DBA Job Trends in Glasgow

Database Administrator
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Database Administrator salary in Glasgow is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 80 209
Rank change year-on-year +23 +129 -118
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 6 2 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.62% 0.34% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.36% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 14
10th Percentile £48,375 - £51,625
25th Percentile - - £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.00%
75th Percentile £50,188 - £61,250
90th Percentile £50,875 - £62,500
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -17.39% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 917 552 3,652
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.73% 92.46% 98.01%
Number of salaries quoted 541 206 946
10th Percentile £29,375 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,500 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +6.80% -6.36%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

DBA job vacancy trend in Glasgow

DBA
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Glasgow

DBA Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 Glasgow region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Data Security
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (33.33%) ODBC
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (33.33%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) ODBC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Analytics
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Security
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
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