Oracle DBA Jobs

Oracle Database Administrator
UK

The median Oracle Database Administrator salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 705 804 859
Rank change year-on-year +99 +55 +183
Permanent jobs requiring an Oracle DBA 12 90 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.091% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.096% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12 45 80
10th Percentile - £42,150 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,000 £47,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £64,438
90th Percentile £71,625 £68,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +0.96% +15.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 49,922 93,907 92,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.63% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27,447 67,290 58,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Oracle DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Oracle DBA in the UK

Oracle DBA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Oracle DBA in the UK

Oracle DBA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Oracle DBA over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Oracle DBA in the UK

Oracle DBA
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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
England +90 9 £60,000 +9.09% 14
Work from Home +111 8 £60,000 +4.35% 19
UK excluding London +93 7 £60,000 +14.29% 9
West Midlands +61 6 £60,000 -
Midlands +50 6 £60,000 +6.67%
London +104 1 £57,500 -32.35% 9
North of England +45 1 £75,000 +42.86% 2
North East +38 1 £75,000 +42.86%

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Oracle 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 featuring Oracle DBA in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Oracle
2 11 (91.67%) SQL
3 10 (83.33%) Linux
3 10 (83.33%) Performance Tuning
4 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (75.00%) Oracle Database
5 8 (66.67%) PL/SQL
6 7 (58.33%) Unix
6 7 (58.33%) Windows
6 7 (58.33%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (58.33%) Middleware
6 7 (58.33%) Oracle RMAN
6 7 (58.33%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (58.33%) Oracle Exadata
6 7 (58.33%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 6 (50.00%) Database Tuning
7 6 (50.00%) OCP
7 6 (50.00%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (41.67%) OCA
8 5 (41.67%) Oracle Applications
8 5 (41.67%) Shell Script
8 5 (41.67%) Data Management
8 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (41.67%) Accessibility
9 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (33.33%) High Availability
9 4 (33.33%) Finance
10 3 (25.00%) Solaris
10 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
10 3 (25.00%) Data Protection

Oracle DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) OCI
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle Database
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle Exadata
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Electronics
4 1 (8.33%) Games
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) Middleware
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle Fusion
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Linux
2 7 (58.33%) Unix
2 7 (58.33%) Windows
3 3 (25.00%) Solaris
4 2 (16.67%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Performance Tuning
2 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) Database Tuning
4 5 (41.67%) Data Management
5 4 (33.33%) High Availability
6 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) Task Automation
7 2 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
8 1 (8.33%) Change Data Capture
8 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity
8 1 (8.33%) Data Governance
8 1 (8.33%) Data Science
8 1 (8.33%) Database Security
8 1 (8.33%) DataOps
8 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (8.33%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 8 (66.67%) PL/SQL
3 5 (41.67%) Shell Script
4 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) OCP
1 6 (50.00%) Oracle Certification
2 5 (41.67%) OCA
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (8.33%) Data Guard
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Nimble Storage
2 1 (8.33%) SAP