The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 56 58 61
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 38 24 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.538% 2.518% 1.454%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.748% 2.626% 1.520%
Number of salaries quoted 32 23 12
Average salary £41,250 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £37,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,700 £60,000 £45,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +3.12%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1014 914 855
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.41% 95.91% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 901 777 805
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
East of England

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

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

Bedfordshire DBA Salary Histogram

DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +10 27 £34,357 -23.65%
Bedford -3 5 £43,500 +8.75%
Dunstable -21 2 - -
DBA
East of England

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 47 (81.03%) SQL Server
2 31 (53.45%) SQL
3 27 (46.55%) Oracle
4 23 (39.66%) SQL Server 2008
5 22 (37.93%) SQL Server 2005
6 18 (31.03%) Migration
7 16 (27.59%) MS Excel
8 15 (25.86%) Capacity Planning
9 14 (24.14%) vSphere
9 14 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
9 14 (24.14%) NetApp
9 14 (24.14%) VMware
9 14 (24.14%) Clustering
9 14 (24.14%) Project Management
10 13 (22.41%) UNIX
10 13 (22.41%) Oracle 11g
11 12 (20.69%) Data Guard
11 12 (20.69%) Solaris
11 12 (20.69%) Oracle RMAN
11 12 (20.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (20.69%) SAN
12 10 (17.24%) Windows
12 10 (17.24%) C
12 10 (17.24%) T-SQL
13 9 (15.52%) RDBMS
13 9 (15.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (13.79%) SQL Server 2000
15 7 (12.07%) Shell Script
15 7 (12.07%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (12.07%) Salesforce.com

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 Development
1 1 (1.724%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.34%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (6.897%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (27.59%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (81.03%) SQL Server
2 23 (39.66%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (37.93%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (22.41%) Oracle 11g
5 12 (20.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (15.52%) RDBMS
6 9 (15.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (13.79%) SQL Server 2000
8 7 (12.07%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (10.34%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (3.448%) DTS
10 2 (3.448%) SQL Server 2012
11 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (1.724%) SQL Server 7
11 1 (1.724%) Oracle 10g
11 1 (1.724%) SQLPlus
General
1 5 (8.621%) Banking
2 1 (1.724%) Finance
2 1 (1.724%) Law
2 1 (1.724%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) Clustering
2 4 (6.897%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.448%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.41%) UNIX
2 12 (20.69%) Solaris
3 10 (17.24%) Windows
4 7 (12.07%) Linux
5 5 (8.621%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (8.621%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (6.897%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.724%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Migration
2 15 (25.86%) Capacity Planning
3 14 (24.14%) Project Management
4 6 (10.34%) Database Security
5 5 (8.621%) Incident Management
5 5 (8.621%) Configuration Management
5 5 (8.621%) Data Security
6 4 (6.897%) Data Migration
6 4 (6.897%) Problem Management
7 2 (3.448%) Resource Management
7 2 (3.448%) CRM
8 1 (1.724%) Change Control
8 1 (1.724%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (1.724%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 31 (53.45%) SQL
2 10 (17.24%) C
2 10 (17.24%) T-SQL
3 7 (12.07%) Shell Script
4 5 (8.621%) Korn
4 5 (8.621%) AWK
4 5 (8.621%) Perl
4 5 (8.621%) C-shell
4 5 (8.621%) Bash shell
5 1 (1.724%) C#
5 1 (1.724%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (8.621%) OCP
1 5 (8.621%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (3.448%) Degree
2 2 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.724%) MCDBA
3 1 (1.724%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) SLA
2 5 (8.621%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (24.14%) vSphere
1 14 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (20.69%) Oracle RMAN
3 7 (12.07%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.724%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (20.69%) Data Guard
2 5 (8.621%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 27 (46.55%) Oracle
2 14 (24.14%) NetApp
2 14 (24.14%) VMware
3 7 (12.07%) Salesforce.com
4 5 (8.621%) Nimsoft
5 4 (6.897%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.724%) Red Gate
6 1 (1.724%) HP
6 1 (1.724%) Cisco
Luton, Bedfordshire
To be considered for this role, you will have: Significant experience as a SQL Database Administrator (DBA) Good knowledge of MSSQL... Take ownership of capacity planning and ensure...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + superb benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Worldwide IT solutions provider currently seeks an experienced SQL Server Database Administrator to join their expanding UK headquarters located in Bedfordshire. This is an excellent opportunity for a...
Gregory James
Salary: £40000 to £47000 per annum - 10% annual bonus, pension, healthcare
Posted: 17 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
SQL Server Database Administrator ( SQL SERVER DBA ), is urgently needed for our client based in Luton. With in-depth MS SQL DB administration experience and proficiency in Database...
Vadis People
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus scheme
Posted: 21 May 2013
Luton
You will have the proven ability to design and implement highly available databases using virtual servers and central storage appliances; the University uses VMware vSphere and NetApp filers.
University of Bedfordshire
Salary: c £34,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013