West Midlands SQL DBA Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT contracts within the West Midlands 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 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SQL Database Administrator (DBA)
Location Aberdeen Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheshire Chorley City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Horsham Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Redhill Rochester Rotherham Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stafford Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton UK Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	121	102
Rank change on same period last year	-19
Matching contract IT job ads	9	31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.031 %
As % of the category below	0.292 %	0.947 %
Daily rates quoted	6	6
Average minimum daily rate	£294	£329
Average daily rate	£301	£332
% change on same period last year	-9.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£307	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£355
% change on same period last year	-8.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£35.00
Average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.17	£34.63
% change on same period last year	+7.32 %
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	3081	3275
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.066 %	3.262 %
Daily rates quoted	782	755
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£320
Average daily rate	£341	£341
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	292	467
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.92	£21.96
Average hourly rate	£20.49	£23.70
% change on same period last year	-13.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.05	£25.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
SQL DBA England

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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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 West Midlands region.

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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 West Midlands region.

SQL DBA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Coventry	-	3	£320	-
Birmingham	-6	2	£338	+1.65 %
Staffordshire	-2	2	£235	-

SQL DBA England

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 22 (81.48 %) SQL Server 2 20 (74.07 %) SQL 3 14 (51.85 %) SQL Server 2000 4 9 (33.33 %) SQL Server 2005 5 7 (25.93 %) Clustering 5 7 (25.93 %) Transact-SQL 6 5 (18.52 %) Microsoft 7 4 (14.81 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 3 (11.11 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 3 (11.11 %) Mercator 8 3 (11.11 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 3 (11.11 %) MCDBA 8 3 (11.11 %) Microsoft Certification 9 2 (7.407 %) SAN 9 2 (7.407 %) NetApp

9 2 (7.407 %) Migration 9 2 (7.407 %) Replication 9 2 (7.407 %) DTS 9 2 (7.407 %) .NET 9 2 (7.407 %) Oracle 9 2 (7.407 %) MCP 9 2 (7.407 %) UNIX 9 2 (7.407 %) Windows 10 1 (3.704 %) Solaris 10 1 (3.704 %) Linux 10 1 (3.704 %) Business Intelligence 10 1 (3.704 %) IBM 10 1 (3.704 %) Sun 10 1 (3.704 %) CRM 10 1 (3.704 %) DB2

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development 1 2 (7.407 %) .NET 2 1 (3.704 %) .NET Framework	Communications & Networking 1 2 (7.407 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 22 (81.48 %) SQL Server 2 14 (51.85 %) SQL Server 2000 3 9 (33.33 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (14.81 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 3 (11.11 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 3 (11.11 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 2 (7.407 %) DTS 7 1 (3.704 %) DB2 7 1 (3.704 %) Microsoft Analysis Services	General 1 1 (3.704 %) Retail 1 1 (3.704 %) Billing 1 1 (3.704 %) Insurance
Miscellaneous 1 7 (25.93 %) Clustering 2 2 (7.407 %) Replication 3 1 (3.704 %) AS400	Operating Systems 1 2 (7.407 %) UNIX 1 2 (7.407 %) Windows 2 1 (3.704 %) Solaris 2 1 (3.704 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (7.407 %) Migration 2 1 (3.704 %) Business Intelligence 2 1 (3.704 %) CRM	Programming Languages 1 20 (74.07 %) SQL 2 7 (25.93 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 3 (11.11 %) MCDBA 1 3 (11.11 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (7.407 %) MCP	System Software 1 1 (3.704 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 1 (3.704 %) Unicenter 1 1 (3.704 %) AutoSys	Vendors 1 5 (18.52 %) Microsoft 2 3 (11.11 %) Mercator 3 2 (7.407 %) NetApp 3 2 (7.407 %) Oracle 4 1 (3.704 %) IBM 4 1 (3.704 %) Sun 4 1 (3.704 %) CA