The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle 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 Oracle DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Database Administrator
Rank 176 172 161
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 27 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.539% 0.199% 0.269%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.562% 0.208% 0.281%
Number of salaries quoted 25 9 10
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -5.26%
UK excluding London average salary £40,995 £42,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year
-3.54% -2.85%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4801 4333 3917
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.83% 95.99% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4003 3790 3340
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £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%
Oracle DBA
England

Oracle DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Oracle DBA Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle DBA
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Oracle DBA Salary Trend

Oracle DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle DBA across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Oracle DBA Salary Histogram

Oracle DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Birmingham -10 8 £50,000 +17.64%
Coventry - 8 £40,995 -
Warwickshire - 7 £35,000 -
Worcestershire +1 3 £35,000 -22.22%
Solihull - 1 - -
Oracle DBA
England

Oracle DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Oracle 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 Oracle DBA in their job title.

1 86 (100.00%) Oracle
2 75 (87.21%) Data Guard
3 72 (83.72%) UNIX
4 60 (69.77%) Oracle RMAN
5 52 (60.47%) Oracle 10g
6 50 (58.14%) Oracle 11g
7 42 (48.84%) Oracle RAC
8 38 (44.19%) Degree
9 35 (40.70%) Finance
10 34 (39.53%) Shell Script
10 34 (39.53%) PL/SQL
10 34 (39.53%) SQL
11 30 (34.88%) Disaster Recovery
12 27 (31.40%) Solaris
13 24 (27.91%) Capacity Planning
14 22 (25.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 21 (24.42%) ITIL
16 19 (22.09%) Banking
17 15 (17.44%) BladeLogic
17 15 (17.44%) Risk Analysis
17 15 (17.44%) Oracle EBS
18 14 (16.28%) Hyperion
19 13 (15.12%) Oracle Discoverer
19 13 (15.12%) SC Cleared
19 13 (15.12%) Security Cleared
19 13 (15.12%) Essbase
19 13 (15.12%) Fujitsu
19 13 (15.12%) Retail
19 13 (15.12%) Telecoms
20 10 (11.63%) Linux

Oracle DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Oracle 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 Oracle DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.488%) HTML
1 3 (3.488%) .NET
2 2 (2.326%) ASP
2 2 (2.326%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.326%) CSS
2 2 (2.326%) JDBC
2 2 (2.326%) Web Services
2 2 (2.326%) XML
2 2 (2.326%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.977%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (3.488%) WebLogic
3 2 (2.326%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.326%) SharePoint 2010
Business Applications
1 15 (17.44%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.326%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.163%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.163%) assyst
3 1 (1.163%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (1.163%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (1.163%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (60.47%) Oracle 10g
2 50 (58.14%) Oracle 11g
3 13 (15.12%) Oracle Discoverer
3 13 (15.12%) Essbase
4 8 (9.302%) SQL Server
5 4 (4.651%) Informix
5 4 (4.651%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (4.651%) OLTP
5 4 (4.651%) TOAD
5 4 (4.651%) Oracle 9i
6 2 (2.326%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (2.326%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.326%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.326%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (1.163%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 2 (2.326%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (2.326%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (1.163%) ProC
General
1 35 (40.70%) Finance
2 19 (22.09%) Banking
3 13 (15.12%) Retail
3 13 (15.12%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.651%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.163%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.140%) Replication
2 4 (4.651%) Speech Recognition
3 1 (1.163%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 72 (83.72%) UNIX
2 27 (31.40%) Solaris
3 10 (11.63%) Linux
4 9 (10.47%) Windows
5 2 (2.326%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (34.88%) Disaster Recovery
2 24 (27.91%) Capacity Planning
3 21 (24.42%) ITIL
4 15 (17.44%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (4.651%) Database Security
6 3 (3.488%) Change Management
7 2 (2.326%) UML
8 1 (1.163%) Analytics
8 1 (1.163%) ERP
8 1 (1.163%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.163%) OO
Programming Languages
1 34 (39.53%) Shell Script
1 34 (39.53%) PL/SQL
1 34 (39.53%) SQL
2 6 (6.977%) Java
3 3 (3.488%) C#
4 2 (2.326%) C++
4 2 (2.326%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.326%) PHP
4 2 (2.326%) VB
4 2 (2.326%) VB.NET
4 2 (2.326%) VC++
Qualifications
1 38 (44.19%) Degree
2 13 (15.12%) SC Cleared
2 13 (15.12%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.488%) OCP
3 3 (3.488%) Oracle Certification
3 3 (3.488%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 60 (69.77%) Oracle RMAN
2 42 (48.84%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (2.326%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 75 (87.21%) Data Guard
2 22 (25.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 15 (17.44%) BladeLogic
4 4 (4.651%) Foglight
5 1 (1.163%) Tivoli
5 1 (1.163%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 86 (100.00%) Oracle
2 14 (16.28%) Hyperion
3 13 (15.12%) Fujitsu
4 4 (4.651%) Sun
5 3 (3.488%) Sybase
6 2 (2.326%) Citrix
6 2 (2.326%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.326%) VMware
7 1 (1.163%) Pegasus
7 1 (1.163%) SAP
7 1 (1.163%) Business Objects