The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 51 45 48
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 12 13 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.154% 2.230% 2.385%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.290% 2.317% 2.434%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 12
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
524 561 534
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 94.08% 96.23% 97.98%
Number of salaries quoted 450 465 456
Average salary £36,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
North East

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -5 12 £35,000 -12.50%
DBA
North East

DBA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 20 (90.91%) SQL
2 19 (86.36%) SQL Server
3 12 (54.55%) Replication
4 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
5 8 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (36.36%) T-SQL
5 8 (36.36%) SQL Server 2000
6 6 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (13.64%) Clustering
8 2 (9.091%) Security Cleared
8 2 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
9 1 (4.545%) DTS
9 1 (4.545%) ERP
9 1 (4.545%) HTTP
9 1 (4.545%) IIS
9 1 (4.545%) Linux
9 1 (4.545%) Veritas
9 1 (4.545%) Finance
9 1 (4.545%) Migration
9 1 (4.545%) Degree
9 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
9 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
9 1 (4.545%) High Availability
9 1 (4.545%) Data Transformation
9 1 (4.545%) VMware

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (86.36%) SQL Server
2 8 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (36.36%) SQL Server 2000
3 6 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (4.545%) DTS
6 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Replication
2 3 (13.64%) Clustering
3 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (4.545%) ERP
1 1 (4.545%) Migration
1 1 (4.545%) High Availability
1 1 (4.545%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) SQL
2 8 (36.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) Security Cleared
1 2 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.545%) Degree
2 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.545%) Veritas
2 1 (4.545%) VMware
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
SQL DBA, SQL Database Administrator - SQL Server 2008 / 2012, - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - £25,000 - £30,000. I have a fantastic opportunity to join a market leading organisation based...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Tyne and Wear
Advise on future SQL projects... - Maintenance of SQL documentation... - Strong experience in Database Administration in SQL Server 2000 and 2005... - Strong knowledge of backups, restores, recovery models, clustering,...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Tyneside
DBA, Big Data, Web, Open Source, LINUX... systems and processes to maximise velocity and uptime. Input into strategic design of infrastructure specifically but not exclusively where MySQL is...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £28,000 to £37,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013