The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside 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 20 June 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 54 59 62
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 12 23 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.381% 3.453% 0.630%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.429% 3.544% 0.649%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 3
Average salary £35,000 £46,250 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.32% +8.82%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
494 649 462
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 98.02% 97.45% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 426 584 374
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
DBA
North West

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Liverpool +4 11 £40,000 -8.04% 1
Southport -3 3 £30,000 -42.85%
DBA
North West

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (87.50%) SQL
2 31 (77.50%) SQL Server
3 23 (57.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 22 (55.00%) T-SQL
5 21 (52.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 21 (52.50%) SQL Server 2005
5 21 (52.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (47.50%) Data Modelling
7 16 (40.00%) SQL Server 2000
8 11 (27.50%) Clustering
9 8 (20.00%) Replication
10 7 (17.50%) Oracle
10 7 (17.50%) OLTP
11 6 (15.00%) SLA
11 6 (15.00%) Linux
11 6 (15.00%) Change Management
11 6 (15.00%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (15.00%) Load Balancing
11 6 (15.00%) Database Security
12 5 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (12.50%) VLDB
13 4 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
13 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
14 3 (7.500%) Oracle 11g
14 3 (7.500%) Capacity Management
14 3 (7.500%) SQL Server 2012
14 3 (7.500%) Migration
14 3 (7.500%) Service Delivery
14 3 (7.500%) Business Intelligence
14 3 (7.500%) Web Services

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 3 (7.500%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (77.50%) SQL Server
2 23 (57.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (52.50%) SQL Server 2005
3 21 (52.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (40.00%) SQL Server 2000
5 7 (17.50%) OLTP
6 6 (15.00%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (12.50%) VLDB
8 4 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (7.500%) Oracle 11g
9 3 (7.500%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (7.500%) Oracle 10g
10 2 (5.000%) MySQL
10 2 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (5.000%) NoSQL
10 2 (5.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.500%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 11 (27.50%) Clustering
2 8 (20.00%) Replication
3 2 (5.000%) Open Source
4 1 (2.500%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 19 (47.50%) Data Modelling
3 6 (15.00%) Change Management
3 6 (15.00%) Load Balancing
3 6 (15.00%) Database Security
4 3 (7.500%) Capacity Management
4 3 (7.500%) Migration
4 3 (7.500%) Service Delivery
4 3 (7.500%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.000%) High Availability
5 2 (5.000%) Load Testing
6 1 (2.500%) Time Management
6 1 (2.500%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.500%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (2.500%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (87.50%) SQL
2 22 (55.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (5.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.500%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Oracle
Liverpool, Merseyside
A fast paced SME based in Liverpool City Centre are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced DBA Team Lead (Oracle & MYSQL) to join their organisation. The DBA Team...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £50000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013