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Where a database developer can go next

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

Database developers program, implement and coordinate changes to computer databases based on their expertise of database management systems.

Also known as data base developer, database design specialist, database development engineer, database coder, database programmer, data base developers, database developers.

Professionals 116 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from database developer, 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 developer 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 developer needs 20 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

test ICT queries constructing
balance database resources working with computers
data extraction, transformation and loading tools information and communication technologies (icts)
write database documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
create data models information skills
database development tools information and communication technologies (icts)
database management systems information and communication technologies (icts)
identify customer requirements information skills
perform backups working with computers
collect customer feedback on applications information skills

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Database developer 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 developer’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.