Oracle Database Administrator

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

An Oracle Database Administrator specializes in Oracle relational database architecture. Uses software to store and organize data, such as an organization's records or financial information. Ensures that users can easily access the information they need and that data are protected from unauthorized access.

Job Outlook

There were 161 Oracle Database Administrator job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 4258 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Database Administrator industry, which includes the Oracle Database Administrator career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:

Salary

Many new Oracle Database Administrator jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $111,791.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $102,355.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Oracle Database Administrator postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $100,006.

Education and Experience

Posted Oracle Database Administrator jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	0%
Bachelor's Degree	51.32%
Master's Degree	5.47%
Doctoral Degree	2.11%
Other	2.72%

Posted Oracle Database Administrator jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	3.51%
3 to 5 years	36.6%
6 to 8 years	32.14%
9+ years	27.75%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Oracle Database Administrator positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (44.86%)
Management (35.86%)
Communication (32.29%)
Problem Solving (27.57%)
Operations (23.98%)
Information Technology (16.79%)
Verbal Communication Skills (11.18%)
Planning (10.64%)
Collaboration (10.45%)
Research (9.23%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Database Upgrades (9.95%)
Oracle Database Administration (DBA) (48.2%)
Automation (24.55%)
Backup Devices (20.81%)
Amazon Web Services (19.12%)
Computer Science (30.28%)
Oracle Data Guard (14.18%)
Oracle Exadata (16.53%)
Disaster Recovery (24.9%)
Database Security (20.79%)
Linux (28.22%)
Database Administration (64.47%)
Performance Tuning (46.79%)
Recovery Manager (RMAN) (21.89%)
Oracle Databases (64.33%)
SQL (Programming Language) (50.81%)
Oracle GoldenGate (14.51%)
Oracle Enterprise Manager (17.87%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Software Installation (1.22%)
Data Encryption (6.44%)
Database Architecture (8.44%)
Database Software (6.47%)
Database Management (17.31%)
Database Systems (21.98%)
Data Maintenance (6.98%)
IT Capacity Management (11.29%)
Technical Support (6.68%)
Oracle Cloud (12.25%)
Agile Methodology (13%)
Oracle E-Business Suite (8.91%)
Relational Databases (8.16%)
Microsoft Access (9.97%)
Access Controls (7.55%)
Business Requirements (10.56%)
Auditing (17.23%)
Microsoft Azure (10.46%)
Unix (16.91%)
Application Development (8.82%)
Development Testing (6.37%)
Data Integrity (14.74%)
Database Servers (4.42%)
System Administration (4.54%)
Change Management (5.24%)
Data Modeling (13.8%)
Encryption (11.22%)
Cryptography (6.47%)
DevOps (5.78%)
Extract Transform Load (ETL) (5.76%)
Database Storage Structures (9.8%)
Database Management Systems (12.11%)
Middleware (4.07%)
IBM DB2 (8.28%)
Database Design (21.23%)
PL/SQL (25.39%)
Operating Systems (11.59%)
MySQL (8.63%)
Database Tuning (17.23%)
Oracle SQL Developer (11.47%)
Python (Programming Language) (14.91%)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (6.3%)
Scalability (16.2%)
Microsoft SQL Servers (10.89%)
PostgreSQL (16.22%)
Unix Shell (10.28%)
Solaris (Operating System) (4.49%)
Project Management (9.52%)
Original Equipment Manufacturer (9.78%)
MongoDB (7.41%)
Scripting (26.4%)
Process Improvement (9.12%)
Job Scheduling (Inventory Management) (6.63%)
Ansible (5.71%)
Stored Procedure (13.4%)
Relational Database Management Systems (11.5%)
On Prem (7.34%)
Shell Script (19.37%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

Oracle Applications DBA (3.6%)
Very Large Databases (VLDB) (1.03%)
Automatic Storage Management (3.76%)
Oracle Rac (4.58%)
Tablespace (2.56%)
Oracle Database Architecture (2.75%)
Datapump (4.94%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

Oracle Database Administration (DBA) (49.23%)
Oracle Applications DBA (3.67%)
Amazon Web Services (19.52%)
Backup Devices (21.25%)
Computer Science (30.93%)
Database Security (21.23%)
Oracle Data Guard (14.48%)
Linux (28.82%)
Oracle Exadata (16.88%)
Oracle Databases (65.71%)
Oracle GoldenGate (14.82%)
SQL (Programming Language) (51.9%)
Tablespace (2.62%)
Oracle Enterprise Manager (18.25%)
Datapump (5.04%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Oracle Database Administrator skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Db2 Database Administrator
Oracle Database Engineer
Oracle Application Database Administrator
Oracle Applications Database Administrator
Oracle/SQL Server Database Administrator
Database Administrator
Database Engineer
PostgreSQL Database Administrator
Oracle Goldengate Consultant

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Oracle Database Administrator jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Old Dominion Freight Line (256)
Leidos (139)
Accenture (135)
Cai (109)
Cognizant Technology Solutions (74)
GovCIO (66)
Insight Global (41)
Umb Financial Corporation (40)
Diverse Lynx (38)
Deloitte (33)

North Carolina

Old Dominion Freight Line (15)
Cognizant Technology Solutions (7)
Genesis10 (7)
Infosys (4)
Motion Recruitment (4)
The Judge Group (3)
MSYS (3)
Insight Global (3)
TEKsystems (3)
The Matlen Silver Group (3)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

Data Science Foundations Graduate Certificates

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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