The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 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
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 91 106 86
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -20
Contract jobs requiring a SQL DBA 22 6 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.159% 0.262% 0.826%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.228% 0.276% 0.880%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 7
Average daily rate £201 £310 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.32% +12.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £294 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £310 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £329 £314 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.78% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £29.25 £30.50
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -4.09%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1792 2173 1705
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.42% 94.81% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1162 788
Average daily rate £320 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 104 127
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.30 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.30 £30.50 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SQL DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Yorkshire SQL DBA Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region.

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 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
South Yorkshire +8 11 £168 -45.96%
West Yorkshire +6 7 £300 +3.44%
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 40 (97.56%) SQL Server
2 36 (87.80%) SQL
3 14 (34.15%) T-SQL
3 14 (34.15%) Windows
4 13 (31.71%) ITIL
4 13 (31.71%) Security Cleared
5 12 (29.27%) SC Cleared
6 11 (26.83%) PowerShell
6 11 (26.83%) SQL Server 2008
6 11 (26.83%) .NET
7 10 (24.39%) SLA
8 9 (21.95%) Service Management
8 9 (21.95%) ASP
8 9 (21.95%) Migration
9 8 (19.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (17.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (17.07%) SQL Server 2000
10 7 (17.07%) Database Security
11 6 (14.63%) SQL Server 2005
12 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
13 4 (9.756%) Replication
14 3 (7.317%) Clustering
14 3 (7.317%) Retail
14 3 (7.317%) UNIX
15 2 (4.878%) ETL
15 2 (4.878%) Business Intelligence
15 2 (4.878%) RDBMS
15 2 (4.878%) SAN
15 2 (4.878%) Telecoms

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 11 (26.83%) .NET
2 9 (21.95%) ASP
3 1 (2.439%) Web Services
3 1 (2.439%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.439%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.878%) SAN
2 1 (2.439%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (97.56%) SQL Server
2 11 (26.83%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (19.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (17.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (17.07%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (14.63%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (4.878%) RDBMS
7 2 (4.878%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (2.439%) SQL CLR
8 1 (2.439%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (2.439%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (2.439%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.439%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (7.317%) Retail
2 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.439%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.756%) Replication
2 3 (7.317%) Clustering
3 1 (2.439%) Statistics
3 1 (2.439%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 3 (7.317%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) ITIL
2 9 (21.95%) Migration
2 9 (21.95%) Service Management
3 7 (17.07%) Database Security
4 2 (4.878%) ETL
4 2 (4.878%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.439%) CRM
5 1 (2.439%) Data Modelling
5 1 (2.439%) Performance Testing
5 1 (2.439%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (2.439%) Database Tuning
5 1 (2.439%) High Availability
5 1 (2.439%) Change Management
5 1 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 36 (87.80%) SQL
2 14 (34.15%) T-SQL
3 11 (26.83%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.439%) C#
4 1 (2.439%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 12 (29.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.439%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (24.39%) SLA
2 1 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.439%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.439%) OpenView
1 1 (2.439%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.439%) HP
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle
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