Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Senior DBA role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 9 February 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 currently tracked.

 Senior Database Administrator
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank567605667
Rank change year-on-year
Up+38Up+62
Matching permanent IT job ads99132307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.126 %0.131 %0.152 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.135 %0.140 %0.161 %
Salaries quoted88108223
Average salary£52,500£43,429£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.88 %-3.490 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£43,400£37,500£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£95,000£57,500£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£41,500£42,500
% change year-on-year
+20.48 %-2.350 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7351394340190321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.36 %93.34 %94.18 %
Salaries quoted6085779289154271
Average salary£40,000£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Senior DBA
Demand Trend

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

Senior DBA Demand Trend

Senior DBA
Salary Trend

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

Senior DBA Salary Trend

Senior DBA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior DBA over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

Senior DBA Salary Histogram

Senior DBA
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+3488£52,500+16.66 %
LondonUp+1950£60,000+9.09 %
City of LondonDown-113£47,500-8.65 %
South EastUp+3010£50,000+9.28 %
West MidlandsNew entry-10£50,000-
North WestUp+376£45,000+16.88 %
East of EnglandUp+325£50,000+8.69 %
SurreyUp+265£50,000+11.11 %
East MidlandsUp+255£100,000+150.00 %
NottinghamshireUp+215£100,000+150.00 %
NottinghamUp+195£100,000+150.00 %
ManchesterUp+234£45,000+16.88 %
BirminghamNew entry-4£50,000-
HertfordshireUp+173£50,000-16.66 %
BedfordshireUp+113£48,250+13.52 %
OxfordshireNew entry-3£45,000-
ScotlandNew entry-3£45,000-
YorkshireDown-62£42,500+6.25 %
EpsomNew entry-2£50,000-
FifeNew entry-2£47,500-
CheshireNew entry-2£35,000-
BanburyNew entry-2£45,000-
StaffordshireNew entry-2£53,750-
West YorkshireUp+241£42,500-6.59 %
LeedsUp+141£42,500-2.85 %
Canary WharfUp+51£65,000-
CroydonUp+41--
North YorkshireDown-121£42,500+6.25 %
WarwickshireNew entry-1£42,500-
MiddlesexNew entry-1£45,000-

Senior DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior DBA in their job title.

1133 (69.63 %)SQL
292 (48.17 %)SQL Server
390 (47.12 %)Oracle
457 (29.84 %)Oracle 10g
556 (29.32 %)Replication
651 (26.70 %)UNIX
745 (23.56 %)Finance
745 (23.56 %)Oracle RAC
844 (23.04 %)SQL Server 2005
943 (22.51 %)RDBMS
943 (22.51 %)Linux
1037 (19.37 %)Datawarehouse
1136 (18.85 %)PL/SQL
1235 (18.32 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1334 (17.80 %)Oracle 11g
1433 (17.28 %)SQL Server 2000
1530 (15.71 %)Business Intelligence
1530 (15.71 %)Windows
1629 (15.18 %)Microsoft
1728 (14.66 %)DTS
1827 (14.14 %)Degree
1827 (14.14 %)Data Guard
1926 (13.61 %)Oracle RMAN
1926 (13.61 %)DB2
2024 (12.57 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2122 (11.52 %)Banking
2220 (10.47 %)Sybase
2319 (9.948 %)T-SQL
2418 (9.424 %)Migration
2418 (9.424 %)Clustering

Senior DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
113 (6.806 %).NET
28 (4.188 %)Adobe Flex
34 (2.094 %)Middleware
34 (2.094 %)Spring
43 (1.571 %)ASP.NET
52 (1.047 %)Hibernate
52 (1.047 %)WebSphere
52 (1.047 %)Java EE
52 (1.047 %)HTML
52 (1.047 %)J2EE
52 (1.047 %)EJB
52 (1.047 %)JDBC
52 (1.047 %)JSP
52 (1.047 %)Servlets
52 (1.047 %)Struts
52 (1.047 %)XML
52 (1.047 %)JavaBeans
61 (0.524 %)Oracle Streams
61 (0.524 %)AJAX
61 (0.524 %).NET Framework
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (4.188 %)Oracle Application Server
26 (3.141 %)WebLogic
33 (1.571 %)SharePoint
42 (1.047 %)WebSphere Application Server
42 (1.047 %)Tomcat
51 (0.524 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.524 %)ESB
51 (0.524 %)SharePoint Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (8.377 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (5.236 %)Oracle EBS
27 (3.665 %)Oracle 11i
27 (3.665 %)Oracle Applications
34 (2.094 %)Oracle EBS R12
43 (1.571 %)RMDS
52 (1.047 %)Siebel Analytics
61 (0.524 %)Oracle Financials
61 (0.524 %)Oracle ERP
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (8.377 %)SAN
28 (4.188 %)Internet
34 (2.094 %)LAN
34 (2.094 %)WAN
42 (1.047 %)VPN
51 (0.524 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
192 (48.17 %)SQL Server
257 (29.84 %)Oracle 10g
344 (23.04 %)SQL Server 2005
443 (22.51 %)RDBMS
537 (19.37 %)Datawarehouse
635 (18.32 %)SQL Server Integration Services
734 (17.80 %)Oracle 11g
833 (17.28 %)SQL Server 2000
928 (14.66 %)DTS
1026 (13.61 %)DB2
1124 (12.57 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1218 (9.424 %)Sybase ASE
1218 (9.424 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1317 (8.901 %)Oracle 9i
1415 (7.853 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1415 (7.853 %)DB2 UDB
1514 (7.330 %)Oracle 8/8i
1613 (6.806 %)SQL Server 2008
178 (4.188 %)Sybase IQ
187 (3.665 %)SQLPlus
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (3.141 %)Oracle APEX
23 (1.571 %)ERwin
23 (1.571 %)Oracle Forms
32 (1.047 %)JUnit
41 (0.524 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.524 %)Oracle Designer/2000
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
145 (23.56 %)Finance
222 (11.52 %)Banking
316 (8.377 %)Games
412 (6.283 %)Telecoms
58 (4.188 %)Pensions
66 (3.141 %)Investment Banking
66 (3.141 %)Education
74 (2.094 %)Health
83 (1.571 %)Marketing
83 (1.571 %)Retail
92 (1.047 %)Insurance
92 (1.047 %)Law
92 (1.047 %)Government
101 (0.524 %)Publishing
101 (0.524 %)Back Office
101 (0.524 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
156 (29.32 %)Replication
218 (9.424 %)Clustering
310 (5.236 %)Statistics
44 (2.094 %)Data Extraction
44 (2.094 %)Management Information System
52 (1.047 %)Computer Science
61 (0.524 %)AS400
61 (0.524 %)CLARiiON
61 (0.524 %)Symmetrix
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
151 (26.70 %)UNIX
243 (22.51 %)Linux
330 (15.71 %)Windows
417 (8.901 %)Solaris
58 (4.188 %)Windows Server 2003
67 (3.665 %)HPUX
76 (3.141 %)Windows Server 2008
84 (2.094 %)Red Hat Linux
84 (2.094 %)AIX
93 (1.571 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.524 %)zOS
101 (0.524 %)OS/400
101 (0.524 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
130 (15.71 %)Business Intelligence
218 (9.424 %)Migration
317 (8.901 %)Capacity Planning
413 (6.806 %)E-Commerce
59 (4.712 %)Project Management
59 (4.712 %)User Acceptance Testing
68 (4.188 %)Disaster Recovery
77 (3.665 %)SOA
77 (3.665 %)Time Management
86 (3.141 %)Release Management
86 (3.141 %)Enterprise Architecture
86 (3.141 %)ERP
95 (2.618 %)ITIL
104 (2.094 %)Performance Management
104 (2.094 %)Data Security
112 (1.047 %)Business Continuity
112 (1.047 %)Technical Architecture
112 (1.047 %)Data Migration
112 (1.047 %)Data Modelling
121 (0.524 %)Validation
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1133 (69.63 %)SQL
236 (18.85 %)PL/SQL
319 (9.948 %)T-SQL
412 (6.283 %)Shell Script
511 (5.759 %)C
66 (3.141 %)C#
73 (1.571 %)JavaScript
82 (1.047 %)XPath
82 (1.047 %)Perl
82 (1.047 %)Java
82 (1.047 %)VB.NET
82 (1.047 %)VBA
82 (1.047 %)XQuery
91 (0.524 %)VBScript
91 (0.524 %)RPG
91 (0.524 %)Korn
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
127 (14.14 %)Degree
29 (4.712 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (4.188 %)Security Cleared
38 (4.188 %)Oracle Certification
47 (3.665 %)MCDBA
53 (1.571 %)OCP
62 (1.047 %)MCITP
62 (1.047 %)MCTS
62 (1.047 %)SC Cleared
62 (1.047 %)HP ASE
62 (1.047 %)HNC
62 (1.047 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.524 %)MCSA
71 (0.524 %)PhD
71 (0.524 %)HND
71 (0.524 %)CTC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.571 %)QA
21 (0.524 %)ISO9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
145 (23.56 %)Oracle RAC
226 (13.61 %)Oracle RMAN
36 (3.141 %)Veritas Cluster Server
42 (1.047 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.524 %)SRDF
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
127 (14.14 %)Data Guard
24 (2.094 %)BMC PATROL
33 (1.571 %)Nagios
33 (1.571 %)Zenoss
42 (1.047 %)EMC NetWorker
51 (0.524 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
190 (47.12 %)Oracle
229 (15.18 %)Microsoft
320 (10.47 %)Sybase
46 (3.141 %)Veritas
46 (3.141 %)Red Hat
46 (3.141 %)Sun
55 (2.618 %)Cognos
55 (2.618 %)VMware
64 (2.094 %)PeopleSoft
64 (2.094 %)HP
64 (2.094 %)BMC
73 (1.571 %)TIBCO
73 (1.571 %)EMC
82 (1.047 %)Siebel
82 (1.047 %)JBoss
82 (1.047 %)Citrix
82 (1.047 %)IBM
91 (0.524 %)Anite
91 (0.524 %)SAP
91 (0.524 %)Business Objects