Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Database developer to database integrator

A database developer already meets 57% of what the database integrator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From database developer
57 % overlap
Partial match
To database integrator
43 You already bring
10 Still to learn
67 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.9/ 100

1 How much of what a database integrator is expected to do is already part of a database developer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the database integrator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A database integrator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a database developer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • balance database resources
  • data extraction, transformation and loading tools
  • database management systems
  • execute integration testing
  • query languages
  • resource description framework query language

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 43 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A database integrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a database developer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held balance database resources working with computers
  • already held data extraction, transformation and loading tools information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held IBM InfoSphere DataStage information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held IBM InfoSphere Information Server information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Informatica PowerCenter information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Oracle Data Integrator information and communication technologies (icts)

All 43 carried skills, including the 7 the database integrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with computers 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn use interface description language required
  • still to learn implement data warehousing techniques required
  • still to learn integrate ICT data required
  • still to learn manage ICT legacy implication required
  • still to learn perform data cleansing required
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT semantic integration optional
  • optional, not held use scripting programming optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 6 supplementary
  • still to learn ICT debugging tools required
  • still to learn domain name service required
  • still to learn information structure required
  • optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held database optional
  • optional, not held digital systems optional
  • optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn create database diagrams required
  • optional, not held define integration strategy optional
  • optional, not held design application interfaces optional
04 information skills 1 required
  • still to learn manage data required
05 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held define data quality criteria optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a database integrator 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 43 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held balance database resources skill
  • already held data extraction, transformation and loading tools knowledge
  • already held database management systems knowledge
  • already held execute integration testing skill
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held verify formal ICT specifications skill
  • already held CA Datacom/DB knowledge
  • already held DB2 knowledge
  • already held Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
  • already held IBM InfoSphere DataStage knowledge
  • already held IBM InfoSphere Information Server knowledge
  • already held IBM Informix knowledge
  • already held Informatica PowerCenter knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held MarkLogic 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 Data Integrator knowledge
  • already held Oracle Relational Database knowledge
  • already held Oracle Warehouse Builder knowledge
  • already held Pentaho Data Integration knowledge
  • already held PostgreSQL knowledge
  • already held QlikView Expressor knowledge
  • already held SAP Data Services knowledge
  • already held SAS Data Management knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held SQL Server knowledge
  • already held SQL Server Integration Services knowledge
  • already held Teradata Database knowledge
  • already held TripleStore knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held data engineering knowledge
  • already held execute ICT audits skill
  • already held manage cloud data and storage skill
  • already held perform data mining skill
  • already held write database documentation skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held define data quality criteria optional
  • optional, not held define integration strategy optional
  • optional, not held design application interfaces optional
  • optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
  • optional, not held manage ICT semantic integration optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held use scripting programming optional
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
  • optional, not held database optional
  • optional, not held digital systems optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
73 held skills the database integrator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
  • not needed by the target role APL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ajax Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C# knowledge
  • not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role COBOL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Common Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Groovy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Haskell knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JavaScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JavaScript Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Lisp knowledge
  • not needed by the target role MATLAB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
  • not needed by the target role OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Oracle Application Development Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Perl knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role R knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAP R3 knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SAS language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Scala knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Swift (computer programming) knowledge

33 further entries not listed here

10 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn ICT debugging tools required
  • still to learn domain name service required
  • still to learn information structure required
  • optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
  • optional, not held system design optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
  • optional, not held database optional
  • optional, not held digital systems optional
  • optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a database developer become a database integrator?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A database developer already covers 57% of what a database integrator is expected to do: 43 skills carry over, 7 of which the database integrator role treats as required.

What skills does a database developer need to become a database integrator?

10 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is use interface description language.

How hard is the move from database developer to database integrator?

Its learning distance is 53.9 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.