DBA Job Trends in Bristol

Database Administrator
South West > Bristol

The median Database Administrator salary in Bristol is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 - 163
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.11% - 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £57,500
75th Percentile £67,500 - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.64% +2.17% +11.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 2,722 908 2,830
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.51% 94.68% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,024 635 2,249
10th Percentile £28,325 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -0.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'DBA' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

DBA job vacancy trend in Bristol

DBA
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Bristol

DBA Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 1 May 2026, DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 3 (100.00%) Puppet
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 3 (100.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle