The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 24 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 105 99 88
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 13 14 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.754% 0.809% 1.515%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.775% 0.856% 1.629%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 19
Average salary £28,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.77% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1677 1636 1719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.27% 94.57% 93.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1445 1402
Average salary £37,500 £36,122 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.81% +6.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
South West

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 27 (56.25%) SQL
2 26 (54.17%) Oracle
3 21 (43.75%) SQL Server
4 16 (33.33%) Finance
5 13 (27.08%) T-SQL
5 13 (27.08%) Security Cleared
6 12 (25.00%) QA
6 12 (25.00%) Statistics
6 12 (25.00%) Resource Management
6 12 (25.00%) Windows
6 12 (25.00%) SLA
7 11 (22.92%) Microsoft
7 11 (22.92%) UNIX
7 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
8 10 (20.83%) Linux
8 10 (20.83%) Clustering
9 9 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (18.75%) MS Excel
10 8 (16.67%) ITIL
10 8 (16.67%) Replication
10 8 (16.67%) Degree
11 7 (14.58%) Oracle Applications
11 7 (14.58%) Cognizant
12 6 (12.50%) Telecoms
12 6 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (12.50%) PL/SQL
12 6 (12.50%) Load Balancing
12 6 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 (2.083%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.083%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (18.75%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (14.58%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (8.333%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.333%) Intranet
1 4 (8.333%) Internet
2 3 (6.250%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (43.75%) SQL Server
2 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 11 (22.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (10.42%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (10.42%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (8.333%) OLTP
5 4 (8.333%) MySQL
6 3 (6.250%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (4.167%) Oracle 9i
7 2 (4.167%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (4.167%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (2.083%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (2.083%) VLDB
8 1 (2.083%) RDBMS
8 1 (2.083%) DTS
8 1 (2.083%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (8.333%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 16 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.333%) Legal
4 1 (2.083%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.00%) Statistics
2 10 (20.83%) Clustering
3 8 (16.67%) Replication
4 1 (2.083%) Data Extraction
4 1 (2.083%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (25.00%) Windows
2 11 (22.92%) UNIX
3 10 (20.83%) Linux
4 4 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (8.333%) Tru64
4 4 (8.333%) HPUX
4 4 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 9 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (16.67%) ITIL
4 6 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 6 (12.50%) Database Tuning
5 3 (6.250%) Change Control
5 3 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (6.250%) System Testing
5 3 (6.250%) Information Management
5 3 (6.250%) Data Modelling
5 3 (6.250%) ETL
5 3 (6.250%) Change Management
5 3 (6.250%) Business Continuity
6 2 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.083%) Database Security
7 1 (2.083%) Data Protection
7 1 (2.083%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.083%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 27 (56.25%) SQL
2 13 (27.08%) T-SQL
3 6 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (27.08%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 8 (16.67%) Degree
4 4 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (6.250%) MCSE
6 2 (4.167%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (2.083%) MCDBA
7 1 (2.083%) HND
7 1 (2.083%) OCP
7 1 (2.083%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) QA
1 12 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.333%) MOM
1 4 (8.333%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (4.167%) Data Guard
3 1 (2.083%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 26 (54.17%) Oracle
2 11 (22.92%) Microsoft
3 7 (14.58%) Cognizant
4 4 (8.333%) HP
4 4 (8.333%) Citrix
5 3 (6.250%) Kalido
5 3 (6.250%) IBM
5 3 (6.250%) Informatica
6 2 (4.167%) Netezza
7 1 (2.083%) Teradata
Bristol, Avon
A great opportunity for a SQL Server Database Administrator/ Developer to work for a successful and continuously growing company based in Bristol. The company are looking for a...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Database Administrator, DBA, SQL, SQL Server, MySQL A leading organisation in the Bristol/Bath area requires a Database Administrator/DBA to joining its growing team... Positive outlook...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Key skills: Strong experience as a SQL Server Database Administrator. DBA , SQL Server 2008... Our client is looking for an experienced DBA to expand an already thriving company...
Auburn Rose
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Key Skills: SQL Server 2008 High availability environments Performance tuning, replication, mirroring Back-ups, disaster recovery A well established financial information provider is seeking a SQL Server production...
Auburn Rose
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Trainee Oracle Applications & Middleware Database Administrators30K Basic with benefitsI'm currently recruiting for an Oracle Diamond Partner who boast some of the world's largest organisations as clients...
Salary: £30000 per annum + Benefits & Bonus
Posted: 26 April 2013