The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 93 110 92
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 27 14 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.509% 0.727% 1.448%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.576% 0.759% 1.537%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 21
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1713 1844 1561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.75% 95.69% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1350 1624 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,000 £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%
SQL DBA
North West

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire SQL DBA Salary Trend

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire SQL DBA Salary Histogram

SQL DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 -3 15 £41,000 +2.50%
Warrington +15 3 £30,000 -
Crewe +5 3 £47,500 +31.03%
Macclesfield -5 3 £47,500 +31.03%
Wilmslow - 3 £28,500 -
SQL DBA
North West

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 80 (98.77%) SQL
2 75 (92.59%) SQL Server
3 61 (75.31%) SQL Server 2008
4 55 (67.90%) SQL Server 2005
5 54 (66.67%) T-SQL
6 45 (55.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 41 (50.62%) SQL Server 2000
8 38 (46.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 37 (45.68%) Replication
10 33 (40.74%) Clustering
11 26 (32.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 22 (27.16%) OLTP
12 22 (27.16%) Data Warehouse
13 21 (25.93%) Microsoft
13 21 (25.93%) Disaster Recovery
14 18 (22.22%) Data Modelling
15 14 (17.28%) Migration
15 14 (17.28%) SQL Server 2012
16 12 (14.81%) Data Transformation
16 12 (14.81%) Agile Software Development
16 12 (14.81%) DTS
17 11 (13.58%) ETL
17 11 (13.58%) Business Intelligence
18 10 (12.35%) High Availability
19 9 (11.11%) Data Integration
19 9 (11.11%) Windows
20 7 (8.642%) MySQL
20 7 (8.642%) E-Commerce
20 7 (8.642%) SAN
20 7 (8.642%) Finance

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (4.938%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.235%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.235%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (6.173%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.235%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.642%) SAN
2 6 (7.407%) HTTP
3 1 (1.235%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.235%) VPN
3 1 (1.235%) DNS
3 1 (1.235%) VLAN
3 1 (1.235%) iSCSI
3 1 (1.235%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (1.235%) LAN
3 1 (1.235%) WAN
3 1 (1.235%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (92.59%) SQL Server
2 61 (75.31%) SQL Server 2008
3 55 (67.90%) SQL Server 2005
4 45 (55.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 41 (50.62%) SQL Server 2000
6 38 (46.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 26 (32.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 22 (27.16%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (27.16%) OLTP
9 14 (17.28%) SQL Server 2012
10 12 (14.81%) DTS
11 7 (8.642%) MySQL
12 5 (6.173%) VLDB
12 5 (6.173%) IDMS
13 4 (4.938%) NoSQL
14 3 (3.704%) RDBMS
14 3 (3.704%) OLAP
15 1 (1.235%) MS Access
15 1 (1.235%) Data Mining
15 1 (1.235%) Hadoop
General
1 7 (8.642%) Finance
2 1 (1.235%) Advertising
2 1 (1.235%) Retail
2 1 (1.235%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 37 (45.68%) Replication
2 33 (40.74%) Clustering
3 9 (11.11%) Data Integration
4 5 (6.173%) Computer Science
5 4 (4.938%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.235%) EqualLogic
6 1 (1.235%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.235%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.11%) Windows
2 5 (6.173%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (4.938%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.469%) Linux
5 1 (1.235%) UNIX
5 1 (1.235%) Solaris
5 1 (1.235%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (1.235%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.93%) Disaster Recovery
2 18 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 14 (17.28%) Migration
4 12 (14.81%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (14.81%) Data Transformation
5 11 (13.58%) ETL
5 11 (13.58%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (12.35%) High Availability
7 7 (8.642%) E-Commerce
8 6 (7.407%) ITIL
9 5 (6.173%) Change Management
9 5 (6.173%) Unit Testing
10 4 (4.938%) Capacity Planning
10 4 (4.938%) Waterfall
10 4 (4.938%) Load Testing
10 4 (4.938%) Data Management
11 3 (3.704%) Database Security
11 3 (3.704%) Database Tuning
12 2 (2.469%) Project Management
13 1 (1.235%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 80 (98.77%) SQL
2 54 (66.67%) T-SQL
3 3 (3.704%) VB
3 3 (3.704%) VBA
4 2 (2.469%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.235%) C
5 1 (1.235%) C++
5 1 (1.235%) Java
5 1 (1.235%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 5 (6.173%) Degree
2 3 (3.704%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.235%) MCTS
3 1 (1.235%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (2.469%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.235%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.235%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.469%) SCOM
2 1 (1.235%) MOM
2 1 (1.235%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.235%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 21 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.704%) Oracle
3 1 (1.235%) Cognos
3 1 (1.235%) HP
3 1 (1.235%) Dell
3 1 (1.235%) Citrix
3 1 (1.235%) NetApp
3 1 (1.235%) Sage
3 1 (1.235%) Primavera
3 1 (1.235%) Open Text
3 1 (1.235%) VMware
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