Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a database administrator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a database administrator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Database administrators test, implement and administer computer databases. They use their expertise in database management systems to plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases. They also use scripts and configuration files to tailor a database to users' needs.

Also known as data base administrators, database administrators, data administrator, DBA, database configurator, data base administrator, data manager, database manager.

Professionals 67 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: data centre operator, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
data centre operator 63% covered big data archive librarian 43% covered database integrator 42% covered database developer 40% covered chief data officer 36% covered database administrator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from database administrator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a database administrator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A database administrator needs 28 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • distributed computing information and communication technologies (icts)
  • maintain database performance working with computers
  • balance database resources working with computers
  • define database physical structure working with computers
  • design database backup specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain database security working with computers
  • operate relational database management system working with computers
  • domain name service information and communication technologies (icts)
  • system backup best practice information and communication technologies (icts)
  • administer ICT system working with computers
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a database administrator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Database administrator is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a database administrator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.