DBA Job Trends in Southampton

Database Administrator
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Database Administrator salary in Southampton is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 1 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.24% - 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £40,600 £48,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.42% -20.00% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 416 764 409
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.88% 98.58% 97.38%
Number of salaries quoted 277 562 313
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £27,550
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,875 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.41%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

DBA job vacancy trend in Southampton

DBA
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Southampton.

Salary distribution trend for DBA job vacancies in Southampton

DBA Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 13 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 Southampton 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%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Database Mirroring
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration

DBA Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Database Mirroring
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle