The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL Server 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 Server DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Server Database Administrator
Rank 142 150 147
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Server DBA 11 5 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.350% 0.145% 0.344%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.369% 0.153% 0.364%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 8
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,700 £43,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,750 £53,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2983 3268 3297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.79% 94.59% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1797 2372 2477
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 £26,500 £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 Server DBA
UK

SQL Server DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland SQL Server DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend

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

Scotland SQL Server DBA Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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 -17 5 £45,000 -18.18%
Aberdeen - 2 £41,250 -
Edinburgh +4 1 - -
SQL Server DBA
UK

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 27 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (48.15%) SQL
3 12 (44.44%) Windows
4 10 (37.04%) Oracle
5 9 (33.33%) Replication
5 9 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
6 8 (29.63%) Oracle 11g
7 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (25.93%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (25.93%) Banking
7 7 (25.93%) Incident Management
7 7 (25.93%) Migration
7 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
7 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (22.22%) Finance
8 6 (22.22%) Oracle 9i
8 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
8 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2005
9 5 (18.52%) Oracle 10g
10 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2000
10 4 (14.81%) RDBMS
10 4 (14.81%) Performance Management
10 4 (14.81%) Capacity Management
11 3 (11.11%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (11.11%) PL/SQL
11 3 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
12 2 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
12 2 (7.407%) BCP
12 2 (7.407%) Active Directory

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (29.63%) Oracle 11g
3 6 (22.22%) Oracle 9i
3 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (18.52%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (18.52%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (14.81%) RDBMS
6 3 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (7.407%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (7.407%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 7 (25.93%) Banking
2 6 (22.22%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Replication
2 2 (7.407%) Clustering
3 1 (3.704%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (3.704%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.704%) UNIX
3 1 (3.704%) AIX
3 1 (3.704%) Solaris
3 1 (3.704%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (25.93%) Root Cause Analysis
2 7 (25.93%) Incident Management
2 7 (25.93%) Migration
3 4 (14.81%) Performance Management
3 4 (14.81%) Capacity Management
4 2 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (7.407%) BCP
4 2 (7.407%) ITIL
4 2 (7.407%) Database Security
4 2 (7.407%) Investment Management
5 1 (3.704%) Load Balancing
5 1 (3.704%) Business Continuity
5 1 (3.704%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) Degree
2 1 (3.704%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.704%) MCP
2 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (7.407%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.704%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Oracle
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.407%) Sybase
4 1 (3.704%) IBM
4 1 (3.704%) Veritas