The first table below looks at the demand for MCDBA in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDBA 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)
Rank 746 777 743
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -34
Permanent jobs citing MCDBA 116 121 130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.108% 0.100% 0.103%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.390% 0.362% 0.394%
Number of salaries quoted 96 108 113
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £35,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £42,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
-28.23% +26.86%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29725 33452 32996
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.64% 27.71% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 23916 28443 27565
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%

MCDBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MCDBA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCDBA Jobs Demand Trend

MCDBA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCDBA within the UK.

MCDBA Salary Trend

MCDBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCDBA over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

MCDBA Salary Histogram

MCDBA
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCDBA within the UK 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
England +14 107 £40,000 -5.88%
London +61 50 £52,500 +16.66%
South East -30 37 £30,500 -19.73%
Berkshire +15 30 £30,500 -19.73%
Bracknell -2 29 £30,500 -19.73%
Essex +31 11 £37,500 -16.66%
East of England +10 11 £37,500 -34.78%
Basildon +3 10 £37,500 -
City of London +14 9 £57,500 +35.29%
Brentford - 7 - -
Buckinghamshire -5 5 £37,500 -1.31%
Milton Keynes -14 5 £37,500 +3.44%
Scotland - 5 £45,000 -
Wales +6 4 £28,950 -20.68%
South Wales +5 4 £28,950 -20.68%
Edinburgh - 4 - -
Newport - 4 £28,950 -
Yorkshire -4 2 £37,500 -16.66%
Nottingham - 2 £39,500 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 - -
Tyne and Wear - 2 - -
North East - 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 £39,500 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £39,500 -
Reading +3 1 £35,000 -
Woking -10 1 £40,000 +17.64%
Birmingham -10 1 £42,500 -12.82%
Surrey -11 1 £40,000 -
Manchester -14 1 £40,000 -
North West -16 1 £40,000 -

MCDBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MCDBA also 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 that cited MCDBA.

1 230 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 183 (79.57%) Microsoft
3 178 (77.39%) SQL Server
4 143 (62.17%) SQL
5 132 (57.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 127 (55.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 125 (54.35%) SQL Server 2008
8 107 (46.52%) MCITP
9 95 (41.30%) Windows
10 91 (39.57%) MS Excel
11 90 (39.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 82 (35.65%) SQL Server 2005
13 77 (33.48%) Business Intelligence
14 72 (31.30%) Degree
15 69 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
16 63 (27.39%) T-SQL
17 60 (26.09%) SharePoint
18 59 (25.65%) .NET
19 52 (22.61%) SQL Server 2012
20 51 (22.17%) UNIX
20 51 (22.17%) Linux
20 51 (22.17%) SQL Server 2000
21 49 (21.30%) Replication
22 46 (20.00%) C#
23 45 (19.57%) Clustering
24 44 (19.13%) MCP
24 44 (19.13%) RDBMS
25 42 (18.26%) Sun
25 42 (18.26%) Firewall
25 42 (18.26%) TCP/IP

MCDBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MCDBA also 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 that cited MCDBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 59 (25.65%) .NET
2 23 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 9 (3.913%) SAP XI
4 8 (3.478%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.174%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 4 (1.739%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 4 (1.739%) XML
7 3 (1.304%) ODBC
7 3 (1.304%) HTML
8 2 (0.870%) jQuery
8 2 (0.870%) COM
8 2 (0.870%) CSS
8 2 (0.870%) ASP
8 2 (0.870%) WSH
8 2 (0.870%) Regular Expression
9 1 (0.435%) XSD
9 1 (0.435%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 60 (26.09%) SharePoint
2 22 (9.565%) SharePoint 2010
3 18 (7.826%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (1.739%) Windows Azure
5 3 (1.304%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 91 (39.57%) MS Excel
2 23 (10.00%) MS Office
3 1 (0.435%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.435%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 21 (9.130%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.043%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (2.609%) BPCS
4 5 (2.174%) Applix TM1
5 1 (0.435%) Epicor iScala
Communications & Networking
1 42 (18.26%) Firewall
1 42 (18.26%) TCP/IP
2 41 (17.83%) DNS
3 40 (17.39%) DHCP
4 9 (3.913%) Broadband
5 3 (1.304%) SAN
6 2 (0.870%) Internet
7 1 (0.435%) HTTP
7 1 (0.435%) VoIP
7 1 (0.435%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (77.39%) SQL Server
2 132 (57.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 127 (55.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 125 (54.35%) SQL Server 2008
5 90 (39.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 82 (35.65%) SQL Server 2005
7 69 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
8 52 (22.61%) SQL Server 2012
9 51 (22.17%) SQL Server 2000
10 44 (19.13%) RDBMS
11 36 (15.65%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 32 (13.91%) OLAP
13 31 (13.48%) MySQL
14 22 (9.565%) Oracle 8/8i
15 19 (8.261%) DTS
16 17 (7.391%) OLTP
17 13 (5.652%) BusinessObjects
18 10 (4.348%) Oracle 9i
18 10 (4.348%) Oracle 10g
18 10 (4.348%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 4 (1.739%) Git (software)
1 4 (1.739%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (1.739%) Subversion
1 4 (1.739%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (16.09%) French Language
2 20 (8.696%) German Language
2 20 (8.696%) Italian Language
3 16 (6.957%) Finance
4 11 (4.783%) Law
5 8 (3.478%) Marketing
6 7 (3.043%) Advertising
7 5 (2.174%) Banking
8 4 (1.739%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.739%) Legal
9 2 (0.870%) Games
10 1 (0.435%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.435%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 126 (54.78%) DBA
2 98 (42.61%) SQL DBA
3 60 (26.09%) Administrator
4 48 (20.87%) SQL Server DBA
5 40 (17.39%) Technical Engineer
6 39 (16.96%) Consultant
7 38 (16.52%) Technical Support
7 38 (16.52%) Support Engineer
7 38 (16.52%) Technical Support Engineer
8 37 (16.09%) Teradata DBA
9 32 (13.91%) Business Intelligence Consultant
10 27 (11.74%) Developer
11 21 (9.130%) Microsoft Consultant
11 21 (9.130%) Senior DBA
11 21 (9.130%) Microsoft BI Consultant
12 15 (6.522%) Support Consultant
13 13 (5.652%) Database Developer
14 12 (5.217%) SQL Developer
15 11 (4.783%) Analyst
16 10 (4.348%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.30%) Replication
2 45 (19.57%) Clustering
3 18 (7.826%) Computer Science
4 13 (5.652%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.609%) iSeries
6 2 (0.870%) Spread Betting
7 1 (0.435%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.435%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 95 (41.30%) Windows
2 51 (22.17%) UNIX
2 51 (22.17%) Linux
3 38 (16.52%) Solaris
3 38 (16.52%) Windows Server 2008
4 32 (13.91%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.304%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (0.870%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.435%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.435%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (33.48%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (16.52%) Security Management
3 36 (15.65%) Project Management
4 35 (15.22%) ETL
5 31 (13.48%) CRM
6 28 (12.17%) Capacity Planning
7 24 (10.43%) ITIL
8 22 (9.565%) Migration
9 19 (8.261%) Analytics
10 18 (7.826%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (7.391%) Business Development
12 13 (5.652%) Data Migration
13 12 (5.217%) Document Management
13 12 (5.217%) User Acceptance Testing
14 11 (4.783%) ERP
15 10 (4.348%) Service Delivery
15 10 (4.348%) Database Security
16 9 (3.913%) Business Continuity
16 9 (3.913%) Time Management
16 9 (3.913%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 143 (62.17%) SQL
2 63 (27.39%) T-SQL
3 46 (20.00%) C#
4 9 (3.913%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.913%) Perl
5 6 (2.609%) C
6 4 (1.739%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.870%) VB6
7 2 (0.870%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.870%) PHP
7 2 (0.870%) VBScript
7 2 (0.870%) VB
8 1 (0.435%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.435%) VBA
8 1 (0.435%) XPath
Qualifications
1 230 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 107 (46.52%) MCITP
3 72 (31.30%) Degree
4 44 (19.13%) MCP
5 40 (17.39%) MCSE
5 40 (17.39%) MCSD
6 39 (16.96%) CCNA
6 39 (16.96%) Cisco Certification
7 38 (16.52%) MCSA
8 28 (12.17%) MCTS
9 6 (2.609%) Security Cleared
10 5 (2.174%) Microsoft Certified Architect
10 5 (2.174%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.739%) MCPD
12 3 (1.304%) MCT
13 2 (0.870%) CISSP
14 1 (0.435%) HND
14 1 (0.435%) CISA
14 1 (0.435%) CCNP
14 1 (0.435%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.174%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.304%) SLA
3 2 (0.870%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.435%) QA
System Software
1 9 (3.913%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 8 (3.478%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.304%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.435%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (6.087%) SCOM
Vendors
1 183 (79.57%) Microsoft
2 42 (18.26%) Sun
3 40 (17.39%) Cisco
4 36 (15.65%) Oracle
5 14 (6.087%) Business Objects
6 13 (5.652%) SAP
7 11 (4.783%) Cognos
8 9 (3.913%) Sage
9 7 (3.043%) Red Gate
10 6 (2.609%) Embarcadero
11 5 (2.174%) Sybase
11 5 (2.174%) Hyperion
11 5 (2.174%) Applix
12 4 (1.739%) Kalido
12 4 (1.739%) Ab Initio
12 4 (1.739%) VMware
12 4 (1.739%) Informatica
12 4 (1.739%) MicroStrategy
12 4 (1.739%) JD Edwards
12 4 (1.739%) Siebel
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
Northamptonshire
Title: SQL Server DBA... Technically the environment covers MS SQL server 2005/2008/2008R2... as well as general MS Server 2008 knowledge. Additional skills that would assist your...
Coburg Banks IT
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Basildon, South East
You .Ideally you'll hold as many of the following skills as possible:*T-SQL Scripting experience*Microsoft MS SQL Service 2000, 2005, 2008 Database Administration Experience*Working...
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
A leading IT company, specialising in software development, are looking to add an additional SQL Server DBA to their large support & development team. The SQL Database Administrator will...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus, overtime pay
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
An expert level Database Administrator is required to join and lead a large production support team, for my household name client in Chester.
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
You will be involved in implementing changes following strict ITIL policies as well as evaluating new SQL opportunities for the business As an experienced DBA you will possess...
Connectus
Salary: £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Key skills: Microsoft BI (SQL Server 2008 -SSIS/SSAS/SSRS) 2-5 years in a break-fix/support development role. C# / ASP.NET... Degree educated. Desirable skills Microsoft...
Venturi
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stratford, London
MindDatabase Marketing Analyst £31,980 per annumPermanent contract, 35 hours per weekBased in Stratford, LondonAn experienced Database Marketing Analyst is required to provide a customer service focused database...
Mind
Salary: £31,980 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Networking protocols (TCP/IP), networking infrastructure, DHCP, DNS, switching and routing. - Antivirus and firewall solutions. - Relational Database (RDBMS) technology - Operating System Deployment (OSD) and/or PC imaging - Unix,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 28000 - 33000
Posted: 21 May 2013