East Midlands SQL Server DBA Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the SQL Server DBA role in IT jobs within the East Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited SQL Server DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA)
Location Bath Beaconsfield Berkshire Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Buxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Colchester Corby Coventry Croydon Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hull Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newton-le-Willows North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Romford Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southam Southampton Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Teddington Thames Valley Twickenham UK Uxbridge Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Wirral Witney Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	134	173
Rank change on same period last year	+39
Matching permanent IT job ads	44	9
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.023 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.954 %	0.168 %
Salaries quoted	37	9
Average minimum salary	£36,438	£30,600
Average salary	£38,785	£32,050
% change on same period last year	+21.01 %
Average maximum salary	£41,131	£33,500
UK excluding London average salary	£38,147	£38,585
% change on same period last year	-1.13 %
Job Titles East Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads	4612	5362
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.408 %	2.212 %
Salaries quoted	3885	4461
Average minimum salary	£32,094	£31,385
Average salary	£34,749	£33,921
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
Average maximum salary	£37,404	£36,457
UK excluding London average salary	£38,227	£39,513
% change on same period last year	-3.25 %
SQL Server DBA England

SQL Server DBA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the East Midlands region.

SQL Server DBA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

SQL Server DBA
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing SQL Server DBA within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Nottinghamshire	+28	18	£38,719	+29.06 %
Leicestershire	-	8	£42,667	-
Derbyshire	+22	7	£43,500	+35.93 %
Northamptonshire	+2	5	£35,433	+6.83 %

SQL Server DBA England

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands region that cited SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title.

1 89 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 68 (76.40 %) SQL 3 63 (70.79 %) SQL Server 2005 4 42 (47.19 %) SQL Server 2000 5 34 (38.20 %) Replication 6 31 (34.83 %) Transact-SQL 7 27 (30.34 %) Windows 8 22 (24.72 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 20 (22.47 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 19 (21.35 %) Clustering 10 19 (21.35 %) .NET 11 18 (20.22 %) OLAP 11 18 (20.22 %) Disaster Recovery 12 15 (16.85 %) Microsoft 12 15 (16.85 %) SAN

13 14 (15.73 %) C# 13 14 (15.73 %) Pensions 14 13 (14.61 %) UNIX 14 13 (14.61 %) Datawarehouse 15 12 (13.48 %) MS Excel 15 12 (13.48 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 16 11 (12.36 %) Windows Server 2003 17 10 (11.24 %) Health 18 9 (10.11 %) Progress 18 9 (10.11 %) Windows NT 18 9 (10.11 %) DTS 18 9 (10.11 %) Oracle 18 9 (10.11 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 19 7 (7.865 %) Marketing 19 7 (7.865 %) Microsoft Certification

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands region that cited SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 19 (21.35 %) .NET 2 5 (5.618 %) ASP.NET 2 5 (5.618 %) .NET Framework 3 3 (3.371 %) WebServices 3 3 (3.371 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 4 (4.494 %) IIS 2 3 (3.371 %) SharePoint 3 1 (1.124 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 12 (13.48 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.124 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 15 (16.85 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 89 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 63 (70.79 %) SQL Server 2005 3 42 (47.19 %) SQL Server 2000 4 22 (24.72 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 20 (22.47 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 18 (20.22 %) OLAP 7 13 (14.61 %) Datawarehouse 8 12 (13.48 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 9 9 (10.11 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 9 9 (10.11 %) DTS 10 6 (6.742 %) SQL Server 7 11 5 (5.618 %) ETL 12 4 (4.494 %) OLTP 12 4 (4.494 %) Oracle 8/8i 13 2 (2.247 %) RDBMS 14 1 (1.124 %) MySQL 14 1 (1.124 %) Crystal Reports	Development Applications 1 4 (4.494 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (2.247 %) VSS/SourceSafe
General 1 14 (15.73 %) Pensions 2 10 (11.24 %) Health 3 7 (7.865 %) Marketing 4 2 (2.247 %) Finance 5 1 (1.124 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (1.124 %) Retail 5 1 (1.124 %) Insurance	Miscellaneous 1 34 (38.20 %) Replication 2 19 (21.35 %) Clustering 3 3 (3.371 %) Mathematics 4 2 (2.247 %) Data Extraction 4 2 (2.247 %) Data Integration 4 2 (2.247 %) NHS 5 1 (1.124 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 27 (30.34 %) Windows 2 13 (14.61 %) UNIX 3 11 (12.36 %) Windows Server 2003 4 9 (10.11 %) Windows NT 5 5 (5.618 %) AIX 5 5 (5.618 %) Solaris 5 5 (5.618 %) Linux 6 1 (1.124 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (20.22 %) Disaster Recovery 2 4 (4.494 %) Performance Testing 2 4 (4.494 %) Business Intelligence 3 3 (3.371 %) Configuration Management 3 3 (3.371 %) Migration 4 2 (2.247 %) Agile Software Development 4 2 (2.247 %) Data Analysis 4 2 (2.247 %) Logistics 4 2 (2.247 %) Performance Management 5 1 (1.124 %) Data Migration 5 1 (1.124 %) Data Architecture 5 1 (1.124 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 68 (76.40 %) SQL 2 31 (34.83 %) Transact-SQL 3 14 (15.73 %) C# 4 5 (5.618 %) C 5 4 (4.494 %) VB 6 2 (2.247 %) VB.NET 6 2 (2.247 %) VBScript 7 1 (1.124 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 7 (7.865 %) Microsoft Certification 2 6 (6.742 %) MCDBA 3 5 (5.618 %) Degree 4 4 (4.494 %) Oracle Certification 5 3 (3.371 %) MCTS 6 2 (2.247 %) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (5.618 %) SLA	System Software 1 3 (3.371 %) Oracle RAC 2 2 (2.247 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 15 (16.85 %) Microsoft 2 9 (10.11 %) Oracle 2 9 (10.11 %) Progress 3 5 (5.618 %) Sun 3 5 (5.618 %) HP 4 3 (3.371 %) VERITAS 5 1 (1.124 %) SAP 5 1 (1.124 %) Cognos 5 1 (1.124 %) Compaq