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.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 69%
- Destinations
- 12each with a full record
- Within reach
- 4difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 103required or supplementary
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- artificial intelligence engineer 55% covered · difficulty 59.2
- software architect 54% covered · difficulty 58.9
- software tester 52% covered · difficulty 58.1
- system configurator 51% covered · difficulty 61.6
- database developer 50% covered · difficulty 64.6
- data centre operator 48% covered · difficulty 57.3
- 3D modeller 48% covered · difficulty 62.1
- database administrator 47% covered · difficulty 64.1
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How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a database designer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.