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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 66 87 79
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 154 99 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 3.759% 2.719% 2.744%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.934% 2.817% 2.859%
Number of salaries quoted 100 82 93
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £33,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3915 3514 3743
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.56% 96.51% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3397 3134 3425
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £56,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
North West

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester DBA Salary Histogram

DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Manchester 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
Sale +2 13 £30,000 -29.41%
Bolton +2 5 £40,000 -
Stockport -12 5 £40,500 +14.08%
Rochdale - 4 £34,500 -
Altrincham -2 3 £32,500 -21.68%
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 £24,500 -
Oldham - 2 £32,500 -
Salford - 1 £42,500 -
Bury - 1 £40,000 -
DBA
North West

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 161 (55.33%) SQL
2 159 (54.64%) Oracle
3 154 (52.92%) SQL Server
4 108 (37.11%) SQL Server 2008
5 82 (28.18%) Oracle 11g
5 82 (28.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 76 (26.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 75 (25.77%) Oracle RAC
8 74 (25.43%) Finance
9 73 (25.09%) Oracle RMAN
10 63 (21.65%) SQL Server 2005
11 59 (20.27%) Data Guard
12 53 (18.21%) Oracle 10g
13 51 (17.53%) T-SQL
14 47 (16.15%) Microsoft
15 44 (15.12%) Linux
16 41 (14.09%) Replication
17 38 (13.06%) MS Excel
18 37 (12.71%) Clustering
19 36 (12.37%) Oracle EBS
20 32 (11.00%) .NET
21 31 (10.65%) Advertising
22 30 (10.31%) Oracle Applications
22 30 (10.31%) SQL Server 2000
23 29 (9.966%) Oracle 8/8i
23 29 (9.966%) Windows
23 29 (9.966%) Data Warehouse
24 28 (9.622%) SQL Server Analysis Services
25 27 (9.278%) Retail
25 27 (9.278%) PowerHA

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 Development
1 32 (11.00%) .NET
2 11 (3.780%) XML
3 3 (1.031%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.687%) WCF
4 2 (0.687%) RESTful
5 1 (0.344%) Flash
5 1 (0.344%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 18 (6.186%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.124%) WebLogic
3 6 (2.062%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.687%) Oracle 10gAS
4 2 (0.687%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 38 (13.06%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.375%) MS Office
3 1 (0.344%) MS Project
3 1 (0.344%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (12.37%) Oracle EBS
2 30 (10.31%) Oracle Applications
3 23 (7.904%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (3.780%) Oracle 11i
5 8 (2.749%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (2.405%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (2.062%) Oracle HRMS
7 6 (2.062%) Oracle Payroll
8 3 (1.031%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.093%) SAN
2 6 (2.062%) Firewall
3 3 (1.031%) HTTP
3 3 (1.031%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.687%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (52.92%) SQL Server
2 108 (37.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 82 (28.18%) Oracle 11g
3 82 (28.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 76 (26.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 63 (21.65%) SQL Server 2005
6 53 (18.21%) Oracle 10g
7 30 (10.31%) SQL Server 2000
8 29 (9.966%) Oracle 8/8i
8 29 (9.966%) Data Warehouse
9 28 (9.622%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 26 (8.935%) SQL Server 2012
11 23 (7.904%) Oracle Reports
12 21 (7.216%) DTS
12 21 (7.216%) RDBMS
13 18 (6.186%) OLTP
14 15 (5.155%) Oracle 9i
14 15 (5.155%) OLAP
15 12 (4.124%) MySQL
16 11 (3.780%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.375%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.344%) Hudson
General
1 74 (25.43%) Finance
2 31 (10.65%) Advertising
3 27 (9.278%) Retail
4 11 (3.780%) Banking
5 5 (1.718%) Marketing
6 4 (1.375%) Retail Banking
7 3 (1.031%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.031%) Legal
8 2 (0.687%) Local Government
9 1 (0.344%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.344%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.09%) Replication
2 37 (12.71%) Clustering
3 27 (9.278%) HACMP
4 6 (2.062%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (1.375%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.031%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.687%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (0.687%) Data Integration
7 2 (0.687%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.344%) NHS
8 1 (0.344%) New Media
8 1 (0.344%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.344%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 44 (15.12%) Linux
2 29 (9.966%) Windows
3 27 (9.278%) UNIX
4 18 (6.186%) Solaris
4 18 (6.186%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (3.436%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (3.436%) AIX
6 7 (2.405%) SUSE
7 4 (1.375%) CentOS
8 2 (0.687%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.344%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.344%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.344%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.344%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (8.935%) Disaster Recovery
1 26 (8.935%) Capacity Planning
2 23 (7.904%) Database Security
2 23 (7.904%) E-Commerce
3 21 (7.216%) Change Management
4 19 (6.529%) Business Intelligence
5 18 (6.186%) ETL
6 15 (5.155%) Business Continuity
7 14 (4.811%) High Availability
8 13 (4.467%) Enterprise Architecture
9 11 (3.780%) Data Architecture
10 10 (3.436%) Change Control
11 9 (3.093%) E-business
12 8 (2.749%) Load Balancing
12 8 (2.749%) Risk Management
12 8 (2.749%) Security Management
12 8 (2.749%) CRM
13 7 (2.405%) Data Modelling
13 7 (2.405%) Agile Software Development
14 6 (2.062%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (55.33%) SQL
2 51 (17.53%) T-SQL
3 23 (7.904%) PL/SQL
4 18 (6.186%) C#
5 11 (3.780%) C
6 7 (2.405%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.718%) Tcl
8 4 (1.375%) Bourne shell
8 4 (1.375%) Python
8 4 (1.375%) Perl
8 4 (1.375%) PHP
9 3 (1.031%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.687%) JCL
11 1 (0.344%) Java
11 1 (0.344%) PowerHouse
11 1 (0.344%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (5.842%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (3.780%) Degree
3 5 (1.718%) MCDBA
3 5 (1.718%) OCP
3 5 (1.718%) Oracle Certification
4 4 (1.375%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.031%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.031%) MCITP
6 2 (0.687%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.124%) QA
2 8 (2.749%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.749%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.375%) SLA
System Software
1 75 (25.77%) Oracle RAC
2 73 (25.09%) Oracle RMAN
3 27 (9.278%) PowerHA
4 9 (3.093%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 59 (20.27%) Data Guard
2 8 (2.749%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 4 (1.375%) Puppet
Vendors
1 159 (54.64%) Oracle
2 47 (16.15%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.436%) Hitachi
4 7 (2.405%) Pegasus
4 7 (2.405%) Teradata
5 5 (1.718%) Fredhopper
6 3 (1.031%) Google
7 2 (0.687%) Ab Initio
7 2 (0.687%) Apple
7 2 (0.687%) IBM
8 1 (0.344%) Sun
8 1 (0.344%) Veritas
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