The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server 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 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Database Administrator
Rank 157 135 121
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 37 40 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.912% 1.103% 1.343%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.955% 1.143% 1.398%
Number of salaries quoted 19 30 50
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £37,200 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3875 3500 3791
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.49% 96.53% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3350 3122 3469
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 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
SQL Server DBA
North West

SQL Server DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester SQL Server DBA Salary Trend

SQL Server DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 6 £40,250 -
Stockport - 1 £45,000 -
Altrincham - 1 £55,000 -
SQL Server DBA
North West

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 63 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 55 (87.30%) SQL Server 2008
3 40 (63.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 40 (63.49%) SQL
4 38 (60.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 29 (46.03%) SQL Server 2005
6 26 (41.27%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (31.75%) T-SQL
8 18 (28.57%) Replication
9 17 (26.98%) Clustering
10 16 (25.40%) SQL Server 2012
11 15 (23.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 15 (23.81%) SQL Server 2000
11 15 (23.81%) Microsoft
12 14 (22.22%) ETL
12 14 (22.22%) Windows
13 11 (17.46%) Oracle
13 11 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (15.87%) Active Directory
14 10 (15.87%) DTS
14 10 (15.87%) SharePoint
14 10 (15.87%) .NET
14 10 (15.87%) C
14 10 (15.87%) SAN
14 10 (15.87%) Windows Server 2003
14 10 (15.87%) Change Control
14 10 (15.87%) Database Security
15 9 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
15 9 (14.29%) Advertising
15 9 (14.29%) XML

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 10 (15.87%) .NET
2 9 (14.29%) XML
Application Platforms
1 10 (15.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.587%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.87%) SAN
2 7 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 55 (87.30%) SQL Server 2008
3 40 (63.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 38 (60.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 29 (46.03%) SQL Server 2005
6 26 (41.27%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (25.40%) SQL Server 2012
8 15 (23.81%) SQL Server 2000
8 15 (23.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (15.87%) DTS
10 8 (12.70%) OLTP
10 8 (12.70%) OLAP
10 8 (12.70%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
12 5 (7.937%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (7.937%) RDBMS
13 3 (4.762%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 2 (3.175%) Data Mining
15 1 (1.587%) VLDB
15 1 (1.587%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.587%) Hudson
General
1 9 (14.29%) Advertising
2 3 (4.762%) Finance
3 2 (3.175%) Local Government
4 1 (1.587%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.587%) Legal
4 1 (1.587%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 18 (28.57%) Replication
2 17 (26.98%) Clustering
3 7 (11.11%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.587%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.587%) Social Network
4 1 (1.587%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.22%) Windows
2 10 (15.87%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (11.11%) SUSE
3 7 (11.11%) Solaris
3 7 (11.11%) Linux
4 3 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.587%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (1.587%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.587%) Windows NT
5 1 (1.587%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.22%) ETL
2 11 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (15.87%) Change Control
3 10 (15.87%) Database Security
4 9 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (12.70%) Load Balancing
5 8 (12.70%) CRM
5 8 (12.70%) Data Architecture
6 6 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (7.937%) Resource Management
8 4 (6.349%) Migration
9 3 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (3.175%) Root Cause Analysis
11 1 (1.587%) High Availability
11 1 (1.587%) Load Testing
11 1 (1.587%) Data Analysis
11 1 (1.587%) Risk Management
11 1 (1.587%) Scrum
11 1 (1.587%) Business Continuity
11 1 (1.587%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 40 (63.49%) SQL
2 20 (31.75%) T-SQL
3 10 (15.87%) C
4 8 (12.70%) C#
5 1 (1.587%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.587%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (7.937%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.762%) MCITP
2 3 (4.762%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.762%) MCDBA
2 3 (4.762%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.175%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.587%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.762%) SLA
2 1 (1.587%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.587%) QA
2 1 (1.587%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (15.87%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.46%) Oracle
Manchester, North West
SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012, DBA, Database Administration, Upgrade. Migration, Performance Tuning, Optimisation, Troubleshooting, Manchester... You will however need strong experience with SQL Server 2008 or 2005,...
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £450000 per annum
Posted: 21 April 2013
Manchester, North West
REQUIREMENTS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES: Substantial industry experience in database design and administration requiredExperience in T-SQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2012 required.Experience with Power...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £40k - 45k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
SQL Server Database Designer based in Greatr...
SQL Server Database DesignerA SQL Server DBA / Database Designer is required by our fast growing and innovative client to join their exciting IT Development team based in the...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35,000 to £45,000 (plus excellent company benefits)
Posted: 2 May 2013