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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Database Administrator
Rank 68 81 81
Rank change year-on-year
+13 0
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 13 35 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 1.331% 2.513% 1.673%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.364% 2.585% 1.766%
Number of salaries quoted 8 26 19
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,250 £42,500 £34,800
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,250 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-0.58% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
953 1354 1189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 97.54% 97.20% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 823 1105 983
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
SQL Server DBA
East of England

SQL Server DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex SQL Server DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend

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

Essex SQL Server DBA Salary Trend

SQL Server DBA
Salary Histogram

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

Essex SQL Server DBA Salary Histogram

SQL Server DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA within the Essex 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
Basildon -15 4 £37,500 -16.66%
Brentwood - 3 £50,000 -
SQL Server DBA
East of England

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (77.78%) SQL
3 13 (72.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (72.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 11 (61.11%) Finance
6 9 (50.00%) T-SQL
7 8 (44.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 8 (44.44%) SQL Server 2012
8 7 (38.89%) Windows
8 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
9 6 (33.33%) Oracle
9 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
9 6 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
9 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 5 (27.78%) MCITP
10 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (27.78%) Oracle 11g
10 5 (27.78%) MySQL
10 5 (27.78%) MCDBA
10 5 (27.78%) Oracle 8/8i
10 5 (27.78%) Oracle 9i
10 5 (27.78%) Service Delivery
10 5 (27.78%) Oracle 10g
10 5 (27.78%) Replication
11 4 (22.22%) Clustering
12 3 (16.67%) ETL

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 1 (5.556%) COM
1 1 (5.556%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (72.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 13 (72.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (44.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 8 (44.44%) SQL Server 2012
4 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
4 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 5 (27.78%) Oracle 11g
5 5 (27.78%) MySQL
5 5 (27.78%) Oracle 8/8i
5 5 (27.78%) Oracle 9i
5 5 (27.78%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (5.556%) DTS
7 1 (5.556%) MS Access
General
1 11 (61.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Replication
2 4 (22.22%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (27.78%) Service Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) ETL
3 3 (16.67%) Release Management
4 2 (11.11%) Fund Management
4 2 (11.11%) High Availability
4 2 (11.11%) Database Tuning
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.556%) BCP
5 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity
5 1 (5.556%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) SQL
2 9 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (27.78%) MCITP
2 5 (27.78%) MCDBA
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Oracle