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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 66 73 57
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 22 17 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 2.097% 1.784% 3.122%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.138% 1.824% 3.306%
Number of salaries quoted 20 16 27
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,950 £33,500 £26,300
10% offered a salary of more than £45,250 £42,000 £45,100
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1029 932 847
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 98.09% 97.80% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 940 830 791
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
Wales

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales DBA Salary Histogram

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 South Wales 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
Cardiff -12 9 £40,000 +13.47%
Newport -1 5 £28,950 -25.76%
Caerphilly - 2 £48,750 -
DBA
Wales

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 51 (98.08%) SQL
2 30 (57.69%) SQL Server
3 26 (50.00%) Oracle
4 23 (44.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (38.46%) SQL Server 2005
5 20 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
6 19 (36.54%) PL/SQL
7 17 (32.69%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (30.77%) Microsoft
8 16 (30.77%) UNIX
8 16 (30.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (28.85%) ETL
10 14 (26.92%) MS Excel
10 14 (26.92%) Windows
11 12 (23.08%) Replication
12 10 (19.23%) Oracle Application Server
13 9 (17.31%) MS Office
14 8 (15.38%) Perl
14 8 (15.38%) WebLogic
14 8 (15.38%) AWK
14 8 (15.38%) SQL Server 2012
14 8 (15.38%) sed
15 7 (13.46%) Oracle RMAN
15 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (13.46%) Clustering
15 7 (13.46%) MySQL
15 7 (13.46%) T-SQL
15 7 (13.46%) MCDBA
15 7 (13.46%) Oracle 8/8i
16 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2003

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 1 (1.923%) Web Services
1 1 (1.923%) XML
Application Platforms
1 10 (19.23%) Oracle Application Server
2 8 (15.38%) WebLogic
3 2 (3.846%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 14 (26.92%) MS Excel
2 9 (17.31%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.923%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.692%) Internet
2 2 (3.846%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (57.69%) SQL Server
2 23 (44.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 20 (38.46%) SQL Server 2005
3 20 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
4 17 (32.69%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (30.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (15.38%) SQL Server 2012
7 7 (13.46%) MySQL
7 7 (13.46%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (9.615%) Oracle 10g
8 5 (9.615%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (7.692%) SQL Server 2000
9 4 (7.692%) Oracle 9i
10 3 (5.769%) OLAP
10 3 (5.769%) Oracle OLAP
11 2 (3.846%) RDBMS
General
1 5 (9.615%) Law
2 3 (5.769%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.846%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Replication
2 7 (13.46%) Clustering
3 6 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.692%) Statistics
5 3 (5.769%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.923%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 16 (30.77%) UNIX
2 14 (26.92%) Windows
3 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.85%) ETL
2 6 (11.54%) High Availability
3 5 (9.615%) ITIL
3 5 (9.615%) Service Delivery
4 4 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (7.692%) Information Security
4 4 (7.692%) Project Management
5 2 (3.846%) Load Testing
5 2 (3.846%) Data Modelling
5 2 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 51 (98.08%) SQL
2 19 (36.54%) PL/SQL
3 8 (15.38%) Perl
3 8 (15.38%) AWK
3 8 (15.38%) sed
4 7 (13.46%) T-SQL
5 3 (5.769%) PHP
5 3 (5.769%) Java
6 2 (3.846%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.923%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) MCDBA
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (11.54%) MCITP
3 4 (7.692%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (13.46%) Oracle RMAN
2 6 (11.54%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.846%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.923%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 26 (50.00%) Oracle
2 16 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 6 (11.54%) Red Gate
4 3 (5.769%) Business Objects
5 2 (3.846%) Veritas
6 1 (1.923%) Cognos
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