The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database Administrator
Rank 124 125 143
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +18
Permanent jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 33 23 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.056% 0.668% 0.397%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.115% 0.706% 0.420%
Number of salaries quoted 21 8 13
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,250 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,997 £42,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year
-3.53% -2.85%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2960 3257 3334
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.72% 94.60% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1774 2361 2505
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Oracle DBA
UK

Oracle DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Oracle DBA Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle DBA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Oracle DBA across the Scotland region.

Scotland Oracle DBA Salary Trend

Oracle DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle DBA across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland Oracle DBA Salary Histogram

Oracle DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Aberdeen +14 12 £41,500 -2.35%
Glasgow -21 11 £42,500 -
West Lothian - 6 £52,500 -
Edinburgh +7 2 £50,000 +17.64%
Aberdeenshire - 1 £40,500 -
Oracle DBA
UK

Oracle DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Oracle 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 Oracle DBA in their job title.

1 60 (100.00%) Oracle
2 38 (63.33%) SQL
3 34 (56.67%) Oracle 11g
4 27 (45.00%) PL/SQL
5 23 (38.33%) Oracle 10g
6 17 (28.33%) SQL Server
6 17 (28.33%) Degree
7 16 (26.67%) Oracle 9i
8 15 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
9 14 (23.33%) Oracle RAC
10 12 (20.00%) ERP
10 12 (20.00%) UNIX
11 10 (16.67%) RDBMS
11 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
11 10 (16.67%) Data Management
12 9 (15.00%) Performance Management
12 9 (15.00%) Finance
12 9 (15.00%) Shell Script
13 8 (13.33%) SQL Server 2000
14 7 (11.67%) Sun
14 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (11.67%) ITIL
14 7 (11.67%) MySQL
14 7 (11.67%) SQL Server 2008
14 7 (11.67%) Root Cause Analysis
14 7 (11.67%) Database Security
15 6 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
15 6 (10.00%) Oracle Application Server
15 6 (10.00%) Data Extraction
15 6 (10.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager

Oracle DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Oracle 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 Oracle DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (5.000%) HTML
2 1 (1.667%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.00%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (6.667%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (6.667%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (3.333%) Oracle SCM
3 2 (3.333%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (3.333%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (1.667%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.667%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.333%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.667%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (56.67%) Oracle 11g
2 23 (38.33%) Oracle 10g
3 17 (28.33%) SQL Server
4 16 (26.67%) Oracle 9i
5 15 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 10 (16.67%) RDBMS
7 8 (13.33%) SQL Server 2000
8 7 (11.67%) MySQL
8 7 (11.67%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (8.333%) OLTP
10 4 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
11 1 (1.667%) Oracle BI EE
11 1 (1.667%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (8.333%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle APEX
General
1 9 (15.00%) Finance
2 2 (3.333%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (1.667%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (1.667%) Replication
2 1 (1.667%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.667%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.00%) UNIX
2 4 (6.667%) Linux
3 3 (5.000%) Windows
4 2 (3.333%) AIX
4 2 (3.333%) Solaris
5 1 (1.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) ERP
2 10 (16.67%) Data Management
3 9 (15.00%) Performance Management
4 7 (11.67%) ITIL
4 7 (11.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (11.67%) Database Security
5 5 (8.333%) Volume Testing
5 5 (8.333%) Project Planning
6 4 (6.667%) Capacity Management
6 4 (6.667%) CRM
6 4 (6.667%) Data Modelling
7 3 (5.000%) Configuration Management
7 3 (5.000%) Migration
7 3 (5.000%) Security Management
8 2 (3.333%) Service Management
8 2 (3.333%) Change Management
8 2 (3.333%) Performance Testing
8 2 (3.333%) Business Continuity
8 2 (3.333%) Database Tuning
9 1 (1.667%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 38 (63.33%) SQL
2 27 (45.00%) PL/SQL
3 9 (15.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.667%) Bash shell
4 1 (1.667%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (28.33%) Degree
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.667%) MCP
3 1 (1.667%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.333%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.667%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (23.33%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.667%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (1.667%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 6 (10.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 5 (8.333%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.667%) Foglight
3 1 (1.667%) Legato
Vendors
1 60 (100.00%) Oracle
2 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (11.67%) Sun
4 1 (1.667%) Cisco
4 1 (1.667%) IBM
4 1 (1.667%) Veritas
4 1 (1.667%) Pegasus
4 1 (1.667%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.667%) EMC
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
My client, a global blue chip within finance, is currently seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator to join an established team providing production and development support for a...
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Senior Oracle DBA Developer - Database Administrator/ Developer, PL/SQL, SQL, 11, data warehousing. My client, a leading blue chip based in Poole is seeking an experienced Oracle DBA...
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + BENIFITS
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Your role will be to support and administer the Oracle ERP (EBS R12), other Oracle-based applications... Skills Profile: E-Business Suite R12 Oracle RDBMS Database Design Database...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This is a great opportunity and will be remunerated with to circa £55,000 per annum and an excellent benefits package. Your role will be to support and...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013