The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 17 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 West Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 63 65 56
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -9
Contract jobs requiring a DBA 28 29 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.206% 1.792% 1.606%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.328% 1.889% 1.709%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 10
Average daily rate £325 £283 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.04% +13.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £271 £249 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £550 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
+12.30% -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £29.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -2.50%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1203 1535 1053
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.80% 94.87% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 849 480
Average daily rate £313 £338 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £210 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 65 78
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.59 £10.30 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
DBA
Yorkshire

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire DBA Daily Rate Trend

DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DBA across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire DBA Daily Rate Histogram

DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire DBA Hourly Rate Trend

DBA
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds 0 13 £325 +17.64%
Bradford -5 9 £440 -20.00%
DBA
Yorkshire

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 35 (68.63%) Oracle
2 32 (62.75%) SQL
3 26 (50.98%) SQL Server
4 25 (49.02%) UNIX
5 24 (47.06%) Oracle 11g
6 21 (41.18%) Oracle RAC
7 18 (35.29%) SQL Server 2008
7 18 (35.29%) Oracle 8/8i
8 17 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
9 14 (27.45%) Linux
9 14 (27.45%) Finance
10 13 (25.49%) SQL Server 2005
11 11 (21.57%) Retail
12 10 (19.61%) RDBMS
13 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
13 9 (17.65%) HP
13 9 (17.65%) Oracle EBS R12
13 9 (17.65%) Database Security
14 8 (15.69%) Shell Script
14 8 (15.69%) Oracle RMAN
14 8 (15.69%) Windows
15 6 (11.76%) SQL Server 2000
15 6 (11.76%) PL/SQL
15 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
15 6 (11.76%) Oracle 9i
15 6 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (11.76%) Oracle Retail
15 6 (11.76%) Oracle BI EE
16 5 (9.804%) Data Guard
16 5 (9.804%) SQL Server Integration Services

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 1 (1.961%) HTML
1 1 (1.961%) .NET
1 1 (1.961%) J2EE
1 1 (1.961%) Middleware
1 1 (1.961%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.882%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (3.922%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.961%) IIS
3 1 (1.961%) Apache
3 1 (1.961%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 3 (5.882%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Oracle EBS R12
2 6 (11.76%) Oracle Retail
3 5 (9.804%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (7.843%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (3.922%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (1.961%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.843%) SAN
2 3 (5.882%) Firewall
2 3 (5.882%) WAN
2 3 (5.882%) VPN
3 1 (1.961%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (50.98%) SQL Server
2 24 (47.06%) Oracle 11g
3 18 (35.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (35.29%) Oracle 8/8i
4 17 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
5 13 (25.49%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (19.61%) RDBMS
7 6 (11.76%) SQL Server 2000
7 6 (11.76%) Oracle 9i
7 6 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (11.76%) Oracle BI EE
8 5 (9.804%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (9.804%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (7.843%) SQLPlus
10 3 (5.882%) Oracle OWB
11 2 (3.922%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2012
12 1 (1.961%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.882%) Oracle APEX
General
1 14 (27.45%) Finance
2 11 (21.57%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.882%) Replication
2 2 (3.922%) NHS
3 1 (1.961%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 25 (49.02%) UNIX
2 14 (27.45%) Linux
3 8 (15.69%) Windows
4 4 (7.843%) HPUX
5 3 (5.882%) Solaris
5 3 (5.882%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.961%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.961%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.961%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (17.65%) Database Security
2 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (9.804%) RDF
3 5 (9.804%) ITIL
3 5 (9.804%) E-Commerce
3 5 (9.804%) E-business
3 5 (9.804%) SOA
4 4 (7.843%) Change Management
5 2 (3.922%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (3.922%) Migration
5 2 (3.922%) Service Delivery
5 2 (3.922%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (3.922%) Incident Management
6 1 (1.961%) Web Development
6 1 (1.961%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.961%) Release Management
6 1 (1.961%) Performance Testing
6 1 (1.961%) Database Tuning
6 1 (1.961%) Data Modelling
6 1 (1.961%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (62.75%) SQL
2 8 (15.69%) Shell Script
3 6 (11.76%) PL/SQL
4 4 (7.843%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.961%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.961%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (5.882%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.922%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.922%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.961%) QA
System Software
1 21 (41.18%) Oracle RAC
2 8 (15.69%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.961%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (9.804%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 5 (9.804%) Data Guard
2 4 (7.843%) OVSD
2 4 (7.843%) OpenView
3 1 (1.961%) MOM
Vendors
1 35 (68.63%) Oracle
2 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 9 (17.65%) HP
3 4 (7.843%) Perforce
4 3 (5.882%) Red Hat
4 3 (5.882%) NetApp
4 3 (5.882%) Sun
5 2 (3.922%) VMware
6 1 (1.961%) Retek
West Yorkshire
New 3+ month contract assignment for a SQL Server DBA to join a leading leisure company based in West Yorkshire which boasts a £500 million annual turnoverSkills:-experience...
Rate: £350 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Our global client seeks an experienced MS SQL DBA to support BAU and ongoing projects within the business... Support BI teams with Data warehouse design and ETL routines.....
The Bridge Ltd
Rate: £Market Rates
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
I am currently looking for a E-business suite DBA to work on an initial 10 month contract for a large financial organisation in Bradford.The ideal candidate...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Main Duties/ Responsibilities Applicants will be expected to demonstrate that they possess the following; * a deep understanding and experience of IT DBA-related third-line issue and problem...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 2 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
In addition assisting in the support of our remaining database estate consisting of Oracle 10 and 11g technologies. Skills Required: E-Business Suite administration including:o Application of...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £420 - £460 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Oracle Retail DBA / Oracle Retek Expert The client is offering an attractive 8 month contract to an Oracle Retail DBA / Oracle Retek Expert who will be part of...
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013