DBA Job Trends in Bristol

Database Administrator
South West > Bristol

As of 18 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Database Administrator salary in Bristol.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 121 126
Rank change year-on-year +37 +5 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.086% 0.047% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.049% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £51,250 £51,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,500 £52,700
Median % change year-on-year - -0.38% +0.38%
75th Percentile - £53,750 £56,475
90th Percentile - - £60,840
South West median annual salary - £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -27.27% +8.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,070 2,047 1,570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 96.10% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 803 1,329 1,342
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,125 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,200 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% -7.60% +8.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -6.42% +9.00%

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 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, 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 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Cognos
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cognos
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle