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The table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDatabase Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7167
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads267362
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.155 %0.156 %
As % of the category below3.023 %3.028 %
Salaries quoted197296
Average minimum salary£41,944£41,181
Average salary£44,972£44,973
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£48,000£48,765
UK excluding London average salary£39,701£39,686
% change on same period last year+0.03 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads883211954
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.113 %5.144 %
Salaries quoted75019776
Average minimum salary£38,652£39,332
Average salary£42,100£42,797
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Average maximum salary£45,547£46,262
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
DBA South EastDBA
South East

DBA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DBA across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire DBA Demand Trend

DBA
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+6379£45,286+0.28 %
NewburyUp+1022£49,702-
SloughDown-298£42,188-8.25 %
BracknellDown-46£46,000-1.14 %
MaidenheadUp+93£45,833-11.16 %
WindsorDown-81£47,500+7.95 %
DBA South EastDBA
South East

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1388 (82.55 %)Oracle
2263 (55.96 %)SQL
3215 (45.74 %)Oracle 10g
4177 (37.66 %)UNIX
5166 (35.32 %)Oracle RAC
6151 (32.13 %)Oracle Applications
7143 (30.43 %)PL/SQL
8131 (27.87 %)Linux
8131 (27.87 %)Oracle EBS
9120 (25.53 %)Oracle RMAN
10110 (23.40 %)Finance
11102 (21.70 %)Oracle 11i
11102 (21.70 %)SQL Server
1284 (17.87 %)RDBMS
1383 (17.66 %)Oracle 9i
1474 (15.74 %)Windows
1474 (15.74 %)Oracle 10gAS
1572 (15.32 %)Security Cleared
1667 (14.26 %)Oracle Certification
1765 (13.83 %)OCP
1858 (12.34 %)Java
1951 (10.85 %)Oracle 11g
2046 (9.787 %)OC4J
2046 (9.787 %)SQL Server 2005
2144 (9.362 %)Oracle Discoverer
2144 (9.362 %)Solaris
2144 (9.362 %)TOAD
2243 (9.149 %)Oracle 8/8i
2243 (9.149 %)Transact-SQL
2341 (8.723 %)SQL Server Integration Services

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
146 (9.787 %)OC4J
224 (5.106 %).NET
314 (2.979 %)XML
314 (2.979 %)Middleware
413 (2.766 %)WebServices
512 (2.553 %)ASP.NET
611 (2.340 %)SOAP
79 (1.915 %)J2EE
88 (1.702 %)JSP
92 (0.426 %)HTML
92 (0.426 %).NET Framework
92 (0.426 %)Oracle Fusion
101 (0.213 %)WebSphere
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
174 (15.74 %)Oracle 10gAS
232 (6.809 %)Oracle 9iAS
326 (5.532 %)Oracle Application Server
410 (2.128 %)Oracle Workflow
54 (0.851 %)WebLogic
54 (0.851 %)Apache
62 (0.426 %)SharePoint
62 (0.426 %)SAS
71 (0.213 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
128 (5.957 %)MS Visio
211 (2.340 %)MS Excel
32 (0.426 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1151 (32.13 %)Oracle Applications
2131 (27.87 %)Oracle EBS
3102 (21.70 %)Oracle 11i
414 (2.979 %)Oracle Financials
52 (0.426 %)Oracle Manufacturing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (1.064 %)Wireless
24 (0.851 %)LLU
24 (0.851 %)DSLAM
33 (0.638 %)SAN
41 (0.213 %)Internet
41 (0.213 %)HTTP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1215 (45.74 %)Oracle 10g
2102 (21.70 %)SQL Server
384 (17.87 %)RDBMS
483 (17.66 %)Oracle 9i
551 (10.85 %)Oracle 11g
646 (9.787 %)SQL Server 2005
744 (9.362 %)Oracle Discoverer
744 (9.362 %)TOAD
843 (9.149 %)Oracle 8/8i
941 (8.723 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1039 (8.298 %)SQL Server 2000
1039 (8.298 %)Datawarehouse
1132 (6.809 %)DTS
1230 (6.383 %)SQLPlus
1321 (4.468 %)DB2
1420 (4.255 %)Oracle Reports
1420 (4.255 %)ETL
1516 (3.404 %)SQL Server 7
167 (1.489 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
176 (1.277 %)DB2 UDB
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
125 (5.319 %)Oracle Forms
28 (1.702 %)JDeveloper
32 (0.426 %)Visual Studio
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1110 (23.40 %)Finance
232 (6.809 %)Retail
328 (5.957 %)FMCG
425 (5.319 %)Manufacturing
523 (4.894 %)Telecoms
621 (4.468 %)Pensions
621 (4.468 %)Health
715 (3.191 %)Insurance
812 (2.553 %)Government
99 (1.915 %)Banking
99 (1.915 %)Games
108 (1.702 %)Electric
114 (0.851 %)Military
123 (0.638 %)Marketing
123 (0.638 %)Billing
123 (0.638 %)Education
131 (0.213 %)Aerospace
131 (0.213 %)Construction
131 (0.213 %)Advertising
131 (0.213 %)Publishing
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (4.255 %)Replication
214 (2.979 %)Clustering
35 (1.064 %)Grid Computing
43 (0.638 %)French Language
43 (0.638 %)Management Information System
52 (0.426 %)NHS
61 (0.213 %)Client/Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1177 (37.66 %)UNIX
2131 (27.87 %)Linux
374 (15.74 %)Windows
444 (9.362 %)Solaris
526 (5.532 %)HPUX
619 (4.043 %)Windows Server 2003
79 (1.915 %)Windows NT
87 (1.489 %)VMS
95 (1.064 %)AIX
104 (0.851 %)Windows XP
113 (0.638 %)Red Hat Linux
121 (0.213 %)Windows 2000
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
172 (15.32 %)Security Cleared
236 (7.660 %)Disaster Recovery
334 (7.234 %)E-business
432 (6.809 %)SOA
531 (6.596 %)BPEL
626 (5.532 %)User Acceptance Testing
723 (4.894 %)Technical Architecture
820 (4.255 %)Migration
820 (4.255 %)Data Modelling
914 (2.979 %)Business Intelligence
1010 (2.128 %)Workflow
118 (1.702 %)E-Commerce
118 (1.702 %)DV Cleared
127 (1.489 %)Data Migration
127 (1.489 %)Data Architecture
127 (1.489 %)Release Management
136 (1.277 %)ERP
145 (1.064 %)ITIL
145 (1.064 %)Validation
154 (0.851 %)Service Delivery
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1263 (55.96 %)SQL
2143 (30.43 %)PL/SQL
358 (12.34 %)Java
443 (9.149 %)Transact-SQL
535 (7.447 %)Perl
623 (4.894 %)Shell Script
719 (4.043 %)C#
810 (2.128 %)VB
97 (1.489 %)PowerHouse
104 (0.851 %)VB.NET
112 (0.426 %)C++
112 (0.426 %)PHP
121 (0.213 %)C
121 (0.213 %)JavaScript
121 (0.213 %)VBScript
121 (0.213 %)Korn
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
167 (14.26 %)Oracle Certification
265 (13.83 %)OCP
36 (1.277 %)Degree
36 (1.277 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (1.064 %)HNC
53 (0.638 %)OCA
61 (0.213 %)MCDBA
61 (0.213 %)MCP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (3.404 %)SLA
25 (1.064 %)QA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1166 (35.32 %)Oracle RAC
2120 (25.53 %)Oracle RMAN
34 (0.851 %)NetBackup
41 (0.213 %)Cronacle
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (2.766 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
23 (0.638 %)Oracle Statspack
31 (0.213 %)HP Data Protector
31 (0.213 %)Unicenter
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1388 (82.55 %)Oracle
215 (3.191 %)PeopleSoft
314 (2.979 %)Microsoft
411 (2.340 %)Sun
510 (2.128 %)Sybase
68 (1.702 %)HP
75 (1.064 %)VERITAS
84 (0.851 %)BEA
93 (0.638 %)Red Hat
102 (0.426 %)Pegasus
102 (0.426 %)Citrix
111 (0.213 %)Business Objects
111 (0.213 %)Siebel
111 (0.213 %)IBM
111 (0.213 %)CA
111 (0.213 %)Axiom
111 (0.213 %)FileNet
111 (0.213 %)ReadSoft