Database Engineer / DBA jobs: skills and pay (October 2026)
304 open Database Engineer / DBA postings (2.3% of data & AI postings) as of October 18, 2026. Median published US pay: $140K (n=124).
Database Engineer / DBA pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Entry / junior | — | 2 |
| Mid (II) | — | 2 |
| Senior | $145K | 47 |
| Staff / lead | — | 8 |
| Level not stated | $130K | 65 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
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Top skills in Database Engineer / DBA postings
Share of Database Engineer / DBA postings that mention each skill.
| # | Skill | Share of Database Engineer / DBA postings | Postings | Companies | Week over week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL language | 74.7% | 227 | 1,953 | needs more history | |
| 2 | PostgreSQL database | 62.2% | 189 | 599 | needs more history | |
| 3 | AWS cloud | 53.9% | 164 | 1,452 | needs more history | |
| 4 | SQL Server database | 47.4% | 144 | 190 | needs more history | |
| 5 | Python language | 40.1% | 122 | 2,580 | needs more history | |
| 6 | Data security governance | 33.9% | 103 | 587 | needs more history | |
| 7 | Azure cloud | 32.9% | 100 | 809 | needs more history | |
| 8 | MySQL database | 32.6% | 99 | 189 | needs more history | |
| 9 | Oracle Database database | 32.2% | 98 | 159 | needs more history | |
| 10 | Linux infra | 28.9% | 88 | 259 | needs more history | |
| 11 | Terraform / IaC infra | 28.9% | 88 | 732 | needs more history | |
| 12 | Shell / Bash language | 27.3% | 83 | 159 | needs more history | |
| 13 | Data warehousing concept | 22.7% | 69 | 781 | needs more history | |
| 14 | MongoDB database | 22.0% | 67 | 156 | needs more history | |
| 15 | CI/CD infra | 21.7% | 66 | 1,178 | needs more history | |
| 16 | Kubernetes infra | 17.1% | 52 | 891 | needs more history | |
| 17 | Data modeling concept | 16.4% | 50 | 925 | needs more history | |
| 18 | Google Cloud cloud | 15.1% | 46 | 931 | needs more history | |
| 19 | Redis database | 12.8% | 39 | 166 | needs more history | |
| 20 | Git infra | 12.2% | 37 | 980 | needs more history | |
| 21 | Elasticsearch / OpenSearch database | 10.5% | 32 | 170 | needs more history | |
| 22 | Privacy (GDPR/CCPA/PII) governance | 9.9% | 30 | 416 | needs more history | |
| 23 | Data catalog & lineage governance | 9.9% | 30 | 733 | needs more history | |
| 24 | Go language | 9.5% | 29 | 388 | needs more history | |
| 25 | DynamoDB database | 9.2% | 28 | 90 | needs more history |