The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Luton 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 24 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 18 31 36
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 28 15 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 7.568% 4.000% 1.167%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.955% 4.144% 1.230%
Number of salaries quoted 24 14 3
Average salary £34,357 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.65% +28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
352 362 244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 95.14% 96.53% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 298 281 216
Average salary £45,000 £41,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.75% +17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £48,800 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
Bedfordshire

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the Luton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Luton DBA Salary Histogram

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 35 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 22 (52.38%) Oracle
3 19 (45.24%) SQL
4 18 (42.86%) Migration
5 14 (33.33%) VMware
5 14 (33.33%) Project Management
5 14 (33.33%) NetApp
5 14 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 14 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
5 14 (33.33%) vSphere
6 11 (26.19%) Capacity Planning
7 10 (23.81%) C
8 8 (19.05%) UNIX
8 8 (19.05%) Solaris
8 8 (19.05%) Data Guard
8 8 (19.05%) Oracle 11g
8 8 (19.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (19.05%) Oracle RMAN
9 7 (16.67%) T-SQL
9 7 (16.67%) SLA
9 7 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
9 7 (16.67%) Clustering
9 7 (16.67%) Database Security
10 6 (14.29%) SAN
10 6 (14.29%) MS Excel
10 6 (14.29%) Windows
11 5 (11.90%) Banking
11 5 (11.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (11.90%) Data Security

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 Platforms
1 2 (4.762%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 14 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 14 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (19.05%) Oracle 11g
3 8 (19.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (11.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (11.90%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (7.143%) RDBMS
6 3 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (7.143%) DTS
7 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 7
General
1 5 (11.90%) Banking
2 1 (2.381%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Clustering
2 2 (4.762%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) UNIX
1 8 (19.05%) Solaris
2 6 (14.29%) Windows
3 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (9.524%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (7.143%) Linux
6 1 (2.381%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) Migration
2 14 (33.33%) Project Management
3 11 (26.19%) Capacity Planning
4 7 (16.67%) Database Security
5 5 (11.90%) Data Security
6 4 (9.524%) Data Migration
6 4 (9.524%) Problem Management
7 2 (4.762%) Resource Management
8 1 (2.381%) Change Control
8 1 (2.381%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (2.381%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.381%) Configuration Management
8 1 (2.381%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.381%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 19 (45.24%) SQL
2 10 (23.81%) C
3 7 (16.67%) T-SQL
4 3 (7.143%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.381%) C-shell
5 1 (2.381%) Bash shell
5 1 (2.381%) Korn
5 1 (2.381%) Perl
5 1 (2.381%) AWK
Qualifications
1 5 (11.90%) OCP
1 5 (11.90%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (2.381%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 14 (33.33%) vSphere
2 8 (19.05%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (4.762%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) Data Guard
2 1 (2.381%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 22 (52.38%) Oracle
2 14 (33.33%) VMware
2 14 (33.33%) NetApp
3 1 (2.381%) Nimsoft
3 1 (2.381%) Cisco
3 1 (2.381%) Microsoft
Luton, Bedfordshire
To be considered for this role, you will have: Significant experience as a SQL Database Administrator (DBA) Good knowledge of MSSQL... Take ownership of capacity planning and ensure...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + superb benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
SQL Server Database Administrator ( SQL SERVER DBA ), is urgently needed for our client based in Luton. With in-depth MS SQL DB administration experience and proficiency in Database...
Vadis People
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus scheme
Posted: 21 May 2013
Luton
You will have the proven ability to design and implement highly available databases using virtual servers and central storage appliances; the University uses VMware vSphere and NetApp filers.
University of Bedfordshire
Salary: c £34,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013