The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL 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 SQL 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
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 140 131 141
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 17 17 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.544% 0.494% 0.454%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.574% 0.522% 0.480%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 12
Average salary £45,000 £43,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% +9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,300 £32,000 £38,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,350 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
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%
SQL DBA
UK

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland SQL DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL DBA
Salary Trend

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

Scotland SQL DBA Salary Trend

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland SQL DBA Salary Histogram

SQL DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL 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
Glasgow -20 7 £45,000 -
Aberdeen - 4 £42,500 -
Edinburgh +5 3 £47,500 +5.55%
SQL DBA
UK

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 41 (91.11%) SQL Server
2 31 (68.89%) SQL
3 22 (48.89%) Oracle
4 15 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
5 14 (31.11%) Windows
6 13 (28.89%) SQL Server 2000
7 12 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
8 11 (24.44%) Replication
8 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
9 9 (20.00%) MS Excel
9 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (20.00%) Migration
9 9 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
9 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
10 8 (17.78%) Oracle 8/8i
11 7 (15.56%) Oracle 9i
11 7 (15.56%) Banking
11 7 (15.56%) Finance
11 7 (15.56%) Incident Management
11 7 (15.56%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (13.33%) Capacity Management
12 6 (13.33%) Performance Management
12 6 (13.33%) ITIL
13 5 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
13 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (11.11%) RDBMS
13 5 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
13 5 (11.11%) Database Security
14 4 (8.889%) SQL Server Integration Services

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.667%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 9 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (91.11%) SQL Server
2 15 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
3 13 (28.89%) SQL Server 2000
4 12 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (17.78%) Oracle 8/8i
7 7 (15.56%) Oracle 9i
8 5 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
8 5 (11.11%) RDBMS
9 4 (8.889%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (8.889%) MySQL
10 3 (6.667%) SQL Server 2012
11 2 (4.444%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (4.444%) Informix
11 2 (4.444%) DB2
General
1 7 (15.56%) Banking
1 7 (15.56%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Replication
2 3 (6.667%) Clustering
2 3 (6.667%) Data Extraction
3 1 (2.222%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.222%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 14 (31.11%) Windows
2 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.222%) UNIX
3 1 (2.222%) AIX
3 1 (2.222%) Solaris
3 1 (2.222%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.00%) Migration
1 9 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (15.56%) Incident Management
2 7 (15.56%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (13.33%) Capacity Management
3 6 (13.33%) Performance Management
3 6 (13.33%) ITIL
4 5 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (11.11%) Database Security
5 2 (4.444%) Investment Management
5 2 (4.444%) Load Balancing
5 2 (4.444%) BCP
6 1 (2.222%) CRM
6 1 (2.222%) ERP
6 1 (2.222%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.222%) Data Management
6 1 (2.222%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (2.222%) Service Management
6 1 (2.222%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.222%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (68.89%) SQL
2 3 (6.667%) PL/SQL
3 2 (4.444%) Python
3 2 (4.444%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.444%) C#
3 2 (4.444%) C++
3 2 (4.444%) Java
3 2 (4.444%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (6.667%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.444%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.444%) Degree
4 1 (2.222%) MCP
4 1 (2.222%) MCDBA
4 1 (2.222%) MCTS
4 1 (2.222%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (4.444%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (2.222%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 3 (6.667%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (2.222%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 22 (48.89%) Oracle
2 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.889%) Sybase
4 1 (2.222%) Veritas
4 1 (2.222%) IBM
Scotland
Experience of designing, deploying and administering SQL Server instances... The successful SQL Server DBA / SQL Subject Matter Expert (SME) will need to be able to undergo SC Clearance.
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £57,000 per annum Negotiable Salary and Benefits Package includi
Posted: 18 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Key Technologies - SQL Server 2005/2008/2012- SQL DBA experience- SSIS/SSRS This role is a great opportunity for the right candidate to have a real input in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40 - £50 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Key Technologies - SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 -Oracle - SQL DBA experience- SSIS/SSRS This is a good opportunity be work within the Global IT team based in Glasgow.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Identifies problems at the database and system level, and work on resolutions - Performs relational database design, object, integrity, and security implementation - Implements database privileges to users and/or...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £30000 to £450000 per annum - Excelent benefits including pension &am
Posted: 20 May 2013