The first table below looks at the demand for the DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian 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 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 advertised for the West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 5.660% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.714% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £52,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
All Job Titles
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
105 120 266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 99.06% 95.24% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 29 87 190
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
Scotland

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian DBA Salary Trend

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 West Lothian region 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
Livingston - 6 £52,500 -
DBA
Scotland

DBA
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 8 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (87.50%) PL/SQL
2 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 7 (87.50%) UNIX
2 7 (87.50%) Oracle 9i
2 7 (87.50%) RDBMS
2 7 (87.50%) Oracle 10g
2 7 (87.50%) Sun
2 7 (87.50%) Shell Script
2 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 7 (87.50%) Oracle RAC
2 7 (87.50%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (87.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (62.50%) OLTP
3 5 (62.50%) Data Management
3 5 (62.50%) Project Planning
3 5 (62.50%) Volume Testing
3 5 (62.50%) Performance Management
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) E-business
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Replication

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle 9i
1 7 (87.50%) RDBMS
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle 10g
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (62.50%) OLTP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Data Management
2 5 (62.50%) Project Planning
2 5 (62.50%) Volume Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Performance Management
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) PL/SQL
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
1 7 (87.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (87.50%) Sun