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The first 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 19 June 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 currently tracked.

3 months to
19 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Senior Database Administrator

Rank

695

725

676

Rank change year-on-year

+30

-49

Permanent jobs requiring a Senior DBA

174

160

208

As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK

0.160%

0.133%

0.162%

As % of the Job Titles category

0.169%

0.140%

0.172%

Number of salaries quoted

135

147

173

Average salary

£50,000

£55,000

£47,500

Average salary % change year-on-year

-9.09%

+15.78%

90% offered a salary of more than

£40,000

£42,500

£38,500

10% offered a salary of more than

£70,000

£60,000

UK excluding London average salary

£47,500

£50,000

£45,000

% change year-on-year

-5.00%

+11.11%

All Job Titles
UK

Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category

102828

114458

120840

As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK

94.40%

94.97%

94.13%

Number of salaries quoted

85533

98230

102542

Average salary

£42,500

90% offered a salary of more than

£26,500

£27,500

£26,500

10% offered a salary of more than

£67,500

£72,500

£70,000

UK excluding London average salary

£38,000

£38,500

£37,500

% change year-on-year

-1.29%

+2.66%

Senior DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior DBA
Salary Trend

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

Senior DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior DBA over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

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 19 June 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	Find Job Vacancies
England	+41	161	£52,500	-4.54%	20
London	+27	63	£60,000	-	7
South East	+26	38	£50,000	-	6
South West	-	18	£39,500	-	2
North West	+13	16	£50,000	-4.76%
East of England	+2	16	£50,000	-	2
Oxfordshire	-9	16	£52,500	+5.00%	2
Hertfordshire	+12	13	£50,000	+11.11%	2
Manchester	-1	13	£50,000	+29.03%
Wiltshire	-	13	£38,472	-	2
Scotland	+12	10	£45,000	+10.99%
Welwyn Garden City	-	10	£52,500	-
Swindon	-	9	£38,472	-	1
City of London	-19	8	£65,000	+4.00%	1
Glasgow	-	8	£45,000	-
West Sussex	-	6	£45,000	-
West Midlands	-7	5	£44,000	-12.00%
Horsham	-	5	£45,000	-
Dorset	-	5	£45,000	-
Surrey	+9	4	£47,000	-14.54%
Berkshire	-	4	£52,500	-
Buckinghamshire	-	4	£50,000	-	2
Reading	-	3	£52,500	-
Cheshire	-	3	-	-
Bicester	-	3	-	-
Brentford	-	3	-	-
Chester	-	3	-	-
Essex	+18	2	£60,000	-
East Midlands	+9	2	£39,000	+6.84%
South Wales	0	2	£28,950	-31.88%

Senior DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1	290 (70.56%)	SQL
2	276 (67.15%)	SQL Server
3	180 (43.80%)	Oracle
4	152 (36.98%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	149 (36.25%)	SQL Server 2008
6	142 (34.55%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	140 (34.06%)	T-SQL
8	132 (32.12%)	Windows
9	123 (29.93%)	SQL Server 2005
9	123 (29.93%)	Replication
10	117 (28.47%)	Finance
11	103 (25.06%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
12	95 (23.11%)	Clustering
13	82 (19.95%)	Linux
14	74 (18.00%)	Microsoft

15	72 (17.52%)	Windows Server 2008
16	69 (16.79%)	UNIX
17	68 (16.55%)	MS Excel
18	67 (16.30%)	Oracle 10g
19	66 (16.06%)	DTS
20	65 (15.82%)	SQL Server 2000
20	65 (15.82%)	Disaster Recovery
21	58 (14.11%)	Oracle 11g
21	58 (14.11%)	SQL Server 2012
22	57 (13.87%)	Windows Server 2003
23	52 (12.65%)	MySQL
24	51 (12.41%)	Business Intelligence
25	50 (12.17%)	Oracle RAC
26	48 (11.68%)	PL/SQL
26	48 (11.68%)	Migration

Senior DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1	27 (6.569%)	Middleware
2	19 (4.623%)	.NET
3	11 (2.676%)	Web Services
3	11 (2.676%)	HTML
4	9 (2.190%)	XML
5	8 (1.946%)	Oracle Fusion
6	7 (1.703%)	COM
7	3 (0.730%)	.NET Framework
7	3 (0.730%)	Hibernate
7	3 (0.730%)	ASP.NET
7	3 (0.730%)	CSS
7	3 (0.730%)	Regular Expression
7	3 (0.730%)	MapReduce
8	2 (0.487%)	Oracle Streams
8	2 (0.487%)	ODBC
8	2 (0.487%)	MDX
9	1 (0.243%)	ASP
9	1 (0.243%)	J2EE
9	1 (0.243%)	OC4J
9	1 (0.243%)	jQuery

Application Platforms
1	26 (6.326%)	BizTalk Server
2	22 (5.353%)	Oracle 10gAS
3	15 (3.650%)	Oracle Application Server
4	14 (3.406%)	SharePoint
5	12 (2.920%)	WebLogic
6	6 (1.460%)	Apache
7	5 (1.217%)	ESB
8	4 (0.973%)	SharePoint 2010
8	4 (0.973%)	Tomcat
9	3 (0.730%)	Amazon AWS
9	3 (0.730%)	Oracle SOA Suite
10	1 (0.243%)	ColdFusion
10	1 (0.243%)	Oracle 9iAS
10	1 (0.243%)	IIS
10	1 (0.243%)	Apache Solr

Applications
1	68 (16.55%)	MS Excel
2	7 (1.703%)	MS Office
3	1 (0.243%)	PowerPivot

Business Applications
1	37 (9.002%)	Oracle EBS
2	28 (6.813%)	Oracle EBS R12
3	17 (4.136%)	Oracle 11i
4	9 (2.190%)	Oracle Applications
5	4 (0.973%)	Oracle ERP
6	2 (0.487%)	Oracle Financials
6	2 (0.487%)	Oracle HRMS
6	2 (0.487%)	FLEXCUBE
7	1 (0.243%)	Bond Adapt
7	1 (0.243%)	Oracle Payroll
7	1 (0.243%)	Remedy ITSM
7	1 (0.243%)	Oracle BPM

Communications & Networking
1	19 (4.623%)	SAN
2	10 (2.433%)	Internet
3	9 (2.190%)	Broadband
3	9 (2.190%)	HTTP
4	8 (1.946%)	Extranet
5	6 (1.460%)	NAS
6	5 (1.217%)	HTTPS
7	2 (0.487%)	LAN
8	1 (0.243%)	Intranet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	276 (67.15%)	SQL Server
2	152 (36.98%)	SQL Server Integration Services
3	149 (36.25%)	SQL Server 2008
4	142 (34.55%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	123 (29.93%)	SQL Server 2005
6	103 (25.06%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
7	67 (16.30%)	Oracle 10g
8	66 (16.06%)	DTS
9	65 (15.82%)	SQL Server 2000
10	58 (14.11%)	Oracle 11g
10	58 (14.11%)	SQL Server 2012
11	52 (12.65%)	MySQL
12	46 (11.19%)	Data Warehouse
13	45 (10.95%)	Oracle 8/8i
14	36 (8.759%)	RDBMS
15	30 (7.299%)	OLTP
16	21 (5.109%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
17	17 (4.136%)	Oracle Reports
18	16 (3.893%)	DB2
19	14 (3.406%)	Oracle BI EE

Development Applications
1	7 (1.703%)	Oracle APEX
2	3 (0.730%)	MSI
2	3 (0.730%)	Visual Studio
2	3 (0.730%)	Team Foundation Server
3	2 (0.487%)	ProC
4	1 (0.243%)	ERwin
4	1 (0.243%)	Ant
4	1 (0.243%)	PVCS
4	1 (0.243%)	Oracle Forms

General
1	117 (28.47%)	Finance
2	30 (7.299%)	Banking
3	14 (3.406%)	Retail
4	11 (2.676%)	Financial Institution
4	11 (2.676%)	Back Office
4	11 (2.676%)	Legal
4	11 (2.676%)	Advertising
5	8 (1.946%)	Investment Banking
6	7 (1.703%)	Law
7	4 (0.973%)	Games
7	4 (0.973%)	Marketing
8	3 (0.730%)	Pharmaceutical
9	2 (0.487%)	Front Office
10	1 (0.243%)	Billing
10	1 (0.243%)	Publishing

Miscellaneous
1	123 (29.93%)	Replication
2	95 (23.11%)	Clustering
3	16 (3.893%)	Enterprise Software
4	13 (3.163%)	Computer Science
5	12 (2.920%)	Management Information System
6	10 (2.433%)	NHS
6	10 (2.433%)	Statistics
7	6 (1.460%)	Enterprise Storage
8	4 (0.973%)	SaaS
8	4 (0.973%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
8	4 (0.973%)	Derivative
9	3 (0.730%)	HACMP
9	3 (0.730%)	Open Source
9	3 (0.730%)	Data Protection Act
9	3 (0.730%)	Mathematics
10	2 (0.487%)	iPad
10	2 (0.487%)	Life Science
10	2 (0.487%)	Data Integration
10	2 (0.487%)	Client/Server
10	2 (0.487%)	Equities

Operating Systems
1	132 (32.12%)	Windows
2	82 (19.95%)	Linux
3	72 (17.52%)	Windows Server 2008
4	69 (16.79%)	UNIX
5	57 (13.87%)	Windows Server 2003
6	24 (5.839%)	Solaris
7	16 (3.893%)	AIX
8	11 (2.676%)	Windows 2000
8	11 (2.676%)	Windows 7
9	6 (1.460%)	CentOS
9	6 (1.460%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	4 (0.973%)	Windows 2000 Server
11	2 (0.487%)	Windows XP
11	2 (0.487%)	SUSE
12	1 (0.243%)	Windows Vista
12	1 (0.243%)	Windows NT
12	1 (0.243%)	HPUX

Processes & Methodologies
1	65 (15.82%)	Disaster Recovery
2	51 (12.41%)	Business Intelligence
3	48 (11.68%)	Migration
4	36 (8.759%)	ETL
5	34 (8.273%)	SOA
5	34 (8.273%)	ITIL
5	34 (8.273%)	Capacity Planning
6	30 (7.299%)	Data Security
7	26 (6.326%)	Data Modelling
7	26 (6.326%)	Data Analysis
8	23 (5.596%)	E-Commerce
8	23 (5.596%)	Project Management
9	21 (5.109%)	Database Security
10	16 (3.893%)	Change Management
11	15 (3.650%)	High Availability
12	13 (3.163%)	Change Control
13	12 (2.920%)	Data Architecture
14	11 (2.676%)	Scrum
14	11 (2.676%)	Load Balancing
14	11 (2.676%)	Problem Management

Programming Languages
1	290 (70.56%)	SQL
2	140 (34.06%)	T-SQL
3	48 (11.68%)	PL/SQL
4	34 (8.273%)	Perl
5	24 (5.839%)	Shell Script
6	22 (5.353%)	PHP
7	15 (3.650%)	Java
8	14 (3.406%)	JavaScript
9	8 (1.946%)	C#
10	7 (1.703%)	Bash shell
11	6 (1.460%)	Python
12	5 (1.217%)	Korn
12	5 (1.217%)	VBScript
12	5 (1.217%)	PowerShell
13	4 (0.973%)	Bourne shell
14	3 (0.730%)	AWK
14	3 (0.730%)	VB
14	3 (0.730%)	C++
14	3 (0.730%)	sed
15	2 (0.487%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

Qualifications
1	30 (7.299%)	Microsoft Certification
2	27 (6.569%)	Degree
3	19 (4.623%)	MCDBA
4	17 (4.136%)	Security Cleared
5	15 (3.650%)	MCITP
6	14 (3.406%)	SC Cleared
7	10 (2.433%)	Oracle Certification
8	8 (1.946%)	MCTS
9	6 (1.460%)	ITIL Certification
9	6 (1.460%)	OCP
10	3 (0.730%)	OCA
10	3 (0.730%)	MySQL Certification
11	2 (0.487%)	MCSE
11	2 (0.487%)	MCSA
11	2 (0.487%)	MCPD

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	19 (4.623%)	SLA
2	16 (3.893%)	PCI DSS
3	8 (1.946%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	6 (1.460%)	ISO 9001
5	5 (1.217%)	QA
6	3 (0.730%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	3 (0.730%)	HL7

System Software
1	50 (12.17%)	Oracle RAC
2	33 (8.029%)	Oracle RMAN
3	8 (1.946%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	5 (1.217%)	Veritas Cluster Server
5	1 (0.243%)	Hyper-V
5	1 (0.243%)	PowerHA

Systems Management
1	34 (8.273%)	Data Guard
2	12 (2.920%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
3	8 (1.946%)	SCOM
4	2 (0.487%)	HP SiteScope
4	2 (0.487%)	Oracle Statspack
5	1 (0.243%)	NetBackup
5	1 (0.243%)	Nagios
5	1 (0.243%)	OpenView
5	1 (0.243%)	BMC PATROL
5	1 (0.243%)	Control-M
5	1 (0.243%)	BMC Performance Manager

Vendors
1	180 (43.80%)	Oracle
2	74 (18.00%)	Microsoft
3	24 (5.839%)	Sybase
4	19 (4.623%)	IBM
5	16 (3.893%)	Hyperion
6	15 (3.650%)	Siebel
7	11 (2.676%)	Informatica
8	10 (2.433%)	EMC
9	9 (2.190%)	VMware
9	9 (2.190%)	Sun
9	9 (2.190%)	Red Gate
10	7 (1.703%)	Twitter
11	6 (1.460%)	Pega
11	6 (1.460%)	Vignette
11	6 (1.460%)	Red Hat
12	5 (1.217%)	HP
13	4 (0.973%)	Embarcadero
13	4 (0.973%)	NetApp
13	4 (0.973%)	Kalido
14	3 (0.730%)	Veritas

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Hertfordshire, South East

You will be involved with upgrades, revisions, fixes as well as performance tracking, tuning, back up and recovery. Responsiblities and Experience. Participate in Software Upgrades. Participate in SQL...

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Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + excellent benefits and bonus package

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Senior DBA / Database Administrator Team Leader

London

SQL Server and T-SQL on SQL 2005, SQL 2008, SQL 2008 R2) This vibrant company is paying up to £60k plus great benefits i.e... Responsibilities as...

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Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum Clothing Allowance, travel and medic

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Senior SQL Server DBA - Tunbridge Wells, Kent - £65K - SSIS

Tunbridge Wells, Kent

A good understanding of integration and the BI stack is also required, SSIS and SSRS (Server administration & Report writing) are preferred and any experience with SSAS (Administration / Tuning /...

Circle Recruitment

Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, 25 days

Posted: 15 June 2013

Senior Oracle DBA

Leeds, Yorkshire

Experience Essential * Oracle 10g/11g and/or MySQL 5.1+ * Good commercial experience administering business critical Oracle DB environments on Unix/Linux * Experience with the design and development...

Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + 6,000 Car Allowance & On-Call

Posted: 12 June 2013

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London

You will be required to lead and mentor the SQL Database Team to provide support, design, document and build databases to improve efficiency.I have been recruiting for...

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Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Excellent Benefits

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Abingdon, Oxfordshire

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Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + bonus etc

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Senior Oracle DBA

Leeds, Yorkshire

Salary: £56000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus

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