Salary data for country: South Africa

Information Technology

Database Administrator

Gross salary in South Africa is

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80% of people earn:

236K - 664K ZAR

10% earn less lthan 236K ZAR

10% earns more than 664K ZAR

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people on the Database Administrator position in the South Africa earn between 235,512 ZAR and 663,624 ZAR annually gross.

10% of employees earn less than 235,512 ZAR and 10% of people earn more than 663,624 ZAR.

The survey is based on data from employees, cleaned of extreme and duplicate values.

Description of job position

Ensuring a reliable and safe operation of database systems.
Restoring and carrying out back-ups of databases.
Monitoring and editing table areas and optimising databases.
Solving encountered problems and proposing countermeasures.
Installing security patches, service packs, and updates of database systems.
Managing user access.
Maintaining and updating operational documentation.

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Position Database Administrator - Information Technology in the labour market

In the salary ranking,
the job position takes

158. place

Women representation in position

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Average age of respondent by position

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813. place

Receptionist

Administration

95,232 - 195,564 ZAR

159. place

Microcontroller programmer

Information Technology

218,412 - 686,568 ZAR

158. place

Database Administrator

Information Technology

235,512 - 663,624 ZAR

157. place

Production Manager

Management

186,804 - 734,760 ZAR

1. place

IT Architect

Information Technology

435,624 - 2,020,524 ZAR

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