DBA: market
A Database Administrator (DBA) keeps databases running: performance and tuning, replication and failover, backup and recovery, upgrades and access. We currently track 588 open positions for this role, 541 of them fresh. Postings require deep knowledge of one or two databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL), query optimization, replication, backups, Linux and automation; increasingly — managed cloud databases. By co-occurrence in requirements, SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and AWS appear most often. 39% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Database Administrator (DBA) market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The DBA market currently has 588 open roles, 541 of them freshly observed. Median salary $9,583/mo.
39% of Database Administrator (DBA) postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 32 of 588 jobs; remote share from 437 with a stated format; 541 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Demand and observed supply: DBA
| Open demand | 588 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: DBA
One in ten earns under $3,625, one in ten over $11,875. Half the market falls between $5,500 and $11,610. Sample: 32.
The range histogram for Database Administrator (DBA) uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography: DBA
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 178 |
| IN | 60 |
| PL | 55 |
| RU | 17 |
| GB | 15 |
| DE | 13 |
| CA | 9 |
| BR | 9 |
| PH | 9 |
| PT | 8 |
The top country for Database Administrator (DBA) demand is the US (178 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In Database Administrator (DBA) requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and AWS.
Demand by grade: DBA
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 192 |
| middle | 19 |
| lead | 12 |
| principal | 11 |
| junior | 8 |
Senior-and-above is about 89% of 242 Database Administrator (DBA) postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: DBA
Demand is spread across 354 employers. The largest accounts for 9.1%, the top ten for 21.3%; the remaining 78.7% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 9.1% |
| top-3 | 14.2% |
| top-10 | 21.3% |
| long tail | 78.7% |
Database Administrator (DBA) openings come from 354 distinct employers; the largest one accounts for only 9.1% of postings — the market is not tied to a single hirer.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 73 sources; the largest accounts for 15.3% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Database Administrator (DBA) postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings: DBA
- Technical Lead - Oracle DBA · IN
- IBM Database Administrator · US
- Senior Database Administrator · PL · $5,875
- Embedded Software Engineer - Broadband CPE · US · $11,847
- Database Administrator · US · $9,583
- Lead Database Administrator · US
- Oracle DBA PL/SQL Developer (Oracle Apex Developer) · US
- Sr. Database Administrator · US · $11,042
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-10-26
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Database Administrator (DBA) role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does a Database Administrator (DBA) do?
A Database Administrator (DBA) keeps databases running: performance and tuning, replication and failover, backup and recovery, upgrades and access.
Which skills do Database Administrator (DBA) postings require?
Postings require deep knowledge of one or two databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL), query optimization, replication, backups, Linux and automation; increasingly — managed cloud databases. In the current slice, SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and AWS appear in requirements most often.
Is the DBA profession disappearing because of the cloud?
It is changing: routine administration moves to managed services, and DBAs increasingly handle data architecture, performance and reliability under load.
How remote-friendly are Database Administrator (DBA) jobs?
39% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 588 open positions.
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