The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 32 45 35
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 14 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 4.118% 0.971% 1.465%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.321% 1.044% 1.550%
Number of salaries quoted 12 4 2
Average salary £41,500 £40,542 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.36% +9.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,542 £34,600
10% offered a salary of more than £52,250 £41,913 £39,400
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +3.12%
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
324 383 258
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.29% 92.96% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 232 290 214
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
Scotland

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen DBA Jobs Demand Trend

DBA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DBA across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Aberdeen DBA Salary Histogram

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with DBA in their job title.

1 19 (79.17%) Oracle
2 16 (66.67%) SQL
3 11 (45.83%) SQL Server
4 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
5 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (29.17%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (29.17%) Database Security
7 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (25.00%) Degree
7 6 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
7 6 (25.00%) Data Extraction
7 6 (25.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 6 (25.00%) PL/SQL
7 6 (25.00%) MySQL
8 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
8 5 (20.83%) Oracle Application Server
8 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2008
9 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (16.67%) Oracle 9i
9 4 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (12.50%) ERP
10 3 (12.50%) T-SQL
10 3 (12.50%) ITIL
10 3 (12.50%) Windows
10 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
10 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (12.50%) Security Management
10 3 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (8.333%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (8.333%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (8.333%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (45.83%) SQL Server
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle 10g
3 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
3 6 (25.00%) MySQL
4 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (16.67%) Oracle 9i
6 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Data Extraction
2 2 (8.333%) Replication
2 2 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
1 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Database Security
2 3 (12.50%) ERP
2 3 (12.50%) ITIL
2 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (12.50%) Security Management
2 3 (12.50%) Data Management
3 2 (8.333%) High Availability
4 1 (4.167%) Migration
4 1 (4.167%) ITSM
4 1 (4.167%) Service Management
4 1 (4.167%) Change Management
4 1 (4.167%) Database Tuning
4 1 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.167%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) SQL
2 6 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.333%) MCTS
4 1 (4.167%) MCSE
4 1 (4.167%) MCSA
4 1 (4.167%) MCDBA
4 1 (4.167%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (4.167%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (8.333%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) Oracle
2 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.167%) Cisco
3 1 (4.167%) EMC
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Identifies problems at the database and system level, and work on resolutions - Performs relational database design, object, integrity, and security implementation - Implements database privileges to users and/or...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £30000 to £450000 per annum - Excelent benefits including pension &am
Posted: 20 May 2013