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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 95 100 113
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 28 23 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.543% 1.144% 0.513%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.620% 1.188% 0.542%
Number of salaries quoted 24 18 7
Average salary £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1936 2029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.21% 96.32% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1538 1644 1847
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
Cambridgeshire

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge DBA Salary Histogram

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 54 (87.10%) SQL
2 35 (56.45%) Oracle
3 25 (40.32%) SQL Server
4 22 (35.48%) Oracle 11g
4 22 (35.48%) PL/SQL
5 21 (33.87%) SQL Server 2008
6 16 (25.81%) Oracle EBS R12
6 16 (25.81%) T-SQL
6 16 (25.81%) UNIX
6 16 (25.81%) Oracle 9i
6 16 (25.81%) Oracle 11i
6 16 (25.81%) Oracle 10g
7 15 (24.19%) Oracle Applications
7 15 (24.19%) Oracle EBS
8 12 (19.35%) Shell Script
8 12 (19.35%) Finance
8 12 (19.35%) Degree
9 11 (17.74%) Linux
9 11 (17.74%) Java
10 10 (16.13%) ERP
10 10 (16.13%) SQL Server 2005
11 9 (14.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (14.52%) Windows
11 9 (14.52%) Sybase
11 9 (14.52%) Hyperion
12 7 (11.29%) MySQL
12 7 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (11.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (11.29%) Agile Software Development
12 7 (11.29%) Data Management

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 3 (4.839%) .NET
2 2 (3.226%) MDX
3 1 (1.613%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.226%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (3.226%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.226%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.613%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (9.677%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (25.81%) Oracle EBS R12
1 16 (25.81%) Oracle 11i
2 15 (24.19%) Oracle Applications
2 15 (24.19%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.613%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.839%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.613%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (40.32%) SQL Server
2 22 (35.48%) Oracle 11g
3 21 (33.87%) SQL Server 2008
4 16 (25.81%) Oracle 9i
4 16 (25.81%) Oracle 10g
5 10 (16.13%) SQL Server 2005
6 9 (14.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (11.29%) MySQL
7 7 (11.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (11.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (8.065%) Oracle 8/8i
9 4 (6.452%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (4.839%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (4.839%) SQL Server 2012
11 2 (3.226%) QlikView
11 2 (3.226%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (1.613%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (1.613%) SQL Server 7
12 1 (1.613%) SQL Server 2000
12 1 (1.613%) Data Mining
General
1 12 (19.35%) Finance
2 2 (3.226%) Financial Institution
3 1 (1.613%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.452%) Replication
2 3 (4.839%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.613%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.81%) UNIX
2 11 (17.74%) Linux
3 9 (14.52%) Windows
4 1 (1.613%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.613%) Solaris
4 1 (1.613%) Windows 2000
4 1 (1.613%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.13%) ERP
2 7 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (11.29%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (11.29%) Data Management
3 6 (9.677%) Data Modelling
3 6 (9.677%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (8.065%) BCP
4 5 (8.065%) Database Security
5 4 (6.452%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (6.452%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (6.452%) ITIL
5 4 (6.452%) Service Delivery
5 4 (6.452%) Business Continuity
5 4 (6.452%) Information Security
6 3 (4.839%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (3.226%) ETL
7 2 (3.226%) Workflow
7 2 (3.226%) Migration
8 1 (1.613%) Scrum
8 1 (1.613%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 54 (87.10%) SQL
2 22 (35.48%) PL/SQL
3 16 (25.81%) T-SQL
4 12 (19.35%) Shell Script
5 11 (17.74%) Java
6 5 (8.065%) C
6 5 (8.065%) C++
7 2 (3.226%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (19.35%) Degree
2 1 (1.613%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) SLA
1 1 (1.613%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (9.677%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (4.839%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 6 (9.677%) Data Guard
2 3 (4.839%) Nagios
2 3 (4.839%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 35 (56.45%) Oracle
2 9 (14.52%) Sybase
2 9 (14.52%) Hyperion
3 6 (9.677%) VMware
4 3 (4.839%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.613%) Cisco
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Skills Required:- 1 years+ experience of configuration of SQL Server 2008 SSIS & SSAS Detailed knowledge of T-SQL Good knowledge of MDX Queries Administration/creating SSIS packages ETL...
IT Connections
Salary: to £35,000 + Bonus + Good Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013