Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a database designer can go next

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

Database designers specify the database's logical structure, processes, and information flows. They design data models and databases to serve data acquisition.

Also known as database designers, data architect, secure could-edge computing system architect, data base designer, data model designer, data base designers, database architect, database design engineer.

Professionals 103 skills on file 12 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: knowledge engineer, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 6 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
knowledge engineer 69% covered numerical tool and process co… 68% covered computer-aided design operator 63% covered ICT system architect 62% covered artificial intelligence engin… 55% covered software architect 54% covered database designer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 6 nearest destinations from database designer, 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 designer already covers. All 12 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 designer needs 27 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
  • manage standards for data exchange management skills
  • operate relational database management system working with computers
  • create data sets information skills
  • create database diagrams communication, collaboration and creativity
  • write database documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • systems theory information and communication technologies (icts)
  • apply ICT systems theory working with computers
  • assess ICT knowledge management skills
  • database development tools information and communication technologies (icts)
  • design database scheme communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Database designer 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 designer’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.