The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 172 116 116
Rank change year-on-year
-56 0
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 35 73 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.705% 1.621% 1.301%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.735% 1.689% 1.356%
Number of salaries quoted 29 68 51
Average salary £42,500 £38,250 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -23.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £32,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4760 4322 3982
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.87% 95.98% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3980 3784 3409
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%
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SQL DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL DBA
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands SQL DBA Salary Trend

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands SQL DBA Salary Histogram

SQL DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 -17 20 £45,000 +23.28%
Birmingham -43 7 £42,500 +16.43%
Coventry -15 4 £50,000 +2.56%
Warwickshire +2 2 £40,000 -3.03%
Wolverhampton -1 1 £35,000 +4.47%
SQL DBA
England

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title.

1 100 (97.09%) SQL Server
2 99 (96.12%) SQL
3 47 (45.63%) SQL Server 2008
4 46 (44.66%) SQL Server 2005
5 43 (41.75%) Microsoft
6 40 (38.83%) Replication
6 40 (38.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 38 (36.89%) T-SQL
8 35 (33.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 31 (30.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 30 (29.13%) Windows
11 27 (26.21%) ETL
11 27 (26.21%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (24.27%) Data Warehouse
13 24 (23.30%) Capacity Planning
14 23 (22.33%) Database Tuning
14 23 (22.33%) DTS
14 23 (22.33%) MS Excel
14 23 (22.33%) Migration
15 20 (19.42%) Clustering
15 20 (19.42%) SQL Server 2000
16 19 (18.45%) Disaster Recovery
16 19 (18.45%) ITIL
17 18 (17.48%) Microsoft Analysis Services
18 17 (16.50%) Investment Banking
18 17 (16.50%) Incident Management
18 17 (16.50%) Windows Server 2008
18 17 (16.50%) Root Cause Analysis
18 17 (16.50%) Banking
18 17 (16.50%) Windows Server 2003

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited SQL 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 SQL DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (2.913%) ODBC
2 2 (1.942%) WSH
2 2 (1.942%) Middleware
3 1 (0.971%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.825%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.942%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 23 (22.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.854%) SAP Business One
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (97.09%) SQL Server
2 47 (45.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 46 (44.66%) SQL Server 2005
4 40 (38.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 35 (33.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 31 (30.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 25 (24.27%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (22.33%) DTS
9 20 (19.42%) SQL Server 2000
10 18 (17.48%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 14 (13.59%) OLTP
11 14 (13.59%) OLAP
12 12 (11.65%) RDBMS
13 6 (5.825%) Data Mining
13 6 (5.825%) PerformancePoint
13 6 (5.825%) SQL Server 2012
14 3 (2.913%) Oracle 8/8i
14 3 (2.913%) MS Access
15 1 (0.971%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
15 1 (0.971%) UniData
General
1 17 (16.50%) Banking
1 17 (16.50%) Investment Banking
2 2 (1.942%) Law
3 1 (0.971%) Finance
3 1 (0.971%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 40 (38.83%) Replication
2 20 (19.42%) Clustering
3 4 (3.883%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 30 (29.13%) Windows
2 17 (16.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 17 (16.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (4.854%) Solaris
3 5 (4.854%) OpenVMS
3 5 (4.854%) UNIX
4 3 (2.913%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (26.21%) ETL
1 27 (26.21%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (23.30%) Capacity Planning
3 23 (22.33%) Database Tuning
3 23 (22.33%) Migration
4 19 (18.45%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (18.45%) ITIL
5 17 (16.50%) Incident Management
5 17 (16.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 15 (14.56%) Database Security
7 9 (8.738%) Resource Management
8 5 (4.854%) Data Management
9 4 (3.883%) Data Migration
9 4 (3.883%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (2.913%) Software Engineering
10 3 (2.913%) Data Modelling
10 3 (2.913%) High Availability
11 2 (1.942%) Capacity Management
12 1 (0.971%) Data Transformation
12 1 (0.971%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 99 (96.12%) SQL
2 38 (36.89%) T-SQL
3 5 (4.854%) VBScript
4 3 (2.913%) VB
5 2 (1.942%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.971%) C
6 1 (0.971%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (7.767%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (5.825%) MCDBA
3 3 (2.913%) MCSD
4 2 (1.942%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.942%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.971%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.971%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.883%) SLA
1 4 (3.883%) QA
2 2 (1.942%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (8.738%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.942%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 43 (41.75%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.738%) VMware
3 5 (4.854%) SAP
3 5 (4.854%) Oracle
4 2 (1.942%) Sybase
4 2 (1.942%) Red Gate
5 1 (0.971%) Citrix
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 Competitive Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 17 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: 14 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: 18 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
Birmingham, West Midlands
REQUIREMENTS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES: Substantial industry experience in database design and administration requiredExperience in T-SQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2012 required.Experience with Power...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £40k - 45k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013