The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 66 44 59
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 1 5 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 0.182% 1.149% 1.887%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.185% 1.168% 1.947%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 11
Average salary £30,000 £34,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +25.92%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
541 428 565
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 98.72% 98.39% 96.91%
Number of salaries quoted 477 401 526
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,800 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
SQL DBA
South Wales

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff SQL DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL DBA
Salary Trend

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

Cardiff SQL DBA Salary Trend

SQL DBA
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (55.56%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (44.44%) ETL
4 4 (44.44%) Replication
5 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) High Availability
5 3 (33.33%) Statistics
5 3 (33.33%) Law
6 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
7 1 (11.11%) Finance
7 1 (11.11%) Cognos
7 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
7 1 (11.11%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (55.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 3 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Replication
2 3 (33.33%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ETL
2 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Cognos
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft