Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 22 March 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.

 Senior Database Administrator
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank446430572
Rank change year-on-year
Down-16Up+142
Matching contract IT job ads311634
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.064 %0.040 %0.041 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.070 %0.044 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted18517
Average daily rate£500£400£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£385£362£400
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£504£421£560
UK excluding London average daily rate£350-£425
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
444733635476281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.50 %91.60 %93.01 %
Daily rates quoted202941169823610
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted255030506711
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.19£10.71£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.75£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-11.25 %-9.090 %

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.

Senior DBA
Demand Trend

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

Senior DBA Demand Trend

Senior DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior DBA Daily Rate Trend

Senior DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Senior DBA Daily Rate Histogram

Senior DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior DBA Hourly Rate Trend

Senior DBA
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 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-2529£500+25.00 %
LondonDown-5528£500+25.00 %
City of LondonDown-713£425-
ScotlandNew entry-1£350-
South WestNew entry-1--
EdinburghNew entry-1£350-
BristolNew entry-1--

Senior DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior DBA in their job title.

126 (49.06 %)SQL
223 (43.40 %)Oracle
223 (43.40 %)SQL Server
316 (30.19 %)ETL
415 (28.30 %)Datawarehouse
415 (28.30 %)DB2
514 (26.42 %)Banking
612 (22.64 %)Investment Banking
612 (22.64 %)Replication
612 (22.64 %)Sybase
711 (20.75 %)Shell Script
711 (20.75 %)Data Mart
711 (20.75 %)Sybase ASE
711 (20.75 %)SQL Server 2005
810 (18.87 %)DB2 UDB
810 (18.87 %)IBM
810 (18.87 %)MySQL
99 (16.98 %)Oracle 10g
99 (16.98 %)SQL Server 2000
99 (16.98 %)Migration
107 (13.21 %)BMC PATROL
107 (13.21 %)BMC
116 (11.32 %)Finance
125 (9.434 %)BCP
125 (9.434 %)Informix
125 (9.434 %)Oracle 9i
125 (9.434 %)DTS
125 (9.434 %)PL/SQL
125 (9.434 %)UNIX
125 (9.434 %)Scrum

Senior DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (7.547 %)XML
22 (3.774 %)Oracle Streams
22 (3.774 %)Lucene
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (3.774 %)Apache Solr
12 (3.774 %)ColdFusion
21 (1.887 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (1.887 %)Oracle 10gAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (7.547 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.887 %)Oracle 11i
11 (1.887 %)Oracle EBS
11 (1.887 %)Oracle Applications
11 (1.887 %)Oracle EBS R12
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (3.774 %)SAN
21 (1.887 %)Internet
21 (1.887 %)NAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (43.40 %)SQL Server
216 (30.19 %)ETL
315 (28.30 %)Datawarehouse
315 (28.30 %)DB2
411 (20.75 %)Data Mart
411 (20.75 %)Sybase ASE
411 (20.75 %)SQL Server 2005
510 (18.87 %)DB2 UDB
510 (18.87 %)MySQL
69 (16.98 %)Oracle 10g
69 (16.98 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (9.434 %)Informix
75 (9.434 %)Oracle 9i
75 (9.434 %)DTS
75 (9.434 %)Sybase IQ
75 (9.434 %)SQL Server Integration Services
84 (7.547 %)Oracle 8/8i
93 (5.660 %)BusinessObjects
93 (5.660 %)SQL Server 2008
101 (1.887 %)TOAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.887 %)Oracle Forms
11 (1.887 %)Oracle APEX
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (26.42 %)Banking
212 (22.64 %)Investment Banking
36 (11.32 %)Finance
41 (1.887 %)Front Office
41 (1.887 %)Telecoms
41 (1.887 %)Construction
41 (1.887 %)Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (22.64 %)Replication
21 (1.887 %)Clustering
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (9.434 %)UNIX
24 (7.547 %)Linux
32 (3.774 %)Windows
32 (3.774 %)HPUX
32 (3.774 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (16.98 %)Migration
25 (9.434 %)BCP
25 (9.434 %)Scrum
25 (9.434 %)Web Development
34 (7.547 %)Software Engineering
43 (5.660 %)Agile Software Development
43 (5.660 %)Capacity Planning
52 (3.774 %)Business Intelligence
52 (3.774 %)Data Modelling
61 (1.887 %)ERP
61 (1.887 %)ITIL
61 (1.887 %)Service Management
61 (1.887 %)Data Security
61 (1.887 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (1.887 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
126 (49.06 %)SQL
211 (20.75 %)Shell Script
35 (9.434 %)PL/SQL
42 (3.774 %)PHP
51 (1.887 %)C
51 (1.887 %)Perl
51 (1.887 %)VBScript
51 (1.887 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (9.434 %)Degree
21 (1.887 %)SC Cleared
21 (1.887 %)BC Cleared
21 (1.887 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.887 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (5.660 %)Oracle RMAN
22 (3.774 %)Oracle RAC
31 (1.887 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (13.21 %)BMC PATROL
21 (1.887 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
21 (1.887 %)Data Guard
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
123 (43.40 %)Oracle
212 (22.64 %)Sybase
310 (18.87 %)IBM
47 (13.21 %)BMC
53 (5.660 %)Business Objects
53 (5.660 %)SAP
61 (1.887 %)Cognos
61 (1.887 %)EMC
61 (1.887 %)Sun
61 (1.887 %)Hyperion
61 (1.887 %)Red Hat
61 (1.887 %)VMware
61 (1.887 %)DataFlux