DBA Jobs in Bristol

Database Administrator
South West > Bristol

As of 12 July 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
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 159 153
Rank change year-on-year +67 -6 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 1 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.080% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £53,750 £51,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £57,500 £52,700
Median % change year-on-year - +9.11% +17.11%
75th Percentile - £61,250 £54,050
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £52,700
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.11% +4.36%

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 1,163 3,249 2,273
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 97.10% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 848 2,365 1,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,112 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,250 £85,000 £86,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Bristol

DBA
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBA in Bristol.

Salary trend for DBA in Bristol

DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 12 July 2025, DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Cognos
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

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%) Artificial Intelligence
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