DBA Jobs

Which levels are hiring

• Junior 3% · 8
• Middle 8% · 19
• Senior 81% · 192
• Lead+ 8% · 19

Few Junior roles — 3%; the usual way in is an adjacent role

Of 238 postings that name a level, Junior — 3%, Middle — 8%, Senior — 81%, Lead+ — 8%.

What postings ask for

• ✔ SQL47%
• ✔ Oracle31%
• ✔ PostgreSQL27%
• ○ AWS19%
• ○ Azure14%
• ○ MySQL14%
• ○ Python10%
• ○ Ansible9%

✔ — in 25%+ of postings, ○ — often listed as a plus

Share of open postings that mention each skill: SQL — 47%, Oracle — 31%, PostgreSQL — 27%, AWS — 19%, Azure — 14%, MySQL — 14%.

Where the openings are

• 🇺🇸 the US166
• 🇮🇳 India58
• 🇵🇱 Poland54
• 🇷🇺 Russia21
• 🇬🇧 the UK17
• 🇩🇪 Germany13

Open positions by employer country; remote roles are often open to other countries too.

Where to apply

• Company career sites — your application goes straight to the team68%
• Job boards — aggregators and job sites26%
• Telegram channels — job channels6%

Where the openings come from: 68% from company career sites (direct apply), 26% from job boards, 6% from Telegram channels.