The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 21 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 103 82 135
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 40 75 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.520% 2.612% 0.604%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.594% 2.717% 0.634%
Number of salaries quoted 36 70 15
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,450 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,250 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2509 2760 2837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.33% 96.13% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2240 2335 2525
Average salary £38,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.28% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridge +8 31 £42,500 -5.55%
Peterborough -5 2 £40,000 -14.89%
DBA
East of England

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 65 (84.42%) SQL
2 44 (57.14%) Oracle
3 33 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 27 (35.06%) Oracle 11g
5 25 (32.47%) PL/SQL
6 23 (29.87%) SQL Server 2008
7 21 (27.27%) Oracle EBS R12
7 21 (27.27%) Finance
8 20 (25.97%) Oracle EBS
8 20 (25.97%) Oracle 10g
8 20 (25.97%) T-SQL
9 19 (24.68%) Oracle Applications
10 17 (22.08%) UNIX
10 17 (22.08%) Oracle 9i
10 17 (22.08%) Oracle 11i
11 13 (16.88%) SQL Server 2005
11 13 (16.88%) ERP
11 13 (16.88%) Windows
11 13 (16.88%) Shell Script
12 12 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (15.58%) Linux
12 12 (15.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (15.58%) Degree
13 11 (14.29%) Java
14 10 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (12.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (11.69%) Hyperion
15 9 (11.69%) Sybase
15 9 (11.69%) MS Excel
15 9 (11.69%) Oracle 8/8i

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (3.896%) Oracle Streams
1 3 (3.896%) MDX
1 3 (3.896%) .NET
2 1 (1.299%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.896%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (3.896%) SharePoint
1 3 (3.896%) IIS
1 3 (3.896%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.299%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (11.69%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (27.27%) Oracle EBS R12
2 20 (25.97%) Oracle EBS
3 19 (24.68%) Oracle Applications
4 17 (22.08%) Oracle 11i
5 4 (5.195%) Oracle HRMS
5 4 (5.195%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (1.299%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.195%) Internet
2 3 (3.896%) Kerberos
2 3 (3.896%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 27 (35.06%) Oracle 11g
3 23 (29.87%) SQL Server 2008
4 20 (25.97%) Oracle 10g
5 17 (22.08%) Oracle 9i
6 13 (16.88%) SQL Server 2005
7 12 (15.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (12.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 9 (11.69%) Oracle 8/8i
10 7 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (9.091%) MySQL
11 5 (6.494%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (5.195%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (5.195%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (3.896%) SQL Server 2012
13 3 (3.896%) QlikView
14 2 (2.597%) Data Mining
15 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 7
15 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 2000
15 1 (1.299%) PostgreSQL
General
1 21 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (2.597%) Financial Institution
3 1 (1.299%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.195%) Replication
2 3 (3.896%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.299%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.08%) UNIX
2 13 (16.88%) Windows
3 12 (15.58%) Linux
4 2 (2.597%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (2.597%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.299%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.299%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.88%) ERP
2 12 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (10.39%) Data Management
5 7 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (7.792%) Data Modelling
7 5 (6.494%) Database Security
7 5 (6.494%) BCP
7 5 (6.494%) Service Delivery
8 4 (5.195%) ITIL
8 4 (5.195%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (5.195%) Business Development
8 4 (5.195%) Business Continuity
8 4 (5.195%) Information Security
8 4 (5.195%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (3.896%) Capacity Planning
9 3 (3.896%) Workflow
9 3 (3.896%) ETL
9 3 (3.896%) Migration
9 3 (3.896%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (84.42%) SQL
2 25 (32.47%) PL/SQL
3 20 (25.97%) T-SQL
4 13 (16.88%) Shell Script
5 11 (14.29%) Java
6 5 (6.494%) C
6 5 (6.494%) C++
6 5 (6.494%) VBA
7 2 (2.597%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) Degree
2 2 (2.597%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.299%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.299%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (7.792%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (3.896%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 6 (7.792%) Data Guard
2 3 (3.896%) Zenoss
2 3 (3.896%) Nagios
Vendors
1 44 (57.14%) Oracle
2 9 (11.69%) Hyperion
2 9 (11.69%) Sybase
3 6 (7.792%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.792%) VMware
4 3 (3.896%) Twitter
5 1 (1.299%) Cisco
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic SQL DBA, Database Administrator who has experience of working with SSRS and SSIS, to join a growing team working on...
Kyna Associates
Salary: £40000 - 45000 Per Annum Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
The Person: You must be able to demonstrate a proficiency in the key technical requirements of the role, including: Experience in a similar role with exposure to a...
Salt
Salary: £42000 per annum + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
You must have at least 5 years experience working with SQL (scripting, triggers, views and stored procedures). You will have 2 years experience working as a SQL DBA...
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013