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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Database Administrator
Rank 89 74 86
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 6 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.522% 0.238% 0.103%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.553% 0.254% 0.109%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 1
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +19.04%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1085 788 916
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.35% 93.81% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 632 584 722
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 £27,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
SQL Server DBA
Scotland

SQL Server DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow SQL Server DBA Salary Trend

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (57.89%) Windows
3 8 (42.11%) SQL
3 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (42.11%) Migration
3 8 (42.11%) Replication
3 8 (42.11%) Banking
3 8 (42.11%) Incident Management
3 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (42.11%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (42.11%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (36.84%) Oracle
5 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (26.32%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (21.05%) RDBMS
7 3 (15.79%) Finance
7 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (15.79%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (15.79%) Oracle 9i
7 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
7 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
8 2 (10.53%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
8 2 (10.53%) Sybase
8 2 (10.53%) ITIL
8 2 (10.53%) BCP
8 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (26.32%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (21.05%) RDBMS
3 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (15.79%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (15.79%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (10.53%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 8 (42.11%) Banking
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Replication
2 1 (5.263%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (5.263%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) UNIX
3 1 (5.263%) AIX
3 1 (5.263%) Solaris
3 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Migration
1 8 (42.11%) Incident Management
1 8 (42.11%) Capacity Planning
1 8 (42.11%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (10.53%) Capacity Management
2 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
2 2 (10.53%) ITIL
2 2 (10.53%) BCP
3 1 (5.263%) Service Management
3 1 (5.263%) Business Continuity
3 1 (5.263%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) MCP
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (5.263%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Oracle
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Sybase
4 1 (5.263%) IBM
4 1 (5.263%) Veritas