DBA: market
A Database Administrator (DBA) keeps databases running: performance and tuning, replication and failover, backup and recovery, upgrades and access. We currently track 585 open positions for this role, 542 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. 40% 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 585 open roles, 542 of them freshly observed. Median salary $8,422/mo.
40% of Database Administrator (DBA) postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 29 of 585 jobs; remote share from 440 with a stated format; 542 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many DBA postings appeared each week since 4 May, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 182
New sources connected: 11 May +3 · 18 May +3 · 25 May +2 · 1 Jun +7 · 8 Jun +5 · 15 Jun +4 · 22 Jun +16 · 29 Jun +21 · 6 Jul +15 · 13 Jul +16 · 20 Jul +13 · 27 Jul +11 · 3 Aug +7 · 10 Aug +5 · 17 Aug +3 · 24 Aug +8 · 7 Sept +7 · 14 Sept +7 · 21 Sept +10 · 28 Sept +5 · 5 Oct +5 · 12 Oct +2
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Remote work over time
Share of DBA postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of DBA postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on 10 Aug: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of DBA postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: DBA
| Open demand | 585 |
| 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 $12,500. Half the market falls between $5,253 and $11,458. Sample: 29.
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 | 166 |
| IN | 58 |
| PL | 54 |
| RU | 21 |
| GB | 17 |
| DE | 13 |
| BR | 10 |
| PH | 10 |
| CA | 9 |
| TH | 9 |
The top country for Database Administrator (DBA) demand is the US (166 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 |
| principal | 10 |
| lead | 9 |
| junior | 8 |
Senior-and-above is about 89% of 238 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 344 employers. The largest accounts for 9.2%, the top ten for 21.4%; the remaining 78.6% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 9.2% |
| top-3 | 14.2% |
| top-10 | 21.4% |
| long tail | 78.6% |
Database Administrator (DBA) openings come from 344 distinct employers; the largest one accounts for only 9.2% 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 15.2% — 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
- Senior Database Administrator · US
- Senior Database Administrator · US
- Database Administrator Oracle · BR
- Database Administrator - PostgreSQL (HIOS)
- Database Administrator (DBA) – Major Bank · HK
- Sr Database Administrator (SQL Server & Oracle) · PL
- DBA Oracle Production Senior (h/f) · FR
- Advisory Database Administrator
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 2026-10-24
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?
40% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 585 open positions.
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