What is the band and the salary structure of someone who has 8 years of experience in mainframe DB2 DBA?

What is your most current degree? Most BCA/MCA are paid lesser than their counterparts with BTech/MTech. Though there is no logic behind it but that is how it is(however it evens out with experience)

There are few things that you can consider while weighing your current pay with market standards.

  1. What is your most current degree? Most BCA/MCA are paid lesser than their counterparts with BTech/MTech. Though there is no logic behind it but that is how it is(however it evens out with experience)
  2. Which city are you in? If you're in Blore, Hyd and/or Pune you are severely underpaid. However Kolkata, Noida, etc cities get comparatively lesser pay than the former cities. (This is mostly because of the cost of living, etc etc)
  3. However my man wharever the answers to the above questions are, if you're an DBA with 4.5YoE, and getting an annual pay of 2.5LPA,then you're SEVERELY underpaid. As per my understanding 3.2-3.6 was the beginning scale for freshers in most mass recruiting MNCs in 2017/18 and currently it has increased to 4.2-4.5LPA. My assumption is that you're not in any of the MNCs. (could be wrong).
  4. I see a disparity between your knowledge and interview skills. Brush up on topics of your choice for Each interview. Never go in there unprepared. You'll need at least a couple of interview to understand what topics are common and prepare more on them. They'll help you to crack better.
  5. I'll suggest to go for MNCs as youve got required exp and cracking interviews are easier.
  6. If you're an DBA with just SQL skills you're doomed. It is a pretty common skill and you'd need to upskill yourself. (You can research and upskill yourself accordingly).
  7. I'd ask you to talk to your manager and HR partner to state that you're being underpaid heavily as per market standards. Do a research and go with numbers.

I hope tha above helps.