Table 1Transition record

database designertodatabase administrator

A database designer already meets 47% of what the database administrator role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From database designer

47%

Overlap1

To database administrator

34 Skills carried over

16 Required, not held

64.1 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 64.1

This move: 64.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the database administrator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the database designer 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 34 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 a database designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held define database physical structure working with computers
already held design database backup specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
already held operate relational database management system working with computers
already held MarkLogic information and communication technologies (icts)
already held TripleStore information and communication technologies (icts)
already held Oracle Relational Database information and communication technologies (icts)

All 34 carried skills, including the 12 the database administrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 6 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 working with computers 8 required, 8 supplementary

required, not held administer ICT system required
required, not held balance database resources required
required, not held maintain database performance required
required, not held maintain database security required
required, not held perform backups required
required, not held use an application-specific interface required
required, not held use scripting programming required
required, not held perform ICT troubleshooting required

optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
optional, not held implement a firewall optional
optional, not held implement anti-virus software optional
optional, not held use automatic programming optional
optional, not held provide ICT support optional
optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer optional
optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held data storage required
required, not held distributed computing required
required, not held domain name service required
required, not held system backup best practice required

optional, not held online analytical processing optional

03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held create data models required
required, not held interpret technical texts required

optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held estimate duration of work optional

04 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held data quality assessment required

optional, not held business intelligence optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

05 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held apply company policies required

optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional

06 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary

optional, not held support ICT system users optional
optional, not held provide technical training optional
optional, not held use different communication channels 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 34 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held data models knowledge
already held database development tools knowledge
already held database management systems knowledge
already held define database physical structure skill
already held design database backup specifications skill
already held design database scheme skill
already held information structure knowledge
already held manage database skill
already held operate relational database management system skill
already held query languages knowledge
already held resource description framework query language knowledge
already held use databases skill
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 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 Relational Database knowledge
already held PostgreSQL knowledge
already held SPARQL knowledge
already held SQL Server knowledge
already held Teradata Database knowledge
already held TripleStore knowledge
already held XQuery knowledge
already held data engineering knowledge
already held design database in the cloud skill
already held manage cloud data and storage skill

17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
optional, not held implement a firewall optional
optional, not held implement anti-virus software 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 estimate duration of work optional
optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
optional, not held provide ICT support optional
optional, not held provide technical training optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional
optional, not held remove computer virus or malware from a computer 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

69 held skills the database administrator 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 Agile project management 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 CA Datacom/DB 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 project management methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT security legislation 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 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 WebLogic 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 Process-based management 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 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

29 further entries not listed here

8 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 quality assessment required
required, not held data storage required
required, not held distributed computing required
required, not held domain name service required
required, not held system backup best practice required
optional, not held online analytical processing optional
optional, not held business intelligence optional
optional, not held quality assurance methodologies optional

Index

Other moves recorded from database designer

Full index of moves from database designer

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.