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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 75 100 86
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 43 27 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.385% 1.378% 1.895%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.488% 1.442% 2.010%
Number of salaries quoted 26 24 27
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% -33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1872 1542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.84% 95.56% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1373 1646 1312
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
North West

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Chester -6 16 £41,000 +95.23%
Wilmslow - 6 £28,500 -
Crewe +4 5 £47,500 +31.03%
Macclesfield -3 5 £47,500 +31.03%
Northwich +4 4 £38,500 -6.66%
Warrington +21 3 £30,000 +7.14%
Knutsford +4 2 £40,000 -
DBA
North West

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 105 (88.24%) SQL
2 81 (68.07%) SQL Server
3 66 (55.46%) SQL Server 2008
4 61 (51.26%) SQL Server 2005
5 58 (48.74%) T-SQL
6 48 (40.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 43 (36.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 41 (34.45%) SQL Server 2000
9 38 (31.93%) Replication
10 33 (27.73%) Clustering
10 33 (27.73%) Disaster Recovery
11 31 (26.05%) Microsoft
12 28 (23.53%) Data Warehouse
13 27 (22.69%) Oracle
14 26 (21.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 24 (20.17%) OLTP
16 22 (18.49%) Finance
17 21 (17.65%) PL/SQL
18 20 (16.81%) Security Cleared
19 18 (15.13%) Data Guard
19 18 (15.13%) UNIX
19 18 (15.13%) Data Modelling
19 18 (15.13%) Oracle RMAN
20 17 (14.29%) Migration
21 16 (13.45%) Oracle EBS
21 16 (13.45%) Business Intelligence
21 16 (13.45%) Oracle 10g
21 16 (13.45%) Oracle 11g
22 15 (12.61%) SC Cleared
23 14 (11.76%) SQL Server 2012

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 9 (7.563%) .NET
2 3 (2.521%) Flash
3 2 (1.681%) Middleware
4 1 (0.840%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.840%) HTML
4 1 (0.840%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.840%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.521%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.840%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (0.840%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.840%) CMS
2 1 (0.840%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.840%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.882%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.202%) MS Office
3 3 (2.521%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.521%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 16 (13.45%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.521%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.681%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (1.681%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.840%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.882%) HTTP
1 7 (5.882%) SAN
2 3 (2.521%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.681%) VPN
3 2 (1.681%) DNS
4 1 (0.840%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.840%) VLAN
4 1 (0.840%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.840%) Intranet
4 1 (0.840%) LAN
4 1 (0.840%) WAN
4 1 (0.840%) DHCP
4 1 (0.840%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (68.07%) SQL Server
2 66 (55.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 61 (51.26%) SQL Server 2005
4 48 (40.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 43 (36.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 41 (34.45%) SQL Server 2000
7 28 (23.53%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (21.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 24 (20.17%) OLTP
10 16 (13.45%) Oracle 10g
10 16 (13.45%) Oracle 11g
11 14 (11.76%) SQL Server 2012
12 13 (10.92%) Essbase
12 13 (10.92%) Oracle Discoverer
13 12 (10.08%) DTS
14 7 (5.882%) MySQL
14 7 (5.882%) MS Access
14 7 (5.882%) RDBMS
15 5 (4.202%) IDMS
15 5 (4.202%) VLDB
General
1 22 (18.49%) Finance
2 14 (11.76%) Retail
3 13 (10.92%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.840%) Marketing
4 1 (0.840%) Local Government
4 1 (0.840%) Billing
4 1 (0.840%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.840%) Advertising
4 1 (0.840%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 38 (31.93%) Replication
2 33 (27.73%) Clustering
3 9 (7.563%) Data Integration
4 6 (5.042%) Computer Science
5 4 (3.361%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.840%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.840%) Physics
6 1 (0.840%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.13%) UNIX
2 14 (11.76%) Windows
3 9 (7.563%) Linux
4 5 (4.202%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (3.361%) Windows XP
5 4 (3.361%) Windows 7
5 4 (3.361%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.681%) Solaris
7 1 (0.840%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.840%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (0.840%) SUSE
7 1 (0.840%) Windows NT
7 1 (0.840%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.73%) Disaster Recovery
2 18 (15.13%) Data Modelling
3 17 (14.29%) Migration
4 16 (13.45%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (10.92%) High Availability
6 12 (10.08%) Data Transformation
6 12 (10.08%) ETL
6 12 (10.08%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (5.882%) ITIL
7 7 (5.882%) E-Commerce
8 6 (5.042%) Unit Testing
9 5 (4.202%) Database Security
9 5 (4.202%) Change Management
10 4 (3.361%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (3.361%) Capacity Management
10 4 (3.361%) Capacity Planning
10 4 (3.361%) Waterfall
10 4 (3.361%) Data Management
10 4 (3.361%) Load Testing
11 3 (2.521%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (88.24%) SQL
2 58 (48.74%) T-SQL
3 21 (17.65%) PL/SQL
4 13 (10.92%) Shell Script
5 8 (6.723%) VBA
6 4 (3.361%) Perl
6 4 (3.361%) PHP
6 4 (3.361%) C#
6 4 (3.361%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.521%) VB
8 2 (1.681%) C++
9 1 (0.840%) PowerHouse
9 1 (0.840%) COBOL
9 1 (0.840%) Java
9 1 (0.840%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.61%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.882%) Degree
4 5 (4.202%) OCP
4 5 (4.202%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.840%) MCITP
5 1 (0.840%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.521%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (15.13%) Oracle RMAN
2 5 (4.202%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.681%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.840%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.840%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (15.13%) Data Guard
2 2 (1.681%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.681%) SCOM
3 1 (0.840%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.840%) MOM
3 1 (0.840%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 31 (26.05%) Microsoft
2 27 (22.69%) Oracle
3 13 (10.92%) Hyperion
3 13 (10.92%) Fujitsu
4 4 (3.361%) Veritas
5 3 (2.521%) Sun
6 2 (1.681%) Sybase
6 2 (1.681%) HP
7 1 (0.840%) VMware
7 1 (0.840%) Symantec
7 1 (0.840%) McAfee
7 1 (0.840%) Primavera
7 1 (0.840%) Sage
7 1 (0.840%) NetApp
7 1 (0.840%) Open Text
7 1 (0.840%) Dell
7 1 (0.840%) Citrix
7 1 (0.840%) Cisco
7 1 (0.840%) Cognos
7 1 (0.840%) JBoss
Runcorn, Cheshire
Leading Mobile Interactive Technology Company is looking for an SQL Server DBA!... Ideally you will be educated to degree level (or equivalent) with experience of design & development of...
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Key projects underway at present: *Standardisation of SQL Server Maintenance Plans *Rework and Creation of New SSRS Reports to support business needs *Upgrading of SQL Server 2000 and...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Warrington, North West
As part the role there will also be the opportunity to become involved in project work.Key projects underway at present:*Standardisation of SQL Server Maintenance Plans*Rework...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Chester, North West
An expert level Database Administrator is required to join and lead a large production support team, for my household name client in Chester.
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Northwich, Cheshire
One of Cheshire's leading technical businesses are looking to further expand their IT team with a skilled Database Developer/ DBA who has the ability to play a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Northwich Cheshire, North West
Job Title: Database Administrator - DBA - PostgreSQL , PL/pgSQL, OLTPSkills: Cheshire, PostgreSQL Database Administrator, DBA, with ideally experience of PL/pgSQL, OLTP, PL/proxy, PgBouncer, Linux, Perl, PostgreSQL 9,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £45,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Northwich, Cheshire
Job Title: Database Administrator - DBA - PostgreSQL , PL/pgSQL, OLTP Skills: Cheshire, PostgreSQL Database Administrator, DBA, with ideally experience of PL/pgSQL, OLTP, PL/proxy, PgBouncer, Linux, Perl, PostgreSQL...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + Pension+ Medical + Life Assurance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Runcorn, Cheshire
Activities should have included: installation / upgrade of the technology stack configuration maintenance administration problem solving Knowledge of WebLogic Middleware particularly in the area of: Installation Configuration Administration Release...
Atos
Salary: £1 - £2 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013