The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 17 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 52 64 62
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 20 7 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.030% 0.917% 1.597%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.205% 0.938% 1.633%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 9
Average salary £39,500 £47,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.95% +44.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,000 £28,800
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £60,000 £33,150
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
624 746 796
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.55% 97.77% 97.79%
Number of salaries quoted 526 681 727
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,335 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
East Midlands

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire DBA Salary Trend

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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Northampton +4 12 £38,750 -20.10%
Kettering - 7 £39,500 -
Wellingborough - 1 £40,000 -
DBA
East Midlands

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 43 (97.73%) SQL
2 40 (90.91%) SQL Server
3 34 (77.27%) SQL Server 2008
4 31 (70.45%) SQL Server 2005
5 30 (68.18%) Windows
6 28 (63.64%) T-SQL
6 28 (63.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 27 (61.36%) DTS
7 27 (61.36%) SAN
8 24 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
9 23 (52.27%) Capacity Planning
9 23 (52.27%) Replication
10 22 (50.00%) Clustering
11 21 (47.73%) Data Warehouse
12 20 (45.45%) VLDB
13 12 (27.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (25.00%) Oracle
15 10 (22.73%) PL/SQL
15 10 (22.73%) Oracle 10g
16 9 (20.45%) Oracle 11g
16 9 (20.45%) Active Directory
17 7 (15.91%) Data Guard
17 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
17 7 (15.91%) Security Management
18 6 (13.64%) Resource Management
18 6 (13.64%) SQL Server 2000
18 6 (13.64%) UNIX
18 6 (13.64%) Solaris
18 6 (13.64%) Oracle 8/8i
18 6 (13.64%) Oracle 9i

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 2 (4.545%) .NET
1 2 (4.545%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 27 (61.36%) SAN
2 2 (4.545%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.273%) DNS
3 1 (2.273%) Firewall
3 1 (2.273%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (90.91%) SQL Server
2 34 (77.27%) SQL Server 2008
3 31 (70.45%) SQL Server 2005
4 28 (63.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (61.36%) DTS
6 21 (47.73%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (45.45%) VLDB
8 12 (27.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (22.73%) Oracle 10g
10 9 (20.45%) Oracle 11g
11 6 (13.64%) SQL Server 2000
11 6 (13.64%) Oracle 8/8i
11 6 (13.64%) Oracle 9i
12 5 (11.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (4.545%) RDBMS
13 2 (4.545%) SQL Server 2012
14 1 (2.273%) OLTP
14 1 (2.273%) Crystal Reports
14 1 (2.273%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 2 (4.545%) Subversion
General
1 1 (2.273%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 23 (52.27%) Replication
2 22 (50.00%) Clustering
3 4 (9.091%) Firmware
4 1 (2.273%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (68.18%) Windows
2 24 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (13.64%) UNIX
3 6 (13.64%) Solaris
4 3 (6.818%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (52.27%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (15.91%) Security Management
3 6 (13.64%) Resource Management
4 5 (11.36%) Database Security
5 2 (4.545%) Performance Management
6 1 (2.273%) Network Management
6 1 (2.273%) Migration
6 1 (2.273%) Scrum
6 1 (2.273%) CRM
6 1 (2.273%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 43 (97.73%) SQL
2 28 (63.64%) T-SQL
3 10 (22.73%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.273%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (6.818%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (4.545%) MCTS
2 2 (4.545%) OCP
System Software
1 9 (20.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Data Guard
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Oracle
2 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.091%) NetApp
Kettering, Northamptonshire
Technical skills required: SQL Server DBA experience. Solid experience with administering multiple SQL Server versions and instances, including clustering for SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 and...
Venturi
Salary: £40000 - £42000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Northamptonshire
Title: SQL Server DBA... Technically the environment covers MS SQL server 2005/2008/2008R2... as well as general MS Server 2008 knowledge. Additional skills that would assist your...
Coburg Banks IT
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Kettering, Northamptonshire
Technical skills required: SQL Server DBA experience. Solid experience with administering multiple SQL Server versions and instances, including clustering for SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 and...
Venturi
Salary: £37000 - £42000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Our client, a large Travel and Tourism organisation, is looking for a permanent SQL-Server Database Administrator to work in their Northampton based offices. This is a role...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
My prestigous client based in Northampton is looking for an Oracle DBA to join their team... The Oracle DBA team is responsible for a large server environment and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Northamptonshire
Windows Server 2008 / R2. SAN Technologies. Exposure to Data warehousing. Experience in SQL Server Replication (Snapshot, Transactional) Experience with DTS and SSIS... SOX, PII & PCI)... Experience with SSRS...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum £35k - £40k basic + benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Northampton, East Midlands
Oracle Database Administrator/ Oracle DBA - Northampton £45k - Great Company & Role!!Oracle DBA, Oracle 10g/11g, OCP, PL/SQL, Database Design, Security, Performance Monitoring, Upgrades, MigrationsThis exciting and established...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013
Northampton, East Midlands
Ideally you will have 2-5 years experience in a similar role and your skills will include extensive experience of design and development of Oracle Databases and PL/...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 28 April 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Oracle DBA, Oracle 10g/11g, OCP, PL/SQL, Database Design, Security, Performance Monitoring, Upgrades, Migrations This exciting and established client is looking to add an Oracle Database Administrator/...
IT Ventures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013