Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for the SQL Server DBA role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 SQL Server Database Administrator
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank271361
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+90
Matching permanent IT job ads429922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.630 %0.462 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.694 %0.504 %
Salaries quoted369770
Average salary£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£31,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500
IT Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
61844182955
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK90.83 %91.72 %
Salaries quoted51383150133
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

SQL Server DBA
Demand Trend

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

SQL Server DBA Demand Trend

SQL Server DBA
Salary Trend

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

SQL Server DBA Salary Trend

SQL Server DBA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server DBA over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

SQL Server DBA Salary Histogram

SQL Server 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 SQL Server DBA within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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+90422£39,000-2.50 %
LondonUp+28127£40,000-15.78 %
South EastUp+11384£40,000+5.26 %
East MidlandsUp+7547£40,000+7.38 %
North WestUp+13446£34,975-4.82 %
YorkshireUp+11246£40,000+14.28 %
East of EnglandUp+8342£42,500+21.42 %
South YorkshireUp+8430£45,000+87.50 %
City of LondonUp+2329£42,500-10.52 %
NottinghamshireUp+5126£42,500+9.67 %
NottinghamUp+4026£42,500+21.42 %
BerkshireUp+12625£45,000-3.22 %
ManchesterUp+10124£33,500-18.29 %
HampshireUp+9121£35,000-
SheffieldUp+4917£45,000+87.50 %
South WestUp+3517£37,500+7.14 %
West MidlandsUp+6214£47,500+18.75 %
West SussexUp+912£33,250+14.05 %
SurreyUp+8511£35,000-20.45 %
CambridgeshireUp+7411£42,500-15.00 %
LancashireUp+4211£35,000+0.71 %
HertfordshireUp+589£50,000+5.26 %
PrestonUp+238£35,000+7.69 %
SuffolkUp+238£35,000-4.10 %
EssexUp+228£45,000+28.57 %
West YorkshireUp+597£39,000+7.58 %
CambridgeUp+537£42,500-5.55 %
WinchesterUp+147£40,000+33.33 %
NorwichNew entry-7£37,500-
NorfolkNew entry-7£37,500-

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK that cited SQL Server 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 SQL Server DBA in their job title.

1952 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2665 (69.85 %)SQL
3661 (69.43 %)SQL Server 2005
4377 (39.60 %)SQL Server 2000
5360 (37.82 %)T-SQL
6320 (33.61 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7310 (32.56 %)Microsoft
8287 (30.15 %)Replication
9244 (25.63 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10193 (20.27 %)DTS
11192 (20.17 %)SQL Server 2008
12174 (18.28 %)Windows
13162 (17.02 %)MS Excel
13162 (17.02 %)Clustering
14154 (16.18 %)Microsoft Certification
15153 (16.07 %)Finance
16137 (14.39 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
17132 (13.87 %).NET
17132 (13.87 %)Oracle
18113 (11.87 %)Disaster Recovery
1998 (10.29 %)Business Intelligence
2089 (9.349 %)MCDBA
2187 (9.139 %)Datawarehouse
2281 (8.508 %)Degree
2369 (7.248 %)SAN
2460 (6.303 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
2558 (6.092 %)Windows Server 2003
2654 (5.672 %)ETL
2654 (5.672 %)ASP.NET
2654 (5.672 %)Migration

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK that cited SQL Server 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 SQL Server DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1132 (13.87 %).NET
254 (5.672 %)ASP.NET
328 (2.941 %)ASP
423 (2.416 %)XML
519 (1.996 %)MDX
68 (0.840 %)WebServices
76 (0.630 %).NET Framework
85 (0.525 %)HTML
94 (0.420 %)WSH
94 (0.420 %)XSLT
102 (0.210 %)CSS
111 (0.105 %)LINQ
111 (0.105 %)LAMP
111 (0.105 %)AJAX
111 (0.105 %)WebSphere
111 (0.105 %)WMI
111 (0.105 %)DHTML
111 (0.105 %)SOAP
111 (0.105 %)ADO.NET
111 (0.105 %)J2EE
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
140 (4.202 %)IIS
233 (3.466 %)SharePoint
319 (1.996 %)SharePoint Server 2007
411 (1.155 %)BizTalk Server
59 (0.945 %)MS Exchange
66 (0.630 %)Exchange Server 2003
75 (0.525 %)Apache
83 (0.315 %)Oracle Application Server
92 (0.210 %)SAS
92 (0.210 %)DotNetNuke
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1162 (17.02 %)MS Excel
27 (0.735 %)CA Clarity
34 (0.420 %)MS Visio
34 (0.420 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.525 %)SageBI
15 (0.525 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.315 %)Cognos Controller
32 (0.210 %)Oracle 11i
32 (0.210 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.105 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.105 %)Dynamics AX
41 (0.105 %)ResourceLink
41 (0.105 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.105 %)Great Plains
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
169 (7.248 %)SAN
223 (2.416 %)Internet
319 (1.996 %)Intranet
42 (0.210 %)VoIP
42 (0.210 %)SMTP
51 (0.105 %)NAS
51 (0.105 %)SSL
51 (0.105 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1952 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2661 (69.43 %)SQL Server 2005
3377 (39.60 %)SQL Server 2000
4320 (33.61 %)SQL Server Integration Services
5244 (25.63 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6193 (20.27 %)DTS
7192 (20.17 %)SQL Server 2008
8137 (14.39 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
987 (9.139 %)Datawarehouse
1060 (6.303 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1154 (5.672 %)ETL
1244 (4.622 %)OLAP
1340 (4.202 %)RDBMS
1430 (3.151 %)Oracle 9i
1527 (2.836 %)MySQL
1527 (2.836 %)Oracle 10g
1626 (2.731 %)Crystal Reports
1724 (2.521 %)OLTP
1816 (1.681 %)Oracle 11g
1913 (1.366 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
127 (2.836 %)Visual Studio
210 (1.050 %)Team Foundation Server
33 (0.315 %)Oracle Forms
42 (0.210 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.105 %)Synon
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1153 (16.07 %)Finance
250 (5.252 %)Health
342 (4.412 %)Pensions
441 (4.307 %)Banking
533 (3.466 %)Insurance
620 (2.101 %)Legal
717 (1.786 %)Publishing
816 (1.681 %)Investment Banking
914 (1.471 %)Auditing
1013 (1.366 %)Telecoms
1112 (1.261 %)Games
1112 (1.261 %)Law
1211 (1.155 %)Retail
1310 (1.050 %)Marketing
147 (0.735 %)Construction
156 (0.630 %)Financial Institution
164 (0.420 %)Education
164 (0.420 %)Government
172 (0.210 %)Advertising
181 (0.105 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1287 (30.15 %)Replication
2162 (17.02 %)Clustering
319 (1.996 %)Derivative
411 (1.155 %)Statistics
510 (1.050 %)Management Information System
66 (0.630 %)Client/Server
66 (0.630 %)Credit Derivative
75 (0.525 %)Computer Science
75 (0.525 %)N-Tier
83 (0.315 %)Fixed Income
92 (0.210 %)PMI
92 (0.210 %)Data Conversion
101 (0.105 %)Data Extraction
101 (0.105 %)Contract for Difference
101 (0.105 %)Spread Betting
101 (0.105 %)Data Protection Act
101 (0.105 %)SCADA
101 (0.105 %)Equities
101 (0.105 %)PKI
101 (0.105 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1174 (18.28 %)Windows
258 (6.092 %)Windows Server 2003
335 (3.676 %)Windows 2000 Server
422 (2.311 %)Linux
520 (2.101 %)UNIX
68 (0.840 %)Windows XP
68 (0.840 %)Solaris
76 (0.630 %)Windows Server 2008
85 (0.525 %)Windows 2000
93 (0.315 %)Windows Vista
93 (0.315 %)AIX
93 (0.315 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1113 (11.87 %)Disaster Recovery
298 (10.29 %)Business Intelligence
354 (5.672 %)Migration
432 (3.361 %)ITIL
529 (3.046 %)Change Management
625 (2.626 %)Problem Management
724 (2.521 %)Data Security
823 (2.416 %)E-Commerce
921 (2.206 %)User Acceptance Testing
1019 (1.996 %)CRM
1116 (1.681 %)Service Delivery
1214 (1.471 %)Project Planning
1214 (1.471 %)Data Migration
1313 (1.366 %)Data Management
1412 (1.261 %)Data Modelling
1511 (1.155 %)Business Continuity
1610 (1.050 %)Incident Management
1610 (1.050 %)Project Management
178 (0.840 %)Service Management
187 (0.735 %)Time Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1665 (69.85 %)SQL
2360 (37.82 %)T-SQL
347 (4.937 %)C#
430 (3.151 %)VB.NET
520 (2.101 %)VB
612 (1.261 %)C
710 (1.050 %)VBScript
88 (0.840 %)PL/SQL
88 (0.840 %)VBA
97 (0.735 %)Java
106 (0.630 %)Shell Script
106 (0.630 %)C++
115 (0.525 %)Perl
122 (0.210 %)PHP
122 (0.210 %)JavaScript
122 (0.210 %)Delphi
131 (0.105 %)VB6
131 (0.105 %)JCL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1154 (16.18 %)Microsoft Certification
289 (9.349 %)MCDBA
381 (8.508 %)Degree
440 (4.202 %)MCITP
523 (2.416 %)MCTS
619 (1.996 %)Security Cleared
714 (1.471 %)MCP
86 (0.630 %)SC Cleared
94 (0.420 %)MCSE
94 (0.420 %)HND
102 (0.210 %)PMI Certification
102 (0.210 %)MCSD
111 (0.105 %)OCP
111 (0.105 %)Oracle Certification
111 (0.105 %)Sun Certification
111 (0.105 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.366 %)QA
22 (0.210 %)SLA
22 (0.210 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
127 (2.836 %)Active Directory
218 (1.891 %)Oracle RAC
313 (1.366 %)LiteSpeed
49 (0.945 %)Oracle RMAN
55 (0.525 %)VMware Infrastructure
64 (0.420 %)Samba
71 (0.105 %)NetBackup
71 (0.105 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (0.840 %)Data Guard
21 (0.105 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1310 (32.56 %)Microsoft
2132 (13.87 %)Oracle
321 (2.206 %)Citrix
416 (1.681 %)VMware
515 (1.576 %)Sybase
68 (0.840 %)Dundas
77 (0.735 %)Business Objects
77 (0.735 %)Cognos
85 (0.525 %)Primavera
85 (0.525 %)Sage
94 (0.420 %)BMC
94 (0.420 %)Peregrine
94 (0.420 %)IBM
103 (0.315 %)HP
112 (0.210 %)Remedy
121 (0.105 %)ProClarity
121 (0.105 %)Brocade
121 (0.105 %)Charles River
121 (0.105 %)Veritas
121 (0.105 %)CODA