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The table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server DBA role in IT jobs within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank303350
Rank change on same period last yearUp+47
Matching permanent IT job ads393428
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.227 %0.184 %
As % of the category below0.618 %0.448 %
Salaries quoted317317
Average minimum salary£43,279£47,487
Average salary£46,777£50,495
% change on same period last year-7.36 %
Average maximum salary£50,275£53,503
UK excluding London average salary£36,812£38,292
% change on same period last year-3.86 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads6357295461
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.80 %41.08 %
Salaries quoted5330674301
Average minimum salary£45,799£47,221
Average salary£50,111£51,761
% change on same period last year-3.18 %
Average maximum salary£54,423£56,301
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
SQL Server DBA EnglandSQL 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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London SQL Server DBA Demand Trend

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 London region.

London SQL Server DBA Salary Trend

SQL Server DBA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-3135£47,592-10.96 %
Canary WharfUp+1414£59,231+3.65 %
Docklands, LondonUp+194£70,000+5.11 %
LutonNew entry-3£40,000-
HarrowNew entry-2£45,000-
BromleyNew entry-2£35,500-
BarnetNew entry-1£37,500-
CroydonDown-11£42,500-
ClaphamNew entry-1£42,500-
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-1£45,000-
WimbledonNew entry-1£42,500-
SurbitonNew entry-1£50,000-
SQL Server DBA EnglandSQL Server DBA
England

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1856 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2552 (64.49 %)SQL
3499 (58.29 %)SQL Server 2005
4275 (32.13 %)SQL Server 2000
5236 (27.57 %)Finance
6231 (26.99 %)Clustering
7208 (24.30 %)Transact-SQL
8202 (23.60 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9195 (22.78 %)Replication
10168 (19.63 %)DTS
11165 (19.28 %)Windows
12157 (18.34 %)Banking
13141 (16.47 %)Microsoft
14129 (15.07 %)Disaster Recovery
15125 (14.60 %)Oracle
16112 (13.08 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1796 (11.21 %)Datawarehouse
1893 (10.86 %)Windows Server 2003
1989 (10.40 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
2086 (10.05 %)MS Excel
2180 (9.346 %).NET
2279 (9.229 %)Microsoft Certification
2378 (9.112 %)OLAP
2469 (8.061 %)Investment Banking
2567 (7.827 %)Insurance
2567 (7.827 %)Sybase
2567 (7.827 %)Business Intelligence
2660 (7.009 %)Degree
2758 (6.776 %)MCDBA
2856 (6.542 %)Microsoft Analysis Services

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
180 (9.346 %).NET
222 (2.570 %)XML
318 (2.103 %)HTML
318 (2.103 %)ASP.NET
416 (1.869 %)ASP
56 (0.701 %)ADO
56 (0.701 %)ODBC
56 (0.701 %)DAO
65 (0.584 %)ADO.NET
74 (0.467 %)Middleware
82 (0.234 %)MDX
82 (0.234 %)WMI
91 (0.117 %).NET Framework
91 (0.117 %)EDI
91 (0.117 %)SOAP
91 (0.117 %)WebServices
91 (0.117 %)XSD
91 (0.117 %)XSL
91 (0.117 %)XSLT
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (1.752 %)Oracle 10gAS
214 (1.636 %)IIS
312 (1.402 %)SharePoint
44 (0.467 %)MS Exchange
51 (0.117 %)CMS
51 (0.117 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (0.117 %)WorkSite
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
186 (10.05 %)MS Excel
220 (2.336 %)MS Office
34 (0.467 %)MS Visio
41 (0.117 %)MS Project
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.234 %)WebTrends
21 (0.117 %)Sophis RISQUE
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (3.855 %)SAN
211 (1.285 %)Internet
211 (1.285 %)SMTP
32 (0.234 %)FTP
41 (0.117 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.117 %)DNS
41 (0.117 %)WAN
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1856 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2499 (58.29 %)SQL Server 2005
3275 (32.13 %)SQL Server 2000
4202 (23.60 %)SQL Server Integration Services
5168 (19.63 %)DTS
6112 (13.08 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
796 (11.21 %)Datawarehouse
889 (10.40 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
978 (9.112 %)OLAP
1056 (6.542 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1151 (5.958 %)RDBMS
1249 (5.724 %)Oracle 10g
1341 (4.790 %)OLTP
1440 (4.673 %)ETL
1531 (3.621 %)Oracle 9i
1531 (3.621 %)Crystal Reports
1626 (3.037 %)SQL Server 2008
1717 (1.986 %)DB2
1816 (1.869 %)Oracle OLAP
1912 (1.402 %)BusinessObjects
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (1.168 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.350 %)Subversion
31 (0.117 %)ClearCase
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1236 (27.57 %)Finance
2157 (18.34 %)Banking
369 (8.061 %)Investment Banking
467 (7.827 %)Insurance
545 (5.257 %)Health
630 (3.505 %)Retail
723 (2.687 %)Education
822 (2.570 %)Marketing
921 (2.453 %)Legal
1015 (1.752 %)Pensions
1114 (1.636 %)Games
1114 (1.636 %)Back Office
129 (1.051 %)Financial Institution
129 (1.051 %)Law
138 (0.935 %)Retail Banking
144 (0.467 %)Online Games
144 (0.467 %)Publishing
144 (0.467 %)Front Office
153 (0.350 %)Auditing
153 (0.350 %)Music
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1231 (26.99 %)Clustering
2195 (22.78 %)Replication
38 (0.935 %)Fixed Income
38 (0.935 %)Credit Risk
46 (0.701 %)Computer Science
54 (0.467 %)Client/Server
63 (0.350 %)Social Network
63 (0.350 %)Mathematics
72 (0.234 %)Statistics
81 (0.117 %)Market Risk
81 (0.117 %)Data Integration
81 (0.117 %)N-Tier
81 (0.117 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
81 (0.117 %)Management Information System
81 (0.117 %)BBC
81 (0.117 %)IPTV
81 (0.117 %)Web 2.0
81 (0.117 %)Derivative
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1165 (19.28 %)Windows
293 (10.86 %)Windows Server 2003
345 (5.257 %)UNIX
434 (3.972 %)Windows 2000
512 (1.402 %)Solaris
611 (1.285 %)Windows XP
611 (1.285 %)Windows 2000 Server
710 (1.168 %)AIX
83 (0.350 %)Linux
91 (0.117 %)Red Hat Linux
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1129 (15.07 %)Disaster Recovery
267 (7.827 %)Business Intelligence
346 (5.374 %)E-Commerce
436 (4.206 %)Migration
529 (3.388 %)ITIL
623 (2.687 %)Asset Management
718 (2.103 %)Project Management
815 (1.752 %)Change Management
815 (1.752 %)Scrum
913 (1.519 %)OO
913 (1.519 %)Fund Management
1011 (1.285 %)Extreme Programming
1011 (1.285 %)Agile Software Development
1011 (1.285 %)Data Analysis
1110 (1.168 %)TDD
1110 (1.168 %)PRINCE2
1110 (1.168 %)BCP
1110 (1.168 %)Operations Management
1110 (1.168 %)Resource Management
1110 (1.168 %)Release Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1552 (64.49 %)SQL
2208 (24.30 %)Transact-SQL
352 (6.075 %)C#
443 (5.023 %)VB
523 (2.687 %)PL/SQL
620 (2.336 %)VBScript
718 (2.103 %)VBA
718 (2.103 %)Perl
812 (1.402 %)C
812 (1.402 %)Shell Script
97 (0.818 %)Java
106 (0.701 %)VB.NET
114 (0.467 %)C++
122 (0.234 %)JavaScript
122 (0.234 %)PHP
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
179 (9.229 %)Microsoft Certification
260 (7.009 %)Degree
358 (6.776 %)MCDBA
416 (1.869 %)MCTS
512 (1.402 %)MCSD
65 (0.584 %)MCSE
72 (0.234 %)MCITP
81 (0.117 %)MCP
81 (0.117 %)HND
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (4.089 %)QA
210 (1.168 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (1.636 %)Active Directory
212 (1.402 %)Oracle RMAN
35 (0.584 %)Backup Exec
43 (0.350 %)LiteSpeed
52 (0.234 %)NetBackup
52 (0.234 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.117 %)Oracle RAC
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.117 %)MOM
11 (0.117 %)AutoSys
11 (0.117 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
11 (0.117 %)ServiceCenter
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1141 (16.47 %)Microsoft
2125 (14.60 %)Oracle
367 (7.827 %)Sybase
412 (1.402 %)Business Objects
412 (1.402 %)Hummingbird
56 (0.701 %)Charles River
63 (0.350 %)Yahoo!
63 (0.350 %)VERITAS
63 (0.350 %)HP
63 (0.350 %)Intel
72 (0.234 %)Citrix
72 (0.234 %)NetApp
81 (0.117 %)Peregrine
81 (0.117 %)Sun
81 (0.117 %)Murex
81 (0.117 %)SAP
81 (0.117 %)Interwoven
81 (0.117 %)Actuate
81 (0.117 %)BMC
81 (0.117 %)Hyperion