The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior SQL Database Administrator
Rank 762 830 794
Rank change year-on-year
+68 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior SQL DBA 100 69 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.093% 0.057% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.060% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 80 68 81
Average salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,789 £42,500 £42,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £75,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
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 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Senior SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior SQL DBA Jobs Demand Trend

Senior SQL DBA
Salary Trend

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

Senior SQL DBA Salary Trend

Senior SQL DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior SQL DBA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior SQL DBA Salary Histogram

Senior SQL 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 SQL DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +55 94 £55,000 +10.00%
London +73 48 £57,500 -6.12%
East of England +14 18 £50,000 -16.66%
Hertfordshire +22 13 £50,000 +11.11%
Welwyn Garden City - 12 £50,000 -
North West +8 10 £60,000 +50.00%
City of London +1 9 £58,000 -7.20%
South East -4 8 £47,500 +11.76%
Manchester -20 5 - -
Oxfordshire - 5 £47,500 -
Scotland - 5 £45,000 -
Yorkshire +6 4 - -
Sheffield - 4 - -
Cheshire - 4 - -
Chester - 4 - -
South Yorkshire - 4 - -
East Midlands -3 3 £39,500 -9.67%
Glasgow - 3 £45,000 -
Brentford - 3 - -
Essex +15 2 £60,000 -
Staffordshire 0 2 £52,500 +5.00%
Nottinghamshire -4 2 £37,750 -16.11%
Nottingham -5 2 £37,750 -16.11%
West Midlands -19 2 £52,500 +5.00%
Suffolk - 2 £40,000 -
Berkshire - 2 £50,000 -
Ipswich - 2 £40,000 -
Stoke-on-Trent - 2 £52,500 -
Cambridgeshire +11 1 £50,000 -9.09%
Middlesex - 1 - -

Senior SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title.

1 189 (92.20%) SQL Server
2 188 (91.71%) SQL
3 127 (61.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 120 (58.54%) SQL Server 2008
5 118 (57.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 109 (53.17%) SQL Server 2005
7 105 (51.22%) T-SQL
8 100 (48.78%) Replication
9 88 (42.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 77 (37.56%) Clustering
10 77 (37.56%) Windows
11 67 (32.68%) Microsoft
12 58 (28.29%) DTS
13 57 (27.80%) Windows Server 2008
14 53 (25.85%) Finance
14 53 (25.85%) SQL Server 2000
15 52 (25.37%) MS Excel
16 50 (24.39%) Windows Server 2003
17 45 (21.95%) Migration
18 40 (19.51%) Disaster Recovery
19 39 (19.02%) SQL Server 2012
20 35 (17.07%) Oracle
21 26 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
22 23 (11.22%) BizTalk Server
23 22 (10.73%) Oracle 8/8i
24 20 (9.756%) Data Warehouse
24 20 (9.756%) ETL
24 20 (9.756%) Microsoft Certification
25 19 (9.268%) OLTP
25 19 (9.268%) ITIL

Senior SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (6.341%) .NET
2 12 (5.854%) Middleware
3 6 (2.927%) COM
4 3 (1.463%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.976%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.976%) MDX
6 1 (0.488%) OC4J
6 1 (0.488%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.488%) jQuery
6 1 (0.488%) Oracle Streams
6 1 (0.488%) CSS
6 1 (0.488%) XML
6 1 (0.488%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 23 (11.22%) BizTalk Server
2 12 (5.854%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.951%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (1.463%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.488%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.488%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.488%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 52 (25.37%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.976%) MS Office
3 1 (0.488%) PowerPivot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.927%) HTTP
2 5 (2.439%) HTTPS
2 5 (2.439%) SAN
3 4 (1.951%) Broadband
4 1 (0.488%) DNS
4 1 (0.488%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (92.20%) SQL Server
2 127 (61.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 120 (58.54%) SQL Server 2008
4 118 (57.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 109 (53.17%) SQL Server 2005
6 88 (42.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 58 (28.29%) DTS
8 53 (25.85%) SQL Server 2000
9 39 (19.02%) SQL Server 2012
10 22 (10.73%) Oracle 8/8i
11 20 (9.756%) Data Warehouse
12 19 (9.268%) OLTP
13 17 (8.293%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 17 (8.293%) RDBMS
14 10 (4.878%) OLAP
14 10 (4.878%) Oracle 11g
15 6 (2.927%) MySQL
15 6 (2.927%) Oracle 10g
16 5 (2.439%) SAP Data Services
17 2 (0.976%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (0.976%) Visual Studio
1 2 (0.976%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.488%) Oracle APEX
General
1 53 (25.85%) Finance
2 12 (5.854%) Retail
3 8 (3.902%) Banking
4 7 (3.415%) Law
5 4 (1.951%) Legal
6 3 (1.463%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.976%) Front Office
7 2 (0.976%) Back Office
8 1 (0.488%) Marketing
8 1 (0.488%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 100 (48.78%) Replication
2 77 (37.56%) Clustering
3 10 (4.878%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.390%) NHS
5 5 (2.439%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.463%) Statistics
7 2 (0.976%) Equities
7 2 (0.976%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.976%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.976%) Derivative
8 1 (0.488%) New Media
8 1 (0.488%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.488%) IPTV
8 1 (0.488%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.488%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.488%) Video on Demand
8 1 (0.488%) SaaS
8 1 (0.488%) Data Extraction
8 1 (0.488%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 77 (37.56%) Windows
2 57 (27.80%) Windows Server 2008
3 50 (24.39%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (5.854%) UNIX
5 10 (4.878%) Windows 7
6 8 (3.902%) Windows 2000
7 6 (2.927%) Linux
8 4 (1.951%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (21.95%) Migration
2 40 (19.51%) Disaster Recovery
3 26 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
4 20 (9.756%) ETL
5 19 (9.268%) ITIL
6 18 (8.780%) Data Analysis
6 18 (8.780%) Capacity Planning
7 12 (5.854%) SOA
8 11 (5.366%) Load Balancing
8 11 (5.366%) High Availability
8 11 (5.366%) Data Transformation
8 11 (5.366%) Database Security
8 11 (5.366%) E-Commerce
9 8 (3.902%) Change Management
9 8 (3.902%) Scrum
10 7 (3.415%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (3.415%) Data Architecture
10 7 (3.415%) Data Security
10 7 (3.415%) Risk Management
11 6 (2.927%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 188 (91.71%) SQL
2 105 (51.22%) T-SQL
3 9 (4.390%) Perl
4 8 (3.902%) PL/SQL
5 5 (2.439%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.951%) PHP
6 4 (1.951%) VBScript
7 3 (1.463%) Python
7 3 (1.463%) C#
7 3 (1.463%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.976%) Korn
9 1 (0.488%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.488%) Java
9 1 (0.488%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (9.756%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (5.854%) Degree
3 7 (3.415%) MCDBA
4 6 (2.927%) MCTS
5 5 (2.439%) MCITP
6 3 (1.463%) MCSE
7 2 (0.976%) MCPD
8 1 (0.488%) OCP
8 1 (0.488%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.488%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.488%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.878%) PCI DSS
2 7 (3.415%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.951%) SLA
3 4 (1.951%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (0.976%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.976%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.488%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 3 (1.463%) SCOM
2 2 (0.976%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.488%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (0.488%) HP SIM
3 1 (0.488%) HP Data Protector
3 1 (0.488%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 67 (32.68%) Microsoft
2 35 (17.07%) Oracle
3 8 (3.902%) Sybase
4 5 (2.439%) Twitter
5 4 (1.951%) Embarcadero
5 4 (1.951%) IBM
5 4 (1.951%) Cognos
6 3 (1.463%) Red Gate
7 1 (0.488%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.488%) HP
7 1 (0.488%) EMC
7 1 (0.488%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.488%) Sophos
Glasgow, Scotland
Key Technologies - SQL Server 2005/2008/2012- SQL DBA experience- SSIS/SSRS This role is a great opportunity for the right candidate to have a real input in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40 - £50 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Key Technologies - SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 -Oracle - SQL DBA experience- SSIS/SSRS This is a good opportunity be work within the Global IT team based in Glasgow.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, North West
POSITION OVERVIEW: The Senior Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for the entire SQL database environment, the necessary planning, design, installation, and management of all databases, the tools to...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + car, pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
You also be involved in SQL Development so good TSQL coding ability is also required. The successful Senior DBA (Database Administrator) will have the following key skills: *At...
Venturi
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + 30%bonus / benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
This is a SQL development DBA role (standard hours of work are normal office hours Mon-Fri with no formal on call or weekend requirement). Requirements (Essential) Enthusiastic...
Salt
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Car, Bonus, Pension, 5 weeks holiday
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
The successful candidate will possess strong SQL Server DBA experience and experience in managing multiple MS SQL 2000 & 2005 RDBMS on large systems, alongside a thorough knowledge of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £42000 - £45000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The SQL DBA will be someone who both creative and results-orientated; alert to quality and standards; logical; systematic, precise, careful, shrewd, probing, objective, reserved, serious, self-starting,...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £55000.00 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Central London / West End
KEY SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / 2012. Strong T-SQL. Strong SQL Server replication skills (Transactional and Peer to Peer) Administrative experience of Microsoft Windows Server...
Totaljobs Group.
Salary: Competitive Salary plus 29 days holiday & Group Pension Scheme
Posted: 23 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Senior Database Administrator - REQUIRED Minimum 5 to 7 years SQL Server 2005/2008 experience... First degree in computer sciences or related subject... SSIS/SSAS... Understanding Oracle PL/SQL...
Search Consultancy
Posted: 21 May 2013
Central London / West End
KEY SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / 2012. Strong T-SQL. Strong SQL Server replication skills (Transactional and Peer to Peer) Administrative experience of Microsoft Windows Server...
Totaljobs Group.
Salary: Competitive Salary plus 29 days holiday & Group Pension Scheme
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
A major UK commercial law firm require an experienced SQL Server DBA to join their IT Operations team based in the City of London.Experience Required:-*Proven SQL...
Hudson IT London
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + excellent package
Posted: 9 May 2013
Central London / West End
KEY SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / 2012. Strong T-SQL. Strong SQL Server replication skills (Transactional and Peer to Peer) Administrative experience of Microsoft Windows Server...
Totaljobs Group.
Salary: Competitive Salary plus 29 days holiday & Group Pension Scheme
Posted: 23 May 2013