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This section looks at the demand for the Oracle DBA role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank195208
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads18712263
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.007 %0.943 %
As % of the category below1.114 %1.012 %
Salaries quoted14561652
Average minimum salary£45,795£43,070
Average salary£49,153£46,261
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Average maximum salary£52,511£49,452
UK excluding London average salary£42,916£41,884
% change on same period last year+2.46 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

Oracle DBA
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oracle DBA Demand Trend

Oracle DBA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the UK.

Oracle DBA Salary Trend

Oracle DBA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle DBA over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Oracle DBA Salary Histogram

Oracle DBA
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+161748£49,707+6.73 %
LondonUp+65912£55,625+4.27 %
South EastUp+4367£45,859+4.95 %
City of LondonUp+15295£59,024-0.46 %
BerkshireUp+59215£44,168-4.28 %
YorkshireDown-28126£42,595+7.39 %
North WestUp+22116£38,504+0.90 %
East of EnglandDown-1778£39,382-2.50 %
South WestDown-2272£48,105+1.03 %
ScotlandDown-1568£37,643+1.10 %
HampshireDown-3462£45,654+15.04 %
SurreyDown-1959£48,920+6.92 %
ManchesterUp+4056£37,718-7.40 %
West YorkshireDown-1555£45,231+21.68 %
CheshireUp+1146£39,333-0.42 %
ReadingUp+5844£39,461-25.34 %
North YorkshireDown-440£39,412-7.63 %
WalesUp+5040£39,455-
South WalesUp+4835£39,897-
South YorkshireDown-1133£42,683+8.59 %
HertfordshireDown-1733£38,419-8.39 %
GlasgowUp+232£41,079+25.65 %
East MidlandsUp+931£37,433+22.03 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1330£66,333+0.19 %
CroydonUp+2130£49,327-10.31 %
West MidlandsDown-4428£45,864+18.10 %
CambridgeshireDown-624£38,294-9.99 %
DorsetUp+123£43,457-8.13 %
NewburyNew entry-22£47,921-
GuildfordUp+4021£47,056+2.29 %

Oracle DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Oracle 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 Oracle DBA in their job title.

14116 (100.00 %)Oracle
22704 (65.69 %)Oracle 10g
32092 (50.83 %)SQL
41897 (46.09 %)UNIX
51819 (44.19 %)Oracle 9i
61456 (35.37 %)Oracle RAC
71395 (33.89 %)Finance
81256 (30.52 %)Oracle RMAN
91243 (30.20 %)PL/SQL
101091 (26.51 %)Linux
11731 (17.76 %)Shell Script
12718 (17.44 %)Solaris
13712 (17.30 %)Oracle Applications
14695 (16.89 %)SQL Server
15629 (15.28 %)Windows
16576 (13.99 %)Oracle EBS
17517 (12.56 %)Banking
18479 (11.64 %)Oracle Certification
19476 (11.56 %)Oracle 8/8i
20465 (11.30 %)Oracle 11i
21456 (11.08 %)RDBMS
22366 (8.892 %)Oracle Reports
23344 (8.358 %)Sybase
23344 (8.358 %)Oracle 11g
24339 (8.236 %)Disaster Recovery
25314 (7.629 %)Replication
26310 (7.532 %)OCP
27309 (7.507 %)Oracle Application Server
28284 (6.900 %)Sun
29266 (6.463 %)Datawarehouse

Oracle DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Oracle 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 Oracle DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1112 (2.721 %)JDBC
2107 (2.600 %)OC4J
3105 (2.551 %)J2EE
478 (1.895 %)Middleware
568 (1.652 %)ODBC
651 (1.239 %).NET
738 (0.923 %)XML
832 (0.777 %)Oracle Streams
928 (0.680 %)HTML
1014 (0.340 %)WebServices
1111 (0.267 %)JSP
129 (0.219 %).NET Framework
138 (0.194 %)WebSphere
138 (0.194 %)ASP.NET
147 (0.170 %)EJB
147 (0.170 %)Struts
154 (0.097 %)ASP
163 (0.073 %)Adobe Flex
172 (0.049 %)EDI
181 (0.024 %)Java RMI
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1309 (7.507 %)Oracle Application Server
2211 (5.126 %)Oracle 10gAS
3105 (2.551 %)Oracle 9iAS
443 (1.045 %)JBoss
539 (0.948 %)Oracle Workflow
633 (0.802 %)WebLogic
731 (0.753 %)Apache
812 (0.292 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
812 (0.292 %)SAS
910 (0.243 %)Tomcat
910 (0.243 %)Oracle Spatial
106 (0.146 %)IIS
113 (0.073 %)iPlanet
122 (0.049 %)Gentran
122 (0.049 %)WebSphere Application Server
122 (0.049 %)SharePoint
122 (0.049 %)CMS
131 (0.024 %)LiveLink
131 (0.024 %)Oracle HTTP Server
131 (0.024 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
169 (1.676 %)MS Excel
247 (1.142 %)MS Visio
317 (0.413 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1712 (17.30 %)Oracle Applications
2576 (13.99 %)Oracle EBS
3465 (11.30 %)Oracle 11i
497 (2.357 %)Oracle Financials
518 (0.437 %)AWD
612 (0.292 %)Oracle HRMS
711 (0.267 %)Oracle iRecruitment
85 (0.121 %)Oracle ERP
94 (0.097 %)Unica Affinium
103 (0.073 %)Oracle Manufacturing
112 (0.049 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
112 (0.049 %)Oracle ASCP
112 (0.049 %)Siebel Analytics
121 (0.024 %)Misys Opics
121 (0.024 %)Sophis RISQUE
121 (0.024 %)Pivotal CRM
121 (0.024 %)RMDS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
188 (2.138 %)SAN
284 (2.041 %)Internet
318 (0.437 %)Intranet
318 (0.437 %)2G
414 (0.340 %)TCP/IP
512 (0.292 %)DNS
611 (0.267 %)WAN
79 (0.219 %)FTP
79 (0.219 %)LDAP
79 (0.219 %)LAN
88 (0.194 %)HTTP
96 (0.146 %)SSH
105 (0.121 %)ISDN
114 (0.097 %)Wireless
114 (0.097 %)LLU
114 (0.097 %)DHCP
114 (0.097 %)SSL
114 (0.097 %)DSLAM
122 (0.049 %)Firewall
122 (0.049 %)Kerberos
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12704 (65.69 %)Oracle 10g
21819 (44.19 %)Oracle 9i
3695 (16.89 %)SQL Server
4476 (11.56 %)Oracle 8/8i
5456 (11.08 %)RDBMS
6366 (8.892 %)Oracle Reports
7344 (8.358 %)Oracle 11g
8266 (6.463 %)Datawarehouse
9171 (4.155 %)ETL
10167 (4.057 %)Oracle Discoverer
11155 (3.766 %)SQL Server 2005
12137 (3.328 %)TOAD
13120 (2.915 %)SQL Server 2000
1489 (2.162 %)SQLPlus
1580 (1.944 %)DB2
1662 (1.506 %)Sybase ASE
1761 (1.482 %)Informix
1855 (1.336 %)MySQL
1945 (1.093 %)OLTP
2044 (1.069 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1234 (5.685 %)Oracle Forms
247 (1.142 %)ClearCase
312 (0.292 %)JDeveloper
312 (0.292 %)Oracle Designer/2000
48 (0.194 %)Oracle APEX
57 (0.170 %)JIRA
57 (0.170 %)ClearQuest
57 (0.170 %)Log4j
57 (0.170 %)Eclipse
65 (0.121 %)Subversion
73 (0.073 %)PeopleTools
82 (0.049 %)ERwin
91 (0.024 %)Oracle Developer 2000
91 (0.024 %)Visual Studio
91 (0.024 %)PVCS
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11395 (33.89 %)Finance
2517 (12.56 %)Banking
3178 (4.325 %)Investment Banking
4145 (3.523 %)Pensions
5134 (3.256 %)Games
6124 (3.013 %)Health
7112 (2.721 %)Telecoms
8109 (2.648 %)Retail
999 (2.405 %)Insurance
999 (2.405 %)Online Games
1097 (2.357 %)Financial Institution
1192 (2.235 %)Government
1246 (1.118 %)Manufacturing
1339 (0.948 %)Music
1438 (0.923 %)Music Industry
1438 (0.923 %)FMCG
1531 (0.753 %)Education
1630 (0.729 %)Marketing
1721 (0.510 %)Front Office
1820 (0.486 %)General Ledger
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1314 (7.629 %)Replication
2171 (4.155 %)Clustering
329 (0.705 %)Derivative
425 (0.607 %)Fixed Income
521 (0.510 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
619 (0.462 %)Equities
619 (0.462 %)Social Network
718 (0.437 %)Data Extraction
718 (0.437 %)Spread Betting
816 (0.389 %)Client/Server
914 (0.340 %)PMI
1013 (0.316 %)Management Information System
1013 (0.316 %)AS400
1013 (0.316 %)Computer Science
1112 (0.292 %)HACMP
1112 (0.292 %)N-Tier
1210 (0.243 %)Statistics
138 (0.194 %)NHS
147 (0.170 %)Cryptography
156 (0.146 %)Grid Computing
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11897 (46.09 %)UNIX
21091 (26.51 %)Linux
3718 (17.44 %)Solaris
4629 (15.28 %)Windows
5266 (6.463 %)AIX
6172 (4.179 %)HPUX
7148 (3.596 %)Red Hat Linux
892 (2.235 %)Windows Server 2003
940 (0.972 %)Windows 2000
1020 (0.486 %)Windows NT
1116 (0.389 %)Windows 2000 Server
1211 (0.267 %)Tru64
137 (0.170 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
145 (0.121 %)SUSE
154 (0.097 %)Windows XP
163 (0.073 %)OpenVMS
163 (0.073 %)Windows CE
172 (0.049 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
172 (0.049 %)VMS
181 (0.024 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1339 (8.236 %)Disaster Recovery
2242 (5.879 %)Security Cleared
3165 (4.009 %)Migration
4153 (3.717 %)Business Intelligence
5127 (3.086 %)ITIL
6105 (2.551 %)E-business
799 (2.405 %)Data Modelling
894 (2.284 %)Project Management
894 (2.284 %)Data Management
982 (1.992 %)Technical Architecture
1072 (1.749 %)E-Commerce
1168 (1.652 %)SOA
1267 (1.628 %)User Acceptance Testing
1363 (1.531 %)Web Development
1455 (1.336 %)ERP
1552 (1.263 %)Asset Management
1649 (1.190 %)Change Management
1747 (1.142 %)SC Cleared
1845 (1.093 %)Investment Management
1942 (1.020 %)Business Continuity
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12092 (50.83 %)SQL
21243 (30.20 %)PL/SQL
3731 (17.76 %)Shell Script
4256 (6.220 %)Java
5153 (3.717 %)Perl
659 (1.433 %)C
740 (0.972 %)Transact-SQL
837 (0.899 %)Korn
928 (0.680 %)VB
1024 (0.583 %)C#
1111 (0.267 %)PHP
1210 (0.243 %)VBA
1210 (0.243 %)Python
139 (0.219 %)C++
148 (0.194 %)VB.NET
157 (0.170 %)VBScript
162 (0.049 %)DHTML
162 (0.049 %)JavaScript
162 (0.049 %)PowerHouse
162 (0.049 %)VB6
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1479 (11.64 %)Oracle Certification
2310 (7.532 %)OCP
3253 (6.147 %)Degree
461 (1.482 %)OCA
511 (0.267 %)Microsoft Certification
68 (0.194 %)HND
77 (0.170 %)Sun Certification
86 (0.146 %)ITIL Certification
86 (0.146 %)MCSE
94 (0.097 %)MCDBA
94 (0.097 %)HNC
102 (0.049 %)NVQ Level 3
111 (0.024 %)MCITP
111 (0.024 %)MCP
111 (0.024 %)CCNA
111 (0.024 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
165 (1.579 %)QA
255 (1.336 %)SLA
31 (0.024 %)ISO9000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11456 (35.37 %)Oracle RAC
21256 (30.52 %)Oracle RMAN
347 (1.142 %)NetBackup
412 (0.292 %)Active Directory
54 (0.097 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
62 (0.049 %)Cronacle
71 (0.024 %)VMware Server
71 (0.024 %)VMware Infrastructure
71 (0.024 %)Samba
71 (0.024 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1200 (4.859 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
2106 (2.575 %)Oracle Statspack
320 (0.486 %)Tivoli
411 (0.267 %)Foglight
510 (0.243 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
67 (0.170 %)AutoSys
76 (0.146 %)Unicenter
85 (0.121 %)BMC Performance Manager
94 (0.097 %)OpenView
103 (0.073 %)Legato
112 (0.049 %)CONTROL-M
121 (0.024 %)HP Data Protector
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14116 (100.00 %)Oracle
2344 (8.358 %)Sybase
3284 (6.900 %)Sun
4171 (4.155 %)VERITAS
5150 (3.644 %)Red Hat
6131 (3.183 %)Microsoft
7101 (2.454 %)HP
865 (1.579 %)IBM
954 (1.312 %)Remedy
1053 (1.288 %)Citrix
1131 (0.753 %)Business Objects
1217 (0.413 %)Hyperion
1315 (0.364 %)PeopleSoft
1414 (0.340 %)Reuters
1414 (0.340 %)Charles River
1513 (0.316 %)Bloomberg
1513 (0.316 %)EMC
1612 (0.292 %)Pegasus
1711 (0.267 %)BEA
1711 (0.267 %)Murex