Oracle DBA Job Trends in the South West

Oracle Database Administrator
England > South West

The median Oracle Database Administrator salary in the South West is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 - 279
Rank change year-on-year - - -47
Permanent jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 7 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.091% - 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% - 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £61,250 - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £43,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +8.33% +11.63% -2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 7,264 2,448 9,011
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.34% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5,036 1,551 6,856
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,972
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,488 £65,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,200 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +9.52% -13.65%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Oracle DBA job vacancy trend in the South West

Oracle DBA
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Oracle DBA job vacancies in the South West

Oracle DBA
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol - 6 £65,000 - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
Oracle DBA
England

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, Oracle 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 South West region featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 6 (85.71%) Linux
2 6 (85.71%) MySQL
2 6 (85.71%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
3 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) Ansible
3 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
3 5 (71.43%) Progress Chef
3 5 (71.43%) Puppet
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (14.29%) AWS
4 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
4 1 (14.29%) Nagios
4 1 (14.29%) OCP
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (14.29%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle Database
2 6 (85.71%) MySQL
2 6 (85.71%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
1 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) OCP
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Certification
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Ansible
1 5 (71.43%) Progress Chef
1 5 (71.43%) Puppet
2 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
2 1 (14.29%) Nagios
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle