The first table below looks at the demand for MCDBA in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDBA over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)
Rank 247 237 225
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -12
Permanent jobs citing MCDBA 1 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.014% 0.056% 0.089%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.057% 0.222% 0.367%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 6
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +20.30%
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £42,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-28.23% +26.86%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1745 1800 1635
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.16% 25.04% 24.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1435 1543 1411
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCDBA
England

MCDBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West MCDBA Jobs Demand Trend

MCDBA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCDBA across the North West region.

North West MCDBA Salary Trend

MCDBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCDBA within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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 -4 1 £40,000 -
MCDBA
England

MCDBA
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing MCDBA also 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 that cited MCDBA.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (60.00%) Database Security
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) MCITP
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 3 (60.00%) Clustering
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) OpenVMS
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Advertising
3 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) Capacity Planning

MCDBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing MCDBA also 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 that cited MCDBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) XML
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) DBA
1 5 (100.00%) SQL DBA
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server DBA
2 3 (60.00%) Server Support
3 2 (40.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Clustering
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Database Security
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) MCITP
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle
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