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Database Administrator (DBA) Market Demand in Singapore

Hiring outlook, remote working rates, and which companies are actively recruiting.

Hiring outlook
Stable

The traditional DBA headcount is gradually shrinking as banks and GLCs move workloads to managed cloud database services, though specialists who can lead these migrations remain in steady demand.

Remote / hybrid
40%

of Singapore Database Administrator (DBA) roles advertise remote or hybrid working

Market activity
+5.5%

Year-on-year salary movement in Singapore. Positive movement signals active market competition.

What's driving Database Administrator (DBA) demand in Singapore

Strongest in: steady rather than booming, as banks and GLCs migrate legacy databases to managed cloud services and reduce the pure on-premise DBA headcount over time

The traditional DBA headcount is gradually shrinking as banks and GLCs move workloads to managed cloud database services, though specialists who can lead these migrations remain in steady demand.

Skills commanding the biggest premium right now

Salary premium over the Singapore median for Database Administrator (DBA)s who list these skills.

Oracle / SQL Server administration+12%
Cloud-managed databases (RDS, Cloud SQL)+11%
Database performance tuning+13%

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