The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Database Administrator
Rank 106 119 97
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -22
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 11 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.565% 0.124% 0.471%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.598% 0.131% 0.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
Average daily rate £213 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.53% +30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £325 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £325 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £22.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -24.16%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1840 2296 1790
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.46% 94.72% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 956 1218 884
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £450 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 136 123
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.13 £10.30 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.60 £31.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
SQL Server DBA
England

SQL Server DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire SQL Server DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server DBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire SQL Server DBA Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server DBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Yorkshire SQL Server DBA Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server DBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire SQL Server DBA Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server 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 Server DBA within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire +4 5 £325 -
South Yorkshire - 5 £185 -
North Yorkshire - - - - 1
SQL Server DBA
England

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title.

1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (66.67%) SQL
3 7 (46.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (40.00%) T-SQL
5 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
6 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
6 4 (26.67%) ITIL
6 4 (26.67%) Windows
7 3 (20.00%) UNIX
7 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (20.00%) Replication
7 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (13.33%) Migration
8 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
8 2 (13.33%) Database Security
8 2 (13.33%) Clustering
8 2 (13.33%) Retail
8 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (13.33%) SLA
8 2 (13.33%) .NET
9 1 (6.667%) Oracle
9 1 (6.667%) VB.NET
9 1 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
9 1 (6.667%) ASP
9 1 (6.667%) Web Services

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 1 (6.667%) ASP
2 1 (6.667%) Web Services
2 1 (6.667%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (46.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
3 5 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (6.667%) RDBMS
6 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (6.667%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (13.33%) Retail
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Replication
2 2 (13.33%) Clustering
3 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) ITIL
2 2 (13.33%) Migration
2 2 (13.33%) Database Security
2 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.667%) Data Modelling
3 1 (6.667%) Service Management
3 1 (6.667%) Change Management
3 1 (6.667%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 6 (40.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (6.667%) VB.NET
4 1 (6.667%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
2 1 (6.667%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle
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