DBA Jobs in Portsmouth

Database Administrator
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Database Administrator salary in Portsmouth is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 0.63% - 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% - 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.13%
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £37,500 £48,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -21.88% +37.14% -35.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 447 516 254
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 94.85% 85.81%
Number of salaries quoted 216 421 203
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £44,454 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £79,500
Hampshire median annual salary £50,250 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.50% -4.76% -

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Portsmouth

DBA
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for DBA in Portsmouth

DBA Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 5 August 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 Portsmouth region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis