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 South East 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 South East region.

 SQL Server Database Administrator
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank268277225
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Down-52
Matching permanent IT job ads5852324
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East0.374 %0.293 %0.756 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.397 %0.315 %0.799 %
Salaries quoted5746291
Average salary£42,500£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,250£37,000£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,600£47,500£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.500 %-
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
146261651740528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East94.39 %93.01 %94.54 %
Salaries quoted122001383933738
Average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£57,500£57,500
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East 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 South East 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
SurreyUp+716£42,500-3.40 %
HampshireUp+4114£32,500-
BerkshireDown-511£45,000+12.50 %
West SussexUp+118£45,000-
OxfordshireDown-65£45,000+5.88 %
BuckinghamshireDown-33£34,500+6.15 %
MiddlesexNew entry-3£50,000-
KentNew entry-1£35,000-
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 South East 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.

1122 (100.00 %)SQL Server
294 (77.05 %)SQL Server 2005
383 (68.03 %)SQL
469 (56.56 %)T-SQL
557 (46.72 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
645 (36.89 %)SQL Server 2000
744 (36.07 %)SQL Server 2008
843 (35.25 %)SQL Server Integration Services
930 (24.59 %)Clustering
1029 (23.77 %).NET
1029 (23.77 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1127 (22.13 %)Datawarehouse
1224 (19.67 %)Windows
1322 (18.03 %)Oracle
1322 (18.03 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1421 (17.21 %)Crystal Reports
1421 (17.21 %)VB
1520 (16.39 %)MS Excel
1619 (15.57 %)VBScript
1619 (15.57 %)C
1718 (14.75 %)DTS
1718 (14.75 %)Replication
1816 (13.11 %)Linux
1914 (11.48 %)MySQL
1914 (11.48 %)UNIX
2013 (10.66 %)C#
2013 (10.66 %)Business Intelligence
2112 (9.836 %)Microsoft
2112 (9.836 %)ETL
2112 (9.836 %)Oracle 8/8i

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
129 (23.77 %).NET
29 (7.377 %)ASP.NET
37 (5.738 %)XML
46 (4.918 %)CSS
46 (4.918 %)HTML
54 (3.279 %).NET Framework
54 (3.279 %)J2EE
63 (2.459 %)SOAP
63 (2.459 %)Web Services
71 (0.820 %)ASP
71 (0.820 %)XSLT
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (6.557 %)IIS
26 (4.918 %)Tomcat
33 (2.459 %)SharePoint
33 (2.459 %)WebLogic
41 (0.820 %)SAS
41 (0.820 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (0.820 %)MQSeries
41 (0.820 %)Apache
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (16.39 %)MS Excel
26 (4.918 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.820 %)Dynamics CRM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (2.459 %)SAN
22 (1.639 %)Wireless
31 (0.820 %)iSCSI
31 (0.820 %)NAS
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1122 (100.00 %)SQL Server
294 (77.05 %)SQL Server 2005
357 (46.72 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
445 (36.89 %)SQL Server 2000
544 (36.07 %)SQL Server 2008
643 (35.25 %)SQL Server Integration Services
729 (23.77 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
827 (22.13 %)Datawarehouse
922 (18.03 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1021 (17.21 %)Crystal Reports
1118 (14.75 %)DTS
1214 (11.48 %)MySQL
1312 (9.836 %)Oracle 8/8i
1312 (9.836 %)ETL
149 (7.377 %)RDBMS
158 (6.557 %)MS Access
165 (4.098 %)Oracle 9i
174 (3.279 %)Data Mining
183 (2.459 %)DB2
192 (1.639 %)OLAP
South East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (3.279 %)Visual Studio
23 (2.459 %)Team Foundation Server
32 (1.639 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.820 %)ERwin
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (6.557 %)Pensions
27 (5.738 %)Auditing
27 (5.738 %)Health
36 (4.918 %)Finance
44 (3.279 %)Retail
53 (2.459 %)Marketing
53 (2.459 %)Insurance
62 (1.639 %)Multimedia
62 (1.639 %)Telecoms
62 (1.639 %)Government
71 (0.820 %)Banking
71 (0.820 %)Automotive
71 (0.820 %)Construction
71 (0.820 %)Education
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (24.59 %)Clustering
218 (14.75 %)Replication
33 (2.459 %)AS400
42 (1.639 %)Computer Science
42 (1.639 %)Open Source
51 (0.820 %)Data Integration
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
124 (19.67 %)Windows
216 (13.11 %)Linux
314 (11.48 %)UNIX
411 (9.016 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (5.738 %)HPUX
66 (4.918 %)Windows XP
75 (4.098 %)Windows Server 2008
84 (3.279 %)Solaris
93 (2.459 %)Windows 2000 Server
93 (2.459 %)Red Hat Linux
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (10.66 %)Business Intelligence
28 (6.557 %)Capacity Planning
36 (4.918 %)Migration
45 (4.098 %)Data Migration
54 (3.279 %)E-Commerce
54 (3.279 %)ERP
63 (2.459 %)ITIL
63 (2.459 %)Configuration Management
63 (2.459 %)Project Management
63 (2.459 %)Disaster Recovery
63 (2.459 %)Software Testing
63 (2.459 %)Load Balancing
63 (2.459 %)Release Management
63 (2.459 %)Time Management
63 (2.459 %)Agile Software Development
72 (1.639 %)Data Analysis
72 (1.639 %)Integration Testing
72 (1.639 %)Security Management
72 (1.639 %)Scrum
72 (1.639 %)BCP
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
183 (68.03 %)SQL
269 (56.56 %)T-SQL
321 (17.21 %)VB
419 (15.57 %)VBScript
419 (15.57 %)C
513 (10.66 %)C#
66 (4.918 %)C++
66 (4.918 %)Perl
75 (4.098 %)FoxPro (VFP)
75 (4.098 %)Shell Script
83 (2.459 %)VB.NET
83 (2.459 %)VBA
92 (1.639 %)Java
92 (1.639 %)Korn
92 (1.639 %)Bash shell
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (9.016 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (6.557 %)MCDBA
34 (3.279 %)MCTS
43 (2.459 %)MCITP
43 (2.459 %)Degree
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.820 %)QA
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.639 %)Oracle RAC
21 (0.820 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.820 %)NFS
21 (0.820 %)Oracle RMAN
South East IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.820 %)Tivoli
11 (0.820 %)Data Guard
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
122 (18.03 %)Oracle
212 (9.836 %)Microsoft
37 (5.738 %)HP
43 (2.459 %)JBoss
43 (2.459 %)Red Hat
52 (1.639 %)IBM
52 (1.639 %)Siemens
61 (0.820 %)Cognos
61 (0.820 %)Citrix
61 (0.820 %)NetApp
61 (0.820 %)VMware