Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below 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 12 March 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.

 SQL Server Database Administrator
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank359295337
Rank change year-on-year
Down-64Up+42
Matching permanent IT job ads3784871023
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.452 %0.566 %0.507 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.485 %0.605 %0.538 %
Salaries quoted314388882
Average salary£42,500£42,500£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+2.400 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,900£31,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.500 %-
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7799880456190229
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.20 %93.58 %94.35 %
Salaries quoted6452666209155189
Average salary£40,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.190 %-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£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-

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 12 March 2010 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 12 March 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
EnglandDown-49374£42,500-
LondonDown-62180£46,000-3.15 %
City of LondonDown-3972£43,500-8.42 %
South EastUp+1556£42,500-
East of EnglandUp+1031£37,500-10.71 %
West MidlandsUp+2128£39,000+2.63 %
North WestDown-2125£39,500+4.63 %
South WestUp+824£37,500+11.94 %
East MidlandsUp+1220£40,000-
CambridgeshireUp+1016£37,500-6.25 %
HampshireUp+3215£32,500-
SurreyDown-115£42,500-3.40 %
WiltshireUp+214£36,250+6.61 %
YorkshireDown-1414£35,000-12.50 %
CheshireUp+2413£39,500-3.06 %
CambridgeDown-113£31,500+21.15 %
WinchesterNew entry-13£32,500-
South YorkshireUp+1612£35,000-22.22 %
NottinghamshireUp+1111£43,750+9.37 %
BerkshireUp+411£45,000+9.09 %
ManchesterDown-2911£32,500-10.95 %
WarwickshireNew entry-10£39,000-
StaffordshireUp+108£43,500+33.84 %
BirminghamUp+227£32,500-26.96 %
DerbyshireUp+177£37,000+62.63 %
SheffieldUp+137£45,000-
GloucestershireUp+87£39,000+46.47 %
NottinghamUp+57£42,500+6.25 %
EssexUp+196£55,000+15.78 %
West SussexUp+186£45,000-

SQL Server DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, 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.

1756 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2536 (70.90 %)SQL
3463 (61.24 %)SQL Server 2005
4314 (41.53 %)T-SQL
5271 (35.85 %)SQL Server 2000
5271 (35.85 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6232 (30.69 %)SQL Server 2008
7219 (28.97 %)Replication
8215 (28.44 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9189 (25.00 %)Windows
10187 (24.74 %)Microsoft
11162 (21.43 %)Finance
12157 (20.77 %)Clustering
13152 (20.11 %)DTS
14148 (19.58 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
15145 (19.18 %)Oracle
16126 (16.67 %).NET
17111 (14.68 %)Datawarehouse
1894 (12.43 %)Windows Server 2003
1988 (11.64 %)Microsoft Certification
2087 (11.51 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
2171 (9.392 %)MS Excel
2270 (9.259 %)Oracle 10g
2368 (8.995 %)C#
2467 (8.862 %)Business Intelligence
2467 (8.862 %)Migration
2562 (8.201 %)MCDBA
2659 (7.804 %)Oracle 8/8i
2659 (7.804 %)Banking
2756 (7.407 %)UNIX

SQL Server DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1126 (16.67 %).NET
232 (4.233 %)ASP.NET
316 (2.116 %)XML
414 (1.852 %).NET Framework
513 (1.720 %)HTML
610 (1.323 %)CSS
77 (0.926 %)J2EE
86 (0.794 %)WebSphere
95 (0.661 %)Web Services
104 (0.529 %)Spring
104 (0.529 %)XSLT
104 (0.529 %)ASP
113 (0.397 %)ADO.NET
113 (0.397 %)SOAP
113 (0.397 %)AJAX
122 (0.265 %)MDX
122 (0.265 %)EDI
122 (0.265 %)XHTML
131 (0.132 %)Oracle Streams
131 (0.132 %)WPF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
131 (4.101 %)IIS
220 (2.646 %)BizTalk Server
319 (2.513 %)SAS
413 (1.720 %)Oracle Workflow
413 (1.720 %)SharePoint
413 (1.720 %)Tomcat
59 (1.190 %)SharePoint Server 2007
68 (1.058 %)Apache
73 (0.397 %)WebLogic
82 (0.265 %)Exchange Server 2007
82 (0.265 %)ESB
82 (0.265 %)MS Exchange
91 (0.132 %)MQSeries
91 (0.132 %)Oracle Application Server
91 (0.132 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
171 (9.392 %)MS Excel
214 (1.852 %)MS Visio
34 (0.529 %)MS Office
42 (0.265 %)FastStats
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.397 %)Oracle 11i
22 (0.265 %)Dynamics AX
31 (0.132 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
150 (6.614 %)SAN
215 (1.984 %)Internet
310 (1.323 %)WAN
45 (0.661 %)NAS
52 (0.265 %)Wireless
52 (0.265 %)SMTP
52 (0.265 %)Intranet
61 (0.132 %)DNS
61 (0.132 %)Broadband
61 (0.132 %)Firewall
61 (0.132 %)iSCSI
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1756 (100.00 %)SQL Server
2463 (61.24 %)SQL Server 2005
3271 (35.85 %)SQL Server 2000
3271 (35.85 %)SQL Server Integration Services
4232 (30.69 %)SQL Server 2008
5215 (28.44 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6152 (20.11 %)DTS
7148 (19.58 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
8111 (14.68 %)Datawarehouse
987 (11.51 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1070 (9.259 %)Oracle 10g
1159 (7.804 %)Oracle 8/8i
1248 (6.349 %)Crystal Reports
1346 (6.085 %)MySQL
1441 (5.423 %)Oracle 11g
1441 (5.423 %)ETL
1539 (5.159 %)Oracle 9i
1638 (5.026 %)OLAP
1730 (3.968 %)Oracle Reports
1828 (3.704 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
117 (2.249 %)Visual Studio
26 (0.794 %)Oracle Forms
34 (0.529 %)Team Foundation Server
34 (0.529 %)ERwin
42 (0.265 %)Oracle Designer/2000
42 (0.265 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.132 %)ClearCase
51 (0.132 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1162 (21.43 %)Finance
259 (7.804 %)Banking
334 (4.497 %)Pensions
425 (3.307 %)Investment Banking
517 (2.249 %)Insurance
517 (2.249 %)Health
613 (1.720 %)Education
613 (1.720 %)Retail
711 (1.455 %)Financial Institution
711 (1.455 %)Telecoms
711 (1.455 %)Games
711 (1.455 %)Construction
89 (1.190 %)Marketing
97 (0.926 %)Auditing
97 (0.926 %)Back Office
105 (0.661 %)Front Office
105 (0.661 %)Automotive
114 (0.529 %)Government
114 (0.529 %)Law
123 (0.397 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1219 (28.97 %)Replication
2157 (20.77 %)Clustering
315 (1.984 %)Derivative
413 (1.720 %)Computer Science
512 (1.587 %)Statistics
69 (1.190 %)Management Information System
69 (1.190 %)Social Network
78 (1.058 %)Contract for Difference
78 (1.058 %)Spread Betting
78 (1.058 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
85 (0.661 %)Equity Derivative
85 (0.661 %)Fixed Income
94 (0.529 %)Equities
103 (0.397 %)CLARiiON
103 (0.397 %)Symmetrix
103 (0.397 %)AS400
103 (0.397 %)Data Integration
112 (0.265 %)Open Source
121 (0.132 %)N-Tier
121 (0.132 %)FMCG
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1189 (25.00 %)Windows
294 (12.43 %)Windows Server 2003
356 (7.407 %)UNIX
452 (6.878 %)Linux
542 (5.556 %)Windows Server 2008
618 (2.381 %)Windows 2000
716 (2.116 %)Windows 2000 Server
815 (1.984 %)Red Hat Linux
815 (1.984 %)HPUX
914 (1.852 %)Windows XP
1012 (1.587 %)Solaris
114 (0.529 %)Debian
114 (0.529 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
167 (8.862 %)Business Intelligence
167 (8.862 %)Migration
251 (6.746 %)Disaster Recovery
343 (5.688 %)Capacity Planning
440 (5.291 %)ITIL
524 (3.175 %)User Acceptance Testing
623 (3.042 %)E-Commerce
720 (2.646 %)Database Tuning
818 (2.381 %)Release Management
917 (2.249 %)Performance Management
917 (2.249 %)Data Migration
917 (2.249 %)Workflow
1012 (1.587 %)Configuration Management
1012 (1.587 %)Data Analysis
1012 (1.587 %)Incident Management
1012 (1.587 %)Service Delivery
1111 (1.455 %)Technical Architecture
1111 (1.455 %)SOA
1111 (1.455 %)Investment Management
1111 (1.455 %)Time Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1536 (70.90 %)SQL
2314 (41.53 %)T-SQL
368 (8.995 %)C#
447 (6.217 %)VB
543 (5.688 %)VBScript
632 (4.233 %)PL/SQL
725 (3.307 %)C
819 (2.513 %)VB.NET
819 (2.513 %)Shell Script
913 (1.720 %)Java
1011 (1.455 %)PowerShell
1110 (1.323 %)C++
128 (1.058 %)Perl
128 (1.058 %)VBA
137 (0.926 %)JavaScript
145 (0.661 %)FoxPro (VFP)
154 (0.529 %)Delphi
162 (0.265 %)Bash shell
162 (0.265 %)Korn
162 (0.265 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
188 (11.64 %)Microsoft Certification
262 (8.201 %)MCDBA
353 (7.011 %)Degree
429 (3.836 %)MCSE
526 (3.439 %)MCITP
622 (2.910 %)MCTS
720 (2.646 %)MCSA
811 (1.455 %)Security Cleared
96 (0.794 %)SC Cleared
102 (0.265 %)MCP
111 (0.132 %)OCP
111 (0.132 %)OCA
111 (0.132 %)Oracle Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (2.381 %)QA
212 (1.587 %)SLA
32 (0.265 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
147 (6.217 %)Oracle RMAN
214 (1.852 %)Oracle RAC
313 (1.720 %)Active Directory
47 (0.926 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.397 %)SRDF
62 (0.265 %)LiteSpeed
71 (0.132 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (1.852 %)Data Guard
24 (0.529 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
33 (0.397 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (0.132 %)Tivoli
41 (0.132 %)SCCM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1187 (24.74 %)Microsoft
2145 (19.18 %)Oracle
331 (4.101 %)Sybase
424 (3.175 %)VMware
515 (1.984 %)Red Hat
612 (1.587 %)Citrix
612 (1.587 %)HP
79 (1.190 %)JBoss
79 (1.190 %)NetApp
87 (0.926 %)Remedy
96 (0.794 %)BladeLogic
104 (0.529 %)BMC
104 (0.529 %)IBM
113 (0.397 %)EMC
113 (0.397 %)Sun
122 (0.265 %)Anite
122 (0.265 %)Siemens
122 (0.265 %)Mercator
122 (0.265 %)Business Objects
122 (0.265 %)Cognos