The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 22 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 86 80 87
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 6 12 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.551% 0.866% 1.178%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.576% 0.909% 1.236%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 14
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% -5.55%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1042 1320 1456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.77% 95.31% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 604 965 1058
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
Scotland

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 8 (61.54%) Oracle
1 8 (61.54%) SQL Server
2 7 (53.85%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (23.08%) Replication
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (23.08%) Database Tuning
4 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
4 3 (23.08%) Sybase
5 2 (15.38%) DB2
5 2 (15.38%) WebLogic
5 2 (15.38%) C#
5 2 (15.38%) C++
5 2 (15.38%) Java
5 2 (15.38%) Perl
5 2 (15.38%) Python
5 2 (15.38%) Informix
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) ERP
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (15.38%) Data Guard
5 2 (15.38%) Unified Communications
5 2 (15.38%) Capacity Management
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
5 2 (15.38%) Clustering

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 1 (7.692%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) WebLogic
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (15.38%) DB2
3 2 (15.38%) Informix
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (7.692%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Replication
2 2 (15.38%) Clustering
3 1 (7.692%) Statistics
3 1 (7.692%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Database Tuning
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) ERP
2 2 (15.38%) Capacity Management
2 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
3 1 (7.692%) Business Continuity
3 1 (7.692%) Data Management
3 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.692%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (7.692%) Configuration Management
3 1 (7.692%) Change Management
3 1 (7.692%) E-business
3 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.692%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) C#
2 2 (15.38%) C++
2 2 (15.38%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) Perl
2 2 (15.38%) Python
3 1 (7.692%) Shell Script
3 1 (7.692%) T-SQL
3 1 (7.692%) PL/SQL
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (7.692%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Sybase
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.692%) VMware
4 1 (7.692%) Pegasus
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Due to continued growth they are in urgent need of an experienced Informix Database Administrator / Informix Developer to take an instrumental client facing position. To be considered for...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Your role will be to support and administer the Oracle ERP (EBS R12), other Oracle-based applications... Skills Profile: E-Business Suite R12 Oracle RDBMS Database Design Database...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This is a great opportunity and will be remunerated with to circa £55,000 per annum and an excellent benefits package. Your role will be to support and...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013