SQL Server DBA jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-24, Skillenai has indexed 4 job postings with the title “SQL Server DBA” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is performance tuning.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-24
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+How many SQL Server DBA jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 4 job postings with the title “SQL Server DBA” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-24.
+What skills do SQL Server DBA jobs require?
Across SQL Server DBA postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-24, the skills mentioned most often are performance tuning, indexing, backup, blocking, deadlocks.
+Which cities are hiring the most SQL Server DBA?
As of 2026-08-24, SQL Server DBA postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Guadalajara, Laurel, New York City, Singapore.
+Is SQL Server DBA a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 4 SQL Server DBA postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-24. The skill mentioned most often in SQL Server DBA postings is performance tuning, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly SQL Server DBA postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for SQL Server DBA
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| performance tuning | 4 | 100.0% |
| indexing | 3 | 75.0% |
| backup | 3 | 75.0% |
| blocking | 3 | 75.0% |
| deadlocks | 3 | 75.0% |
| query optimization | 3 | 75.0% |
| disaster recovery | 3 | 75.0% |
| restore | 3 | 75.0% |
| locking | 3 | 75.0% |
| statistics | 3 | 75.0% |
| replication | 3 | 75.0% |
| Execution plans | 3 | 75.0% |
| clustering | 3 | 75.0% |
| log shipping | 3 | 75.0% |
| capacity planning | 3 | 75.0% |
Top metros hiring SQL Server DBA
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Guadalajara | 1 | 25.0% |
| Laurel | 1 | 25.0% |
| New York City | 1 | 25.0% |
| Singapore | 1 | 25.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-24, matching postings whose canonical role is “SQL Server DBA”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- SQL Server DBA
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-08-24
- window_days
- 90
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