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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Administrator
Rank 136 89 105
Rank change year-on-year
-47 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 68 107 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.352% 2.348% 1.822%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.410% 2.450% 1.904%
Number of salaries quoted 60 99 71
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% -17.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,300 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
DBA
England

DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 Midlands region.

West Midlands DBA Salary Trend

DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DBA across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Staffordshire -13 22 £45,000 +23.28%
Coventry -18 15 £41,997 -13.85%
Birmingham -46 11 £42,500 +8.97%
Warwickshire +10 10 £35,000 -26.31%
Wolverhampton +5 5 £35,000 +4.47%
Worcestershire -1 3 £35,000 -14.11%
DBA
England

DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 142 (66.36%) SQL
2 126 (58.88%) SQL Server
3 108 (50.47%) Oracle
4 82 (38.32%) UNIX
5 78 (36.45%) Data Guard
6 64 (29.91%) Oracle RMAN
7 57 (26.64%) SQL Server 2008
8 56 (26.17%) Disaster Recovery
8 56 (26.17%) Oracle 10g
9 55 (25.70%) Oracle 11g
10 53 (24.77%) Replication
11 52 (24.30%) SQL Server 2005
12 51 (23.83%) Finance
13 50 (23.36%) Microsoft
14 47 (21.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 47 (21.96%) Capacity Planning
15 45 (21.03%) Oracle RAC
16 44 (20.56%) Degree
16 44 (20.56%) T-SQL
16 44 (20.56%) ITIL
17 41 (19.16%) Data Warehouse
17 41 (19.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 38 (17.76%) Banking
18 38 (17.76%) PL/SQL
18 38 (17.76%) Shell Script
19 37 (17.29%) Windows
20 33 (15.42%) Solaris
21 32 (14.95%) Business Intelligence
21 32 (14.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
22 28 (13.08%) ETL

DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 7 (3.271%) HTML
2 4 (1.869%) .NET
2 4 (1.869%) ASP
3 2 (0.935%) Middleware
3 2 (0.935%) WSH
3 2 (0.935%) XHTML
3 2 (0.935%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.935%) CSS
3 2 (0.935%) JDBC
3 2 (0.935%) Web Services
3 2 (0.935%) XML
3 2 (0.935%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.467%) ODBC
4 1 (0.467%) TopLink
4 1 (0.467%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.206%) WebLogic
2 8 (3.738%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.738%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (0.935%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.935%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 27 (12.62%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.467%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 16 (7.477%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.336%) SAP Business One
2 5 (2.336%) assyst
3 2 (0.935%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.935%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.467%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.467%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.467%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.467%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.467%) HTTP
1 1 (0.467%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (58.88%) SQL Server
2 57 (26.64%) SQL Server 2008
3 56 (26.17%) Oracle 10g
4 55 (25.70%) Oracle 11g
5 52 (24.30%) SQL Server 2005
6 47 (21.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 41 (19.16%) Data Warehouse
7 41 (19.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 32 (14.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 24 (11.21%) SQL Server 2000
10 23 (10.75%) DTS
11 21 (9.813%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 15 (7.009%) OLTP
13 13 (6.075%) Essbase
13 13 (6.075%) Oracle Discoverer
13 13 (6.075%) Oracle 8/8i
14 12 (5.607%) OLAP
14 12 (5.607%) RDBMS
15 8 (3.738%) Oracle 9i
16 7 (3.271%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (1.869%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (0.935%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.935%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.467%) ProC
General
1 51 (23.83%) Finance
2 38 (17.76%) Banking
3 20 (9.346%) Investment Banking
4 18 (8.411%) Retail
5 14 (6.542%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.336%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.402%) Billing
8 2 (0.935%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 53 (24.77%) Replication
2 22 (10.28%) Clustering
3 4 (1.869%) NHS
3 4 (1.869%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.402%) Speech Recognition
5 2 (0.935%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.467%) Open Source
6 1 (0.467%) Semantic Web
6 1 (0.467%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 82 (38.32%) UNIX
2 37 (17.29%) Windows
3 33 (15.42%) Solaris
4 17 (7.944%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (7.944%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (5.607%) Linux
6 6 (2.804%) AIX
7 5 (2.336%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.467%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (26.17%) Disaster Recovery
2 47 (21.96%) Capacity Planning
3 44 (20.56%) ITIL
4 32 (14.95%) Business Intelligence
5 28 (13.08%) ETL
6 25 (11.68%) Migration
7 22 (10.28%) Database Tuning
8 18 (8.411%) Database Security
9 16 (7.477%) Root Cause Analysis
9 16 (7.477%) Incident Management
10 14 (6.542%) Risk Analysis
11 9 (4.206%) Resource Management
12 8 (3.738%) Data Management
13 4 (1.869%) Data Modelling
13 4 (1.869%) Data Migration
13 4 (1.869%) Agile Software Development
14 3 (1.402%) User Acceptance Testing
14 3 (1.402%) Analytics
14 3 (1.402%) Capacity Management
14 3 (1.402%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 142 (66.36%) SQL
2 44 (20.56%) T-SQL
3 38 (17.76%) PL/SQL
3 38 (17.76%) Shell Script
4 6 (2.804%) Java
4 6 (2.804%) C#
5 5 (2.336%) VBScript
5 5 (2.336%) VB
6 4 (1.869%) PHP
7 3 (1.402%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.935%) VC++
8 2 (0.935%) C
8 2 (0.935%) C++
8 2 (0.935%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.935%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.467%) Korn
9 1 (0.467%) VBA
9 1 (0.467%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (20.56%) Degree
2 15 (7.009%) SC Cleared
2 15 (7.009%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.738%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (3.271%) OCP
4 7 (3.271%) Oracle Certification
5 5 (2.336%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.869%) MCDBA
7 1 (0.467%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.336%) SLA
2 3 (1.402%) QA
3 2 (0.935%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 64 (29.91%) Oracle RMAN
2 45 (21.03%) Oracle RAC
3 11 (5.140%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.402%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 78 (36.45%) Data Guard
2 25 (11.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 14 (6.542%) BladeLogic
4 5 (2.336%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 4 (1.869%) Foglight
6 2 (0.935%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 108 (50.47%) Oracle
2 50 (23.36%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.542%) Hyperion
4 13 (6.075%) Fujitsu
5 11 (5.140%) VMware
6 9 (4.206%) Sybase
7 6 (2.804%) SAP
8 4 (1.869%) Sun
9 3 (1.402%) Citrix
10 2 (0.935%) Ab Initio
10 2 (0.935%) SeeBeyond
10 2 (0.935%) Red Gate
11 1 (0.467%) Facebook
11 1 (0.467%) Twitter
11 1 (0.467%) Business Objects
11 1 (0.467%) Pegasus
West Midlands
A SQL Server DBA Team Leader is required to join the IT Team of my client in the West Midlands. You will need to be an experienced SQL...
Computer Futures
Salary: £44000 - £46000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
SQL Developer DBA role offering £40-55k plus Bonus and Benefits based in Staffordshire, West Midlands. Our client are recruiting for an experienced SQL Server Developer with DBA...
Smart Sourcing
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum Excellent Bonus and Benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
SQL Server DBA... - Experience of managing multiple SQL 2000/2005 RDBMS in a large scale, high volume OLTP environment supporting transactional replication and log shipping . - SQL Server Replication -...
Smart Sourcing
Salary: Unspecified Highly negotiable salary plus Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
SQL Server Developer required for expanding privately owned company based in Shirley Solihull... They would like you to be to be familiar with DML, as well as DDL,...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Salary Dependant On Experience
Posted: 23 May 2013
West Midlands
The successful candidate will possess strong SQL Server DBA experience and experience in managing multiple MS SQL 2000 & 2005 RDBMS on large systems, alongside a thorough knowledge of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £42000 - £45000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Knowledge of UNIX/OE/Red Hat Linux operating systems and TCP/IP networking protocol is essential, with a thorough understanding of product licensing terms for both Oracle and...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
This is a SQL development DBA role (standard hours of work are normal office hours Mon-Fri with no formal on call or weekend requirement). Requirements (Essential) Enthusiastic...
Salt
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Car, Bonus, Pension, 5 weeks holiday
Posted: 21 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
Knowledge of UNIX/OE/Red Hat Linux operating systems and TCP/IP networking protocol is essential, with a thorough understanding of product licensing terms for both Oracle and...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
You should have experience of: Gathering requirements and proficiency in developing complex database solutions from informal specifications Experience of large transactional databases (100GB+) Excellent TSQL Good knowledge of...
Salt
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Car, Bonus, Pension, 5 weeks holiday
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
REQUIREMENTS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES: Substantial industry experience in database design and administration required Experience in T-SQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2012 required... Experience with...
Salt
Salary: £45000 per annum + Work From Home
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
The technical environment will include Oracle 10 and 11, Dataguard, RMAN, Golden Gate, Oracle RDBMS, Oracle E-business Suite... Ideally you will have the following skills and experience: -...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £48,000 per annum Up to £48k plus bonus plus bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
They are ideally looking for IT Graduates who have achieved a First Class Degree or 2.1 to join the team... Any type of IT/ Computer Science Degree...
Smart Sourcing
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 24 May 2013