Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server 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 SQL Server DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

 SQL Server Database Administrator
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank163146250
Rank change year-on-year
Down-17Up+104
Matching permanent IT job ads255430
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West0.462 %0.946 %0.238 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.492 %1.006 %0.253 %
Salaries quoted235329
Average salary£39,500£37,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.330 %+7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,500£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£50,000£42,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.500 %-
North West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5081536711866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West93.83 %93.99 %94.29 %
Salaries quoted4449461210195
Average salary£33,000£32,500£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.530 %-2.980 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£57,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
SQL Server DBA EnglandSQL Server DBA
England

SQL Server DBA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West SQL Server DBA Demand Trend

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the North West region.

North West SQL Server DBA Salary Trend

SQL Server DBA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheshireUp+1613£39,500-3.06 %
ManchesterDown-2311£40,000+13.87 %
MerseysideUp+111£37,500-6.25 %
SQL Server DBA EnglandSQL Server DBA
England

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

142 (100.00 %)SQL Server
230 (71.43 %)SQL
323 (54.76 %)T-SQL
418 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2005
514 (33.33 %)Finance
612 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2000
612 (28.57 %)SQL Server Integration Services
612 (28.57 %)Datawarehouse
612 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2008
77 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
77 (16.67 %)Migration
86 (14.29 %)Retail
86 (14.29 %)OLTP
86 (14.29 %)Oracle
86 (14.29 %)Database Tuning
95 (11.90 %)Unit Testing
95 (11.90 %)Degree
95 (11.90 %).NET
95 (11.90 %)UNIX
95 (11.90 %)Windows
95 (11.90 %)Microsoft Certification
95 (11.90 %)Internet
95 (11.90 %)E-Commerce
95 (11.90 %)MCDBA
95 (11.90 %)Clustering
104 (9.524 %)Disaster Recovery
104 (9.524 %)Spring
104 (9.524 %)Insurance
104 (9.524 %)DTS
104 (9.524 %)RDBMS

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (11.90 %).NET
24 (9.524 %)Spring
31 (2.381 %)XML
North West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (2.381 %)SharePoint
11 (2.381 %)SharePoint Server 2007
North West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.381 %)MS Visio
North West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (7.143 %)Oracle 11i
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (11.90 %)Internet
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (100.00 %)SQL Server
218 (42.86 %)SQL Server 2005
312 (28.57 %)SQL Server Integration Services
312 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2008
312 (28.57 %)Datawarehouse
312 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
56 (14.29 %)OLTP
64 (9.524 %)RDBMS
64 (9.524 %)DTS
64 (9.524 %)Crystal Reports
73 (7.143 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
73 (7.143 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
82 (4.762 %)Ingres
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (33.33 %)Finance
26 (14.29 %)Retail
34 (9.524 %)Insurance
43 (7.143 %)Automotive
51 (2.381 %)Health
North West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (11.90 %)Clustering
23 (7.143 %)Replication
North West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (11.90 %)UNIX
15 (11.90 %)Windows
23 (7.143 %)AIX
23 (7.143 %)HPUX
North West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (16.67 %)Migration
26 (14.29 %)Database Tuning
35 (11.90 %)Unit Testing
35 (11.90 %)E-Commerce
44 (9.524 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (4.762 %)ITIL
52 (4.762 %)Data Protection
52 (4.762 %)Incident Management
61 (2.381 %)Project Planning
61 (2.381 %)Release Management
61 (2.381 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (2.381 %)Configuration Management
61 (2.381 %)Service Delivery
61 (2.381 %)Change Management
61 (2.381 %)Performance Management
61 (2.381 %)Data Migration
North West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
130 (71.43 %)SQL
223 (54.76 %)T-SQL
34 (9.524 %)VBA
41 (2.381 %)C#
41 (2.381 %)VB
41 (2.381 %)VB.NET
North West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (11.90 %)MCDBA
15 (11.90 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (11.90 %)Degree
21 (2.381 %)MCTS
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.381 %)SLA
North West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (14.29 %)Oracle
23 (7.143 %)HP
32 (4.762 %)Sybase
32 (4.762 %)Microsoft