The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 advertised for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 80 53 59
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 19 42 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.474% 3.740% 2.986%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.510% 3.850% 3.150%
Number of salaries quoted 19 41 31
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +18.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,950 £27,200 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1258 1091 1111
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 97.60% 97.15% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1127 984 1029
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
DBA
UK

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales DBA Jobs Demand Trend

DBA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DBA across the Wales region.

Wales DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Wales DBA Salary Histogram

DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DBA within the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
South Wales -18 18 £40,000 +14.28% 2
North Wales -1 1 £42,000 +13.51%
DBA
UK

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region that cited 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 DBA in their job title.

1 38 (97.44%) SQL
2 23 (58.97%) Oracle
3 20 (51.28%) SQL Server
4 17 (43.59%) PL/SQL
5 15 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (38.46%) UNIX
5 15 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
6 14 (35.90%) SQL Server 2005
7 12 (30.77%) Oracle Application Server
8 11 (28.21%) Windows
9 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
10 9 (23.08%) MS Excel
10 9 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (20.51%) SQL Server 2012
11 8 (20.51%) sed
11 8 (20.51%) Perl
11 8 (20.51%) WebLogic
11 8 (20.51%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (20.51%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (20.51%) AWK
12 7 (17.95%) Oracle 11g
12 7 (17.95%) Oracle 10g
12 7 (17.95%) MS Office
12 7 (17.95%) MySQL
12 7 (17.95%) Data Guard
12 7 (17.95%) High Availability
13 6 (15.38%) MCDBA
13 6 (15.38%) Oracle 8/8i
13 6 (15.38%) Oracle 9i
13 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region that cited 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 DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.128%) Web Services
1 2 (5.128%) XML
Application Platforms
1 12 (30.77%) Oracle Application Server
2 8 (20.51%) WebLogic
3 4 (10.26%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 9 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 7 (17.95%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.564%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) HTTP
2 3 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (51.28%) SQL Server
2 15 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 15 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (35.90%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (20.51%) SQL Server 2012
5 8 (20.51%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (17.95%) Oracle 11g
6 7 (17.95%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (17.95%) MySQL
7 6 (15.38%) Oracle 8/8i
7 6 (15.38%) Oracle 9i
8 4 (10.26%) SQL Server 2000
8 4 (10.26%) RDBMS
9 1 (2.564%) OLTP
9 1 (2.564%) VLDB
9 1 (2.564%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (5.128%) Finance
1 2 (5.128%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Replication
2 5 (12.82%) Clustering
2 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.692%) Statistics
4 2 (5.128%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 15 (38.46%) UNIX
2 11 (28.21%) Windows
3 3 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.95%) High Availability
2 5 (12.82%) Load Testing
2 5 (12.82%) Data Modelling
2 5 (12.82%) ETL
3 4 (10.26%) ITIL
3 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (7.692%) Information Security
4 3 (7.692%) Project Management
5 2 (5.128%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.128%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 38 (97.44%) SQL
2 17 (43.59%) PL/SQL
3 8 (20.51%) sed
3 8 (20.51%) Perl
3 8 (20.51%) AWK
4 5 (12.82%) T-SQL
5 4 (10.26%) Shell Script
6 2 (5.128%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) MCDBA
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (12.82%) MCITP
3 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (5.128%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Data Guard
2 1 (2.564%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 23 (58.97%) Oracle
2 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.82%) Red Gate
4 4 (10.26%) Veritas
5 1 (2.564%) Cognos
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