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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 84 99 102
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 221 170 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 3.064% 2.399% 2.305%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.208% 2.501% 2.413%
Number of salaries quoted 149 142 136
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £31,300
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6890 6797 6466
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.52% 95.92% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5851 6007 5715
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
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%
DBA
England

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester +21 154 £40,000 -
Cheshire +25 43 £38,500 -3.75%
Merseyside +13 13 £32,528 -23.46%
Lancashire -9 4 £30,000 -22.07%
Cumbria - 1 £25,500 -
DBA
England

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 322 (66.67%) SQL
2 288 (59.63%) SQL Server
3 215 (44.51%) Oracle
4 209 (43.27%) SQL Server 2008
5 162 (33.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 153 (31.68%) SQL Server 2005
7 144 (29.81%) T-SQL
8 135 (27.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 108 (22.36%) Oracle 11g
10 101 (20.91%) Replication
11 100 (20.70%) Finance
12 94 (19.46%) Oracle RMAN
13 90 (18.63%) Clustering
14 88 (18.22%) Oracle RAC
15 84 (17.39%) Microsoft
16 80 (16.56%) Data Guard
17 79 (16.36%) SQL Server 2000
18 75 (15.53%) Oracle 10g
18 75 (15.53%) Data Warehouse
19 73 (15.11%) Disaster Recovery
20 61 (12.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
21 60 (12.42%) Linux
22 58 (12.01%) Windows
23 55 (11.39%) UNIX
24 54 (11.18%) Oracle EBS
25 52 (10.77%) PL/SQL
26 49 (10.14%) OLTP
27 48 (9.938%) DTS
28 46 (9.524%) MS Excel
29 45 (9.317%) SQL Server 2012

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 43 (8.903%) .NET
2 11 (2.277%) XML
3 7 (1.449%) Middleware
4 5 (1.035%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.035%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.828%) Flash
6 3 (0.621%) Web Services
7 2 (0.414%) WCF
7 2 (0.414%) RESTful
8 1 (0.207%) HTML
8 1 (0.207%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 22 (4.555%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.899%) WebLogic
3 8 (1.656%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (0.621%) Oracle 10gAS
5 2 (0.414%) CMS
5 2 (0.414%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.207%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.207%) Facebook Platform
6 1 (0.207%) IIS
6 1 (0.207%) Oracle 9iAS
6 1 (0.207%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 46 (9.524%) MS Excel
2 9 (1.863%) MS Office
3 4 (0.828%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.828%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 54 (11.18%) Oracle EBS
2 35 (7.246%) Oracle Applications
3 28 (5.797%) Oracle EBS R12
4 13 (2.692%) Oracle 11i
5 8 (1.656%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (1.449%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (1.449%) Oracle Payroll
6 7 (1.449%) Oracle HRMS
7 4 (0.828%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.207%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.797%) SAN
2 11 (2.277%) HTTP
3 6 (1.242%) Firewall
4 3 (0.621%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.621%) Intranet
4 3 (0.621%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.414%) VPN
5 2 (0.414%) DNS
6 1 (0.207%) NAS
6 1 (0.207%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.207%) DHCP
6 1 (0.207%) FTP
6 1 (0.207%) DAB
6 1 (0.207%) LAN
6 1 (0.207%) WAN
6 1 (0.207%) VLAN
6 1 (0.207%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (59.63%) SQL Server
2 209 (43.27%) SQL Server 2008
3 162 (33.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 153 (31.68%) SQL Server 2005
5 135 (27.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 108 (22.36%) Oracle 11g
7 79 (16.36%) SQL Server 2000
8 75 (15.53%) Oracle 10g
8 75 (15.53%) Data Warehouse
9 61 (12.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 49 (10.14%) OLTP
11 48 (9.938%) DTS
12 45 (9.317%) SQL Server 2012
13 43 (8.903%) Oracle 8/8i
14 32 (6.625%) RDBMS
15 24 (4.969%) Oracle Reports
16 22 (4.555%) VLDB
17 21 (4.348%) MySQL
18 20 (4.141%) Oracle 9i
19 18 (3.727%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.828%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.207%) Hudson
General
1 100 (20.70%) Finance
2 42 (8.696%) Retail
3 32 (6.625%) Advertising
4 18 (3.727%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.484%) Banking
6 7 (1.449%) Marketing
7 4 (0.828%) Retail Banking
7 4 (0.828%) Legal
8 3 (0.621%) Financial Institution
8 3 (0.621%) Local Government
9 2 (0.414%) Games
10 1 (0.207%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.207%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.207%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 101 (20.91%) Replication
2 90 (18.63%) Clustering
3 28 (5.797%) HACMP
4 11 (2.277%) Data Integration
5 7 (1.449%) Client/Server
5 7 (1.449%) Computer Science
6 6 (1.242%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (1.035%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.414%) IBM Mainframe
8 2 (0.414%) Mathematics
8 2 (0.414%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.414%) Open Source
9 1 (0.207%) EqualLogic
9 1 (0.207%) Social Gaming
9 1 (0.207%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.207%) New Media
9 1 (0.207%) NHS
9 1 (0.207%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.207%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.207%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 60 (12.42%) Linux
2 58 (12.01%) Windows
3 55 (11.39%) UNIX
4 27 (5.590%) Windows Server 2008
5 25 (5.176%) Windows Server 2003
6 20 (4.141%) Solaris
7 14 (2.899%) AIX
8 8 (1.656%) SUSE
9 5 (1.035%) Windows XP
10 4 (0.828%) CentOS
10 4 (0.828%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.621%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (0.414%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.414%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.207%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.207%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (15.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 43 (8.903%) Business Intelligence
3 42 (8.696%) Capacity Planning
4 36 (7.453%) High Availability
5 35 (7.246%) Database Security
6 34 (7.039%) ETL
6 34 (7.039%) Data Modelling
7 33 (6.832%) Change Management
8 31 (6.418%) E-Commerce
9 29 (6.004%) Migration
10 19 (3.934%) Agile Software Development
11 15 (3.106%) Business Continuity
12 14 (2.899%) Load Balancing
13 13 (2.692%) ITIL
13 13 (2.692%) Enterprise Architecture
13 13 (2.692%) Data Transformation
14 12 (2.484%) Change Control
15 11 (2.277%) Data Architecture
16 10 (2.070%) Unit Testing
16 10 (2.070%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 322 (66.67%) SQL
2 144 (29.81%) T-SQL
3 52 (10.77%) PL/SQL
4 23 (4.762%) Shell Script
5 22 (4.555%) C#
6 12 (2.484%) C
7 10 (2.070%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.863%) VBA
8 9 (1.863%) PHP
9 8 (1.656%) Perl
10 5 (1.035%) Tcl
11 4 (0.828%) Python
11 4 (0.828%) VB
11 4 (0.828%) Bourne shell
12 3 (0.621%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.414%) PowerHouse
13 2 (0.414%) JCL
13 2 (0.414%) Java
13 2 (0.414%) C++
14 1 (0.207%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 26 (5.383%) Security Cleared
2 24 (4.969%) Degree
3 18 (3.727%) SC Cleared
3 18 (3.727%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (2.484%) Oracle Certification
5 11 (2.277%) OCP
6 7 (1.449%) MCITP
7 5 (1.035%) MCDBA
8 3 (0.621%) MCTS
9 2 (0.414%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.207%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.313%) SLA
2 12 (2.484%) QA
3 8 (1.656%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.656%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.207%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 94 (19.46%) Oracle RMAN
2 88 (18.22%) Oracle RAC
3 28 (5.797%) PowerHA
4 12 (2.484%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.207%) vSphere
5 1 (0.207%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 80 (16.56%) Data Guard
2 11 (2.277%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 4 (0.828%) Puppet
4 3 (0.621%) SCOM
5 2 (0.414%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.414%) MOM
6 1 (0.207%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 215 (44.51%) Oracle
2 84 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 16 (3.313%) Hyperion
4 13 (2.692%) Fujitsu
5 10 (2.070%) Hitachi
6 7 (1.449%) Pegasus
6 7 (1.449%) Teradata
7 5 (1.035%) Fredhopper
7 5 (1.035%) Veritas
8 4 (0.828%) IBM
8 4 (0.828%) Sun
8 4 (0.828%) Cognos
9 3 (0.621%) Google
10 2 (0.414%) Ab Initio
10 2 (0.414%) Open Text
10 2 (0.414%) HP
10 2 (0.414%) Apple
10 2 (0.414%) Sage
10 2 (0.414%) Primavera
10 2 (0.414%) Sybase
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Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £45,000
Posted: 23 April 2013
Manchester, North West
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Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + car, pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Leading Mobile Interactive Technology Company is looking for an SQL Server DBA!... Ideally you will be educated to degree level (or equivalent) with experience of design & development of...
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Oracle DBA (10g, 11g, SQL, Linux) - StockportOracle DBA sought by this leading software organisation providing e-commerce solutions to the financial services sector... You will have at least...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £36000 - £42000 per annum + bens + flexi-time
Posted: 18 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Oracle DBA sought by this leading software organisation providing e-commerce solutions to the financial services sector... You will have at least 3 years experience of database administration...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £36000 - £42000 per annum + bens + flexi-time
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £36000 - £45000 per annum + bens + flexi-time
Posted: 6 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Maintain and support PostgreSQL databases supporting the business areas... Identify trouble queries and guide SQL optimization 4... Help design future PostgreSQL architecture 6. Familiarity with PostgreSQL replication technologies (...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 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
Warrington, Cheshire
Key projects underway at present: *Standardisation of SQL Server Maintenance Plans *Rework and Creation of New SSRS Reports to support business needs *Upgrading of SQL Server 2000 and...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Warrington, North West
As part the role there will also be the opportunity to become involved in project work.Key projects underway at present:*Standardisation of SQL Server Maintenance Plans*Rework...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Manchester, North West
REQUIREMENTS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES: Substantial industry experience in database design and administration required Experience in T-SQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2012 required... Experience with...
Salt
Salary: £45000 per annum + Work From Home
Posted: 21 May 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
Liverpool, Merseyside
Identify trouble queries and guide SQL optimisation 4... Help design future PostgreSQL architecture 6. Familiarity with PostgreSQL replication technologies (such as Slony-I or native ) 7. Familiarity with...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire, North West
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Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: GBP Competitive
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
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Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: £ Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bolton, North West
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Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Moor Row, Cumbria
Upgrading of SQL Server 2000 and 2005 installations and related applications to SQL Server 2008 including Sage, Primavera, Cognos, Proquis and Sharepoint... SSRS... SQL Server 2008 High Availability.
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £20000.00 - £31000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Cumbria, North West
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Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000.00 - £31000.00 per annum
Posted: 25 April 2013
Chester, North West
An expert level Database Administrator is required to join and lead a large production support team, for my household name client in Chester.
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Northwich, Cheshire
One of Cheshire's leading technical businesses are looking to further expand their IT team with a skilled Database Developer/ DBA who has the ability to play a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Sale, North West
The candidate will be expected to fix and resolve problems, monitor ticket enquires, produce and work to documented practices, develop standards and become Subject Matter Experts in chosen...
Salary: £30000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Northwich Cheshire, North West
Job Title: Database Administrator - DBA - PostgreSQL , PL/pgSQL, OLTPSkills: Cheshire, PostgreSQL Database Administrator, DBA, with ideally experience of PL/pgSQL, OLTP, PL/proxy, PgBouncer, Linux, Perl, PostgreSQL 9,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £45,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Northwich, Cheshire
Job Title: Database Administrator - DBA - PostgreSQL , PL/pgSQL, OLTP Skills: Cheshire, PostgreSQL Database Administrator, DBA, with ideally experience of PL/pgSQL, OLTP, PL/proxy, PgBouncer, Linux, Perl, PostgreSQL...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + Pension+ Medical + Life Assurance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Runcorn, Cheshire
Activities should have included: installation / upgrade of the technology stack configuration maintenance administration problem solving Knowledge of WebLogic Middleware particularly in the area of: Installation Configuration Administration Release...
Atos
Salary: £1 - £2 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013