP
109 (0.528 %)MCSE
117 (0.411 %)MCITP
126 (0.352 %)OCA
133 (0.176 %)BC Cleared
133 (0.176 %)MCTS
142 (0.117 %)ITIL Certification
142 (0.117 %)MCSA
142 (0.117 %)MySQL Certification
151 (0.059 %)NVQ Level 4
151 (0.059 %)IBM Certification
151 (0.059 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (1.761 %)QA
212 (0.704 %)ISO 9001
38 (0.469 %)SLA
46 (0.352 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.059 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1195 (11.44 %)Oracle RAC
2166 (9.742 %)Oracle RMAN
326 (1.526 %)Active Directory
415 (0.880 %)VMware Infrastructure
511 (0.646 %)VMware ESX
68 (0.469 %)LiteSpeed
75 (0.293 %)Veritas Cluster Server
83 (0.176 %)ISA Server
83 (0.176 %)RACF
92 (0.117 %)MSMQ
92 (0.117 %)SRDF
101 (0.059 %)Novell eDirectory
101 (0.059 %)vSphere
101 (0.059 %)Terminal Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1165 (9.683 %)Data Guard
232 (1.878 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
315 (0.880 %)Foglight
410 (0.587 %)Oracle Statspack
410 (0.587 %)SCCM
57 (0.411 %)NetBackup
57 (0.411 %)Tivoli
57 (0.411 %)AutoSys
57 (0.411 %)Legato
57 (0.411 %)OpenView
66 (0.352 %)EMC NetWorker
75 (0.293 %)BMC PATROL
83 (0.176 %)SCOM
83 (0.176 %)Dollar Universe
92 (0.117 %)Tivoli Monitoring
92 (0.117 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
101 (0.059 %)WhatsUp Gold
101 (0.059 %)HP SIM
101 (0.059 %)WSUS
101 (0.059 %)BladeLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1830 (48.71 %)Oracle
2192 (11.27 %)Microsoft
3172 (10.09 %)Sybase
451 (2.993 %)IBM
548 (2.817 %)Sun
643 (2.523 %)VMware
742 (2.465 %)SAP
841 (2.406 %)Red Hat
939 (2.289 %)Business Objects
1033 (1.937 %)Siebel
1128 (1.643 %)Hyperion
1226 (1.526 %)HP
1321 (1.232 %)Veritas
1419 (1.115 %)EMC
1517 (0.998 %)Informatica
1614 (0.822 %)Remedy
1712 (0.704 %)PeopleSoft
1712 (0.704 %)BMC
1811 (0.646 %)Hummingbird
199 (0.528 %)Citrix