The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL 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 SQL 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 83 90 63
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -27
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 9 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.701% 0.312% 0.822%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.739% 0.329% 0.875%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
Average daily rate £300 £308 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +11.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £294 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £322 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+6.34% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.75 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+0.97% -15.57%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1218 1519 1029
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.86% 94.70% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 840 477
Average daily rate £313 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £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 64 67 76
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 £10.64 £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 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SQL DBA
Yorkshire

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire SQL DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire SQL DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire SQL DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 -5 4 - -
Bradford +2 1 - -
SQL DBA
Yorkshire

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (85.71%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (28.57%) Replication
4 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (21.43%) Windows
5 3 (21.43%) Retail
5 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (14.29%) Clustering
6 2 (14.29%) RDBMS
6 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 2 (14.29%) Database Security
7 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (7.143%) SLA
7 1 (7.143%) Intel
7 1 (7.143%) SAN
7 1 (7.143%) Project Management
7 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (7.143%) DTS
7 1 (7.143%) ETL
7 1 (7.143%) HTTP
7 1 (7.143%) .NET
7 1 (7.143%) ITIL
7 1 (7.143%) Change Management

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 1 (7.143%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) SAN
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (14.29%) RDBMS
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (7.143%) DTS
General
1 3 (21.43%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Replication
2 2 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (14.29%) Database Security
3 1 (7.143%) Project Management
3 1 (7.143%) ETL
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL
3 1 (7.143%) Change Management
3 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.143%) Migration
3 1 (7.143%) Database Tuning
3 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) SLA
1 1 (7.143%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) Intel
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