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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MySQL Database Administrator
Rank 578 638 617
Rank change year-on-year
+60 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a MySQL DBA 23 11 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.052% 0.020% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.022% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 23 11 12
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £45,250
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £62,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,250 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-0.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41114 51159 53446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.93% 93.59%
Number of salaries quoted 34577 44402 45054
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
MySQL DBA
England

MySQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London MySQL DBA Jobs Demand Trend

MySQL DBA
Salary Trend

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

London MySQL DBA Salary Trend

MySQL DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MySQL DBA across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London MySQL DBA Salary Histogram

MySQL DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL DBA within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +18 1 £45,000 -5.26%
MySQL DBA
England

MySQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited MySQL 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 MySQL DBA in their job title.

1 57 (100.00%) MySQL
2 37 (64.91%) SQL
3 25 (43.86%) Linux
4 23 (40.35%) Python
5 22 (38.60%) Hadoop
6 21 (36.84%) PHP
7 20 (35.09%) Replication
8 18 (31.58%) Java
8 18 (31.58%) Data Modelling
9 15 (26.32%) NoSQL
10 14 (24.56%) Bash shell
10 14 (24.56%) Statistics
11 13 (22.81%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (21.05%) XML
12 12 (21.05%) MongoDB
13 11 (19.30%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (19.30%) LAMP
14 10 (17.54%) Ruby
14 10 (17.54%) Apache
14 10 (17.54%) UNIX
14 10 (17.54%) Web Services
14 10 (17.54%) Perl
14 10 (17.54%) Apache Cassandra
14 10 (17.54%) Amazon AWS
14 10 (17.54%) Degree
14 10 (17.54%) Computer Science
15 9 (15.79%) Big Data
16 8 (14.04%) Agile Software Development
16 8 (14.04%) PostgreSQL
16 8 (14.04%) Clustering

MySQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited MySQL 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 MySQL DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (21.05%) XML
2 11 (19.30%) LAMP
3 10 (17.54%) Web Services
4 8 (14.04%) XSD
4 8 (14.04%) Django
5 4 (7.018%) Hibernate
5 4 (7.018%) HTML
5 4 (7.018%) MapReduce
5 4 (7.018%) Regular Expression
5 4 (7.018%) HTML5
5 4 (7.018%) Smarty
6 1 (1.754%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 10 (17.54%) Apache
1 10 (17.54%) Amazon AWS
2 4 (7.018%) CMS
3 2 (3.509%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.754%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (100.00%) MySQL
2 22 (38.60%) Hadoop
3 15 (26.32%) NoSQL
4 12 (21.05%) MongoDB
5 11 (19.30%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (17.54%) Apache Cassandra
7 9 (15.79%) Big Data
8 8 (14.04%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (10.53%) SQL Server
10 5 (8.772%) OLAP
11 4 (7.018%) OLTP
12 3 (5.263%) Pentaho
12 3 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
13 2 (3.509%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (3.509%) RDBMS
14 1 (1.754%) HBase
14 1 (1.754%) CouchDB
14 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2008
14 1 (1.754%) Snowflake Schema
14 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (7.018%) Subversion
1 4 (7.018%) Git (software)
General
1 7 (12.28%) Games
1 7 (12.28%) Finance
2 4 (7.018%) Retail
2 4 (7.018%) Marketing
3 3 (5.263%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.509%) Electronics
5 1 (1.754%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 20 (35.09%) Replication
2 14 (24.56%) Statistics
3 10 (17.54%) Computer Science
4 8 (14.04%) Clustering
5 5 (8.772%) Open Source
5 5 (8.772%) SaaS
6 1 (1.754%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 25 (43.86%) Linux
2 10 (17.54%) UNIX
3 6 (10.53%) Windows
3 6 (10.53%) CentOS
4 5 (8.772%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (8.772%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (3.509%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.754%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) Data Modelling
2 13 (22.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (14.04%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (14.04%) ETL
4 7 (12.28%) E-Commerce
5 5 (8.772%) Analytics
5 5 (8.772%) Data Management
6 4 (7.018%) Data Security
6 4 (7.018%) OO
6 4 (7.018%) Mobile Marketing
7 3 (5.263%) Database Tuning
7 3 (5.263%) Strategic Planning
8 2 (3.509%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (3.509%) Capacity Planning
9 1 (1.754%) High Availability
9 1 (1.754%) Service Delivery
9 1 (1.754%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (64.91%) SQL
2 23 (40.35%) Python
3 21 (36.84%) PHP
4 18 (31.58%) Java
5 14 (24.56%) Bash shell
6 10 (17.54%) Ruby
6 10 (17.54%) Perl
7 4 (7.018%) PHP5
8 1 (1.754%) C#
8 1 (1.754%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (17.54%) Degree
2 4 (7.018%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.018%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Oracle
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.018%) Percona
3 3 (5.263%) HP
London
Replication, optimisation, performance monitoring & tuning. Other technical skills may include: Oracle, Linux, Solaris, Windows Server (not essential) This is an opportunity not to be missed so apply now...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £70,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
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Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Impressive Benefits Package
Posted: 18 May 2013