Database Administrator jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-28, Skillenai has indexed 605 job postings with the title “Database Administrator” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is database administration, with demand down 56% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+How many Database Administrator jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 605 job postings with the title “Database Administrator” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 56% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Database Administrator jobs require?
Across Database Administrator postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, the skills mentioned most often are database administration, SQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL.
+Which cities are hiring the most Database Administrator?
As of 2026-09-28, Database Administrator postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Washington, Huntsville, Lisbon, Pune, Chennai.
+Is Database Administrator a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 605 Database Administrator postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 56% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Database Administrator postings is database administration, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Database Administrator postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Database Administrator
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| database administration | 160 | 26.4% |
| SQL | 134 | 22.1% |
| PostgreSQL | 132 | 21.8% |
| SQL Server | 106 | 17.5% |
| MySQL | 104 | 17.2% |
| Oracle | 99 | 16.4% |
| disaster recovery | 95 | 15.7% |
| Performance tuning | 88 | 14.5% |
| Database security | 73 | 12.1% |
| Microsoft SQL Server | 71 | 11.7% |
| Linux | 69 | 11.4% |
| database performance tuning | 69 | 11.4% |
| Python | 66 | 10.9% |
| backup and recovery | 65 | 10.7% |
| replication | 64 | 10.6% |
Top metros hiring Database Administrator
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 20 | 3.3% |
| Huntsville | 8 | 1.3% |
| Lisbon | 7 | 1.2% |
| Pune | 7 | 1.2% |
| Chennai | 6 | 1.0% |
| Toronto | 6 | 1.0% |
| São Paulo | 5 | 0.8% |
| Annapolis | 4 | 0.7% |
| Boston | 4 | 0.7% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, matching postings whose canonical role is “Database Administrator”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Database Administrator
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-28
- window_days
- 90
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