Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

ICT security administrator to database administrator

An ICT security administrator already meets 28% of what the database administrator role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT security administrator
28 % overlap
Distant match
To database administrator
17 You already bring
19 Still to learn
67 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

79.3/ 100

1 How much of what a database administrator is expected to do is already part of an ICT security administrator’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 administrator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A database administrator role treats 9 of its required skills as things an ICT security administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • apply company policies
  • database development tools
  • interpret technical texts
  • maintain database security
  • manage database
  • perform ICT troubleshooting

What stands in the way is 19 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A database administrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT security administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain database security working with computers
  • already held system backup best practice information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held database development tools information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held perform backups working with computers
  • already held remove computer virus or malware from a computer working with computers
  • already held execute ICT audits information skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the database administrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 50 missing skills fall into 5 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 information and communication technologies (icts) 8 required, 21 supplementary
  • still to learn data models required
  • still to learn data storage required
  • still to learn database management systems required
  • still to learn distributed computing required
  • still to learn domain name service required
  • still to learn information structure required
  • still to learn query languages required
  • still to learn resource description framework query language required
  • optional, not held DB2 optional
  • optional, not held Filemaker (database management systems) optional
  • optional, not held IBM Informix optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held MarkLogic optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Access optional
  • optional, not held MySQL optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held ObjectStore optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Database optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
  • optional, not held PostgreSQL optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server optional
  • optional, not held Teradata Database optional
  • optional, not held TripleStore optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held online analytical processing optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
02 working with computers 7 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn administer ICT system required
  • still to learn balance database resources required
  • still to learn define database physical structure required
  • still to learn maintain database performance required
  • still to learn operate relational database management system required
  • still to learn use an application-specific interface required
  • still to learn use databases required
  • optional, not held use automatic programming optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT support optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn design database backup specifications required
  • still to learn design database scheme required
  • optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
  • optional, not held support ICT system users optional
  • optional, not held provide technical training optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn data quality assessment required
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn create data models required
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a database administrator 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply company policies skill
  • already held database development tools knowledge
  • already held interpret technical texts skill
  • already held maintain database security skill
  • already held manage database skill
  • already held perform ICT troubleshooting skill
  • already held perform backups skill
  • already held system backup best practice knowledge
  • already held use scripting programming skill
  • already held execute ICT audits skill
  • already held implement ICT security policies skill
  • already held implement a firewall skill
  • already held implement anti-virus software skill
  • already held manage cloud data and storage skill
  • already held protect personal data and privacy skill
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held remove computer virus or malware from a computer skill
31 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held DB2 optional
  • optional, not held Filemaker (database management systems) optional
  • optional, not held IBM Informix optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held MarkLogic optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Access optional
  • optional, not held MySQL optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held ObjectStore optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Database optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
  • optional, not held PostgreSQL optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server optional
  • optional, not held Teradata Database optional
  • optional, not held TripleStore optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
  • optional, not held online analytical processing optional
  • optional, not held support ICT system users optional
  • optional, not held use automatic programming optional
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT support optional
  • optional, not held provide technical training optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
42 held skills the database administrator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT encryption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT network security risks knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT safety skill
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Internet of Things knowledge
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role cloud monitoring and reporting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cloud security and compliance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer forensics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cyber attack counter-measures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cyber security knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role ethical hacking principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute software tests skill
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT system weaknesses skill
  • not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
  • not needed by the target role implement cloud security and compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internet governance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead disaster recovery exercises skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ICT identity management skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT data architecture skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT virtualisation environments skill
  • not needed by the target role manage IT security compliances skill
  • not needed by the target role manage keys for data protection skill
  • not needed by the target role mobile device management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role network standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organisational resilience knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respond to incidents in cloud skill
  • not needed by the target role security engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
  • not needed by the target role store digital data and systems skill
  • not needed by the target role telecom regulations knowledge

2 further entries not listed here

31 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 data models required
  • still to learn data quality assessment required
  • still to learn data storage required
  • still to learn database management systems required
  • still to learn distributed computing required
  • still to learn domain name service required
  • still to learn information structure required
  • still to learn query languages required
  • still to learn resource description framework query language required
  • optional, not held DB2 optional
  • optional, not held Filemaker (database management systems) optional
  • optional, not held IBM Informix optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held MarkLogic optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Access optional
  • optional, not held MySQL optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held ObjectStore optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Database optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
  • optional, not held PostgreSQL optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server optional
  • optional, not held Teradata Database optional
  • optional, not held TripleStore optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held online analytical processing optional
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT security administrator become a database administrator?

Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT security administrator already covers 28% of what a database administrator is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 9 of which the database administrator role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT security administrator need to become a database administrator?

19 required skills are missing, plus 31 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information and communication technologies (icts). The single most important is administer ICT system.

How hard is the move from ICT security administrator to database administrator?

Its learning distance is 79.3 out of 100, which is the career change 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.