The first table below looks at the demand for Database Tuning skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Database Tuning over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Tuning
Rank 194 174 171
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -3
Permanent jobs citing Database Tuning 10 10 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.200% 0.220% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.266% 0.317% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 1
Average salary £45,000 £36,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.28% -1.35%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3758 3153 2910
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.04% 69.45% 68.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3151 2731 2451
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Database Tuning
England

Database Tuning
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Database Tuning across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Database Tuning Jobs Demand Trend

Database Tuning
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Database Tuning across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Database Tuning Salary Trend

Database Tuning
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Database Tuning within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Staffordshire +3 10 £45,000 +23.28%
Database Tuning
England

Database Tuning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Database Tuning also 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 that cited Database Tuning.

1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 23 (95.83%) SQL Server 2005
2 23 (95.83%) SQL
2 23 (95.83%) Microsoft
2 23 (95.83%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (70.83%) Replication
4 17 (70.83%) Clustering
4 17 (70.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 17 (70.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 17 (70.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (70.83%) DTS
4 17 (70.83%) ITIL
4 17 (70.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 14 (58.33%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (54.17%) MS Excel
6 13 (54.17%) T-SQL
6 13 (54.17%) ETL
6 13 (54.17%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (29.17%) OLTP
7 7 (29.17%) OLAP
7 7 (29.17%) Database Security
8 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
8 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (25.00%) VMware
9 4 (16.67%) SLA
9 4 (16.67%) NHS
9 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
9 4 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
10 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering

Database Tuning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Database Tuning also 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 that cited Database Tuning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 13 (54.17%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 23 (95.83%) SQL Server 2005
2 23 (95.83%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (70.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (70.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 17 (70.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 17 (70.83%) DTS
3 17 (70.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 14 (58.33%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (29.17%) OLTP
5 7 (29.17%) OLAP
6 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
7 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 24 (100.00%) DBA
2 23 (95.83%) SQL DBA
3 18 (75.00%) Administrator
4 17 (70.83%) Teradata DBA
5 5 (20.83%) SQL Server DBA
6 4 (16.67%) Senior SQL DBA
6 4 (16.67%) Senior DBA
Miscellaneous
1 17 (70.83%) Replication
1 17 (70.83%) Clustering
2 4 (16.67%) NHS
3 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (70.83%) ITIL
3 13 (54.17%) ETL
3 13 (54.17%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (29.17%) Database Security
5 4 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
7 1 (4.167%) BCP
7 1 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.167%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (4.167%) Business Continuity
7 1 (4.167%) MVC
7 1 (4.167%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 23 (95.83%) SQL
2 13 (54.17%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.167%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 23 (95.83%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) VMware