Table 1Transition record

database administratortochief data officer

A database administrator already meets 36% of what the chief data officer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From database administrator

36%

Overlap1

To chief data officer

29 Skills carried over

14 Required, not held

69.8 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 69.8

This move: 69.8 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the chief data officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the database administrator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chief data officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a database administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held Oracle Relational Database information and communication technologies (icts)
already held online analytical processing information and communication technologies (icts)
already held Filemaker (database management systems) information and communication technologies (icts)
already held IBM Informix information and communication technologies (icts)
already held MySQL information and communication technologies (icts)
already held ObjectStore information and communication technologies (icts)

All 29 carried skills, including the 2 the chief data officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 9 supplementary

required, not held data mining required
required, not held decision support systems required
required, not held data science required

optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held information confidentiality optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held unstructured data optional
optional, not held database optional
optional, not held image recognition optional

02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held define data quality criteria required
required, not held define technology strategy required

optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held manage business knowledge optional

03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held manage data required
required, not held make data-driven decisions required

optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
optional, not held report analysis results optional

04 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held manage ICT data classification required
required, not held utilise decision support system required

optional, not held integrate ICT data optional

05 arts and humanities 2 required

required, not held visual presentation techniques required
required, not held data ethics required

06 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held apply information security policies required

optional, not held develop information security strategy optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a chief data officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 29 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held data storage knowledge
already held information structure knowledge
already held DB2 knowledge
already held Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
already held IBM Informix knowledge
already held LDAP knowledge
already held LINQ knowledge
already held MDX knowledge
already held Microsoft Access knowledge
already held MySQL knowledge
already held N1QL knowledge
already held ObjectStore knowledge
already held OpenEdge Database knowledge
already held Oracle Relational Database knowledge
already held PostgreSQL knowledge
already held SPARQL knowledge
already held SQL Server knowledge
already held Teradata Database knowledge
already held XQuery knowledge
already held business intelligence knowledge
already held data engineering knowledge
already held data models knowledge
already held data quality assessment knowledge
already held database development tools knowledge
already held database management systems knowledge
already held online analytical processing knowledge
already held query languages knowledge
already held resource description framework query language knowledge
already held use databases skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held manage ICT data architecture required

optional, not held deliver visual presentation of data optional

08 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held business processes required

09 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held information categorisation optional

18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held coordinate technological activities optional
optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held information categorisation optional
optional, not held information confidentiality optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held integrate ICT data optional
optional, not held unstructured data optional
optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held database optional
optional, not held deliver visual presentation of data optional
optional, not held image recognition optional
optional, not held manage business knowledge optional
optional, not held report analysis results optional

38 held skills the chief data officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role MarkLogic knowledge
not needed by the target role TripleStore knowledge
not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
not needed by the target role balance database resources skill
not needed by the target role create data models skill
not needed by the target role define database physical structure skill
not needed by the target role design database backup specifications skill
not needed by the target role design database in the cloud skill
not needed by the target role design database scheme skill
not needed by the target role distributed computing knowledge
not needed by the target role domain name service knowledge
not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
not needed by the target role execute ICT audits skill
not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
not needed by the target role maintain database performance skill
not needed by the target role maintain database security skill
not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
not needed by the target role manage database skill
not needed by the target role operate relational database management system skill
not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
not needed by the target role perform backups skill
not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill
not needed by the target role provide ICT support skill
not needed by the target role provide technical training skill
not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill
not needed by the target role support ICT system users skill
not needed by the target role system backup best practice knowledge
not needed by the target role use an application-specific interface skill
not needed by the target role use automatic programming skill
not needed by the target role use back-up and recovery tools skill
not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
not needed by the target role use scripting programming skill
not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill

16 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held data mining required
required, not held decision support systems required
required, not held visual presentation techniques required
required, not held business processes required
required, not held data ethics required
required, not held data science required
optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held information categorisation optional
optional, not held information confidentiality optional
optional, not held information extraction optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held unstructured data optional
optional, not held database optional
optional, not held image recognition optional

Index

Other moves recorded from database administrator

Full index of moves from database administrator

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.