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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 24 40 29
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 3 4 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.389% 1.278% 3.247%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.508% 1.370% 3.344%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 6
Average salary £65,000 £62,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +47.05%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
199 292 299
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 92.13% 93.29% 97.08%
Number of salaries quoted 139 233 222
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
England

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 9 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (44.44%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) PL/SQL
4 3 (33.33%) Solaris
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 3 (33.33%) OCP
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle Certification
4 3 (33.33%) Hyperion
4 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
4 3 (33.33%) Shell Script
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (33.33%) Data Guard
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (22.22%) ETL
6 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 1 (11.11%) UNIX
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (11.11%) MS Excel

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle 9i
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Solaris
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 3 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) OCP
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle RMAN
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) Hyperion
2 3 (33.33%) Red Hat