Database integrator to data quality specialist
A database integrator already meets 38% of what the data quality specialist role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
65.1/ 100
1 How much of what a data quality specialist is expected to do is already part of a database integrator’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 data quality specialist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A data quality specialist role treats 7 of its required skills as things a database integrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- database
- define data quality criteria
- information structure
- manage data
- perform data cleansing
- query languages
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A data quality specialist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a database integrator background worth leading with.
- already held perform data cleansing working with computers
- already held data engineering information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held define data quality criteria management skills
- already held database information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held execute ICT audits information skills
- already held LDAP information and communication technologies (icts)
All 16 carried skills, including the 7 the data quality specialist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- still to learn utilise regular expressions required
- still to learn establish data processes required
- still to learn normalise data required
- still to learn implement data quality processes required
- still to learn use data processing techniques required
- optional, not held perform data analysis optional
- still to learn handle data samples required
- still to learn manage database required
- still to learn process data required
- still to learn report analysis results required
- optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
- still to learn design database scheme required
- still to learn address problems critically required
- optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- still to learn data ethics required
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- still to learn manage standards for data exchange required
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held data quality assessment optional
- optional, not held business processes optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a data quality specialist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 utilise regular expressions practise this
- 02 design database scheme practise this
- 03 establish data processes practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held database knowledge
- already held define data quality criteria skill
- already held information structure knowledge
- already held manage data skill
- already held perform data cleansing skill
- already held query languages knowledge
- already held resource description framework query language knowledge
- already held LDAP knowledge
- already held LINQ knowledge
- already held MDX knowledge
- already held N1QL knowledge
- already held SPARQL knowledge
- already held XQuery knowledge
- already held data engineering knowledge
- already held execute ICT audits skill
- already held perform project management skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held healthcare analytics optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held data quality assessment optional
- optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
- optional, not held healthcare analytics optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held business processes optional
- optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held perform data analysis optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
51 held skills the data quality specialist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
- not needed by the target role DB2 knowledge
- not needed by the target role Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
- not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere DataStage knowledge
- not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere Information Server knowledge
- not needed by the target role IBM Informix knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT debugging tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role Informatica PowerCenter knowledge
- not needed by the target role MarkLogic knowledge
- not needed by the target role Microsoft Access knowledge
- not needed by the target role MySQL knowledge
- not needed by the target role ObjectStore knowledge
- not needed by the target role OpenEdge Database knowledge
- not needed by the target role Oracle Data Integrator knowledge
- not needed by the target role Oracle Relational Database knowledge
- not needed by the target role Oracle Warehouse Builder knowledge
- not needed by the target role Pentaho Data Integration knowledge
- not needed by the target role PostgreSQL knowledge
- not needed by the target role QlikView Expressor knowledge
- not needed by the target role SAP Data Services knowledge
- not needed by the target role SAS Data Management knowledge
- not needed by the target role SQL Server knowledge
- not needed by the target role SQL Server Integration Services knowledge
- not needed by the target role Teradata Database knowledge
- not needed by the target role TripleStore knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply ICT systems theory skill
- not needed by the target role balance database resources skill
- not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
- not needed by the target role create database diagrams skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role data extraction, transformation and loading tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role database management systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role define integration strategy skill
- not needed by the target role design application interfaces skill
- not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role domain name service knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute integration testing skill
- not needed by the target role implement data warehousing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role integrate ICT data skill
- not needed by the target role inter-organisational middleware system knowledge
11 further entries not listed here
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn data ethics required
- optional, not held data quality assessment optional
- optional, not held healthcare analytics optional
- optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
- optional, not held business processes optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
Common questions about this move
Can a database integrator become a data quality specialist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A database integrator already covers 38% of what a data quality specialist is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 7 of which the data quality specialist role treats as required.
What skills does a database integrator need to become a data quality specialist?
13 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is utilise regular expressions.
How hard is the move from database integrator to data quality specialist?
Its learning distance is 65.1 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.