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.

Location
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 £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 £42,500 £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 Jobs Demand Trend

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 Trend

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 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 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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Posted: 15 June 2013
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Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + bonus etc
Posted: 4 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Salary: £56000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus
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Leeds, Yorkshire
Salary: £56000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
Buckinghamshire
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: up to £50k+bonus+car
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Salt
Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus + Private Healthcare
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Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + bonus etc
Posted: 4 June 2013
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
EXCELerate
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pen
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City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + annual bonus + benefits
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Swindon, South West
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Salary: £35000.00 - £43000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
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Hertfordshire, South East
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + excellent bonus + benefits package
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London
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Salary: From £65,000 to £65,000 per annum
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Wiltshire
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