Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

database designertodatabase developer

A database designer already meets 50% of what the database developer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From database designer
50%
Overlap1
To database developer
66 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
64.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 64.6

This move: 64.6 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the database developer 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 66 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A database developer 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 write database documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • 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)
  • already held CA Datacom/DB information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Filemaker (database management systems) information and communication technologies (icts)

All 66 carried skills, including the 6 the database developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 50 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 skills 6 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held create data models required
  • required, not held interpret technical texts required
  • required, not held collect customer feedback on applications required
  • required, not held estimate duration of work required
  • required, not held identify customer requirements required
  • required, not held report analysis results required
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held identify ICT security risks optional
  • optional, not held verify formal ICT specifications optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
02 working with computers 3 required, 10 supplementary
  • required, not held balance database resources required
  • required, not held perform backups required
  • required, not held use an application-specific interface required
  • optional, not held execute integration testing optional
  • optional, not held execute software tests optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
  • optional, not held perform data mining optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held store digital data and systems optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
  • optional, not held use personal organization software optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 16 supplementary
  • required, not held data storage required
  • required, not held data extraction, transformation and loading tools required
  • optional, not held Ajax Framework optional
  • optional, not held IBM InfoSphere DataStage optional
  • optional, not held IBM InfoSphere Information Server optional
  • optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
  • optional, not held Informatica PowerCenter optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Application Development Framework optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Data Integrator optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Warehouse Builder optional
  • optional, not held Pentaho Data Integration optional
  • optional, not held QlikView Expressor optional
  • optional, not held SAP Data Services optional
  • optional, not held SAS Data Management optional
  • optional, not held SQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server Integration Services optional
  • optional, not held WordPress optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held apply information security policies required
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held data quality assessment required
06 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held test ICT queries required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a database developer 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 66 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held database development tools knowledge
  • already held database management systems knowledge
  • already held query languages knowledge
  • already held resource description framework query language knowledge
  • already held use databases skill
  • already held write database documentation skill
  • already held ABAP knowledge
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held C# knowledge
  • already held C++ knowledge
  • already held CA Datacom/DB knowledge
  • already held COBOL knowledge
  • already held CoffeeScript knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held DB2 knowledge
  • already held Erlang knowledge
  • already held Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held IBM Informix knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held LDAP knowledge
  • already held LINQ knowledge
  • already held Lisp knowledge
  • already held MATLAB knowledge
  • already held MDX knowledge
  • already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held MarkLogic knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Access knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • already held MySQL knowledge
  • already held N1QL knowledge
  • already held ObjectStore knowledge
  • already held Objective-C knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Database knowledge
  • already held Oracle Relational Database knowledge
  • already held PHP knowledge
  • already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Perl knowledge
  • already held PostgreSQL knowledge
  • already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held R knowledge
  • already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held SAP R3 knowledge
  • already held SAS language knowledge
  • already held SPARQL knowledge
  • already held SQL Server knowledge
  • already held Scala knowledge
  • already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Teradata Database knowledge
  • already held TripleStore knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held XQuery knowledge
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held data engineering knowledge
  • already held manage cloud data and storage skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held use software design patterns optional
  • optional, not held address problems critically optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
  • optional, not held hardware architectures optional
09 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage business knowledge optional
36 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Ajax Framework optional
  • optional, not held IBM InfoSphere DataStage optional
  • optional, not held IBM InfoSphere Information Server optional
  • optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
  • optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
  • optional, not held Informatica PowerCenter optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Application Development Framework optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Data Integrator optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Warehouse Builder optional
  • optional, not held Pentaho Data Integration optional
  • optional, not held QlikView Expressor optional
  • optional, not held SAP Data Services optional
  • optional, not held SAS Data Management optional
  • optional, not held SQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server Integration Services optional
  • optional, not held WordPress optional
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held execute integration testing optional
  • optional, not held execute software tests optional
  • optional, not held hardware architectures optional
  • optional, not held identify ICT security risks optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
  • optional, not held perform data mining optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held use software design patterns optional
  • optional, not held verify formal ICT specifications optional
  • optional, not held address problems critically optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional
  • optional, not held manage business knowledge optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held store digital data and systems optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
  • optional, not held use personal organization software optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
37 held skills the database developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Agile project management 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 Oracle WebLogic knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role apply ICT systems theory skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create data sets skill
  • not needed by the target role create database diagrams skill
  • not needed by the target role create software design skill
  • not needed by the target role data models knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define database physical structure skill
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements 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 develop automated migration methods skill
  • not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage database skill
  • not needed by the target role manage standards for data exchange skill
  • not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
  • not needed by the target role operate relational database management system skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • not needed by the target role systems theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role unstructured data knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use access control software skill
  • not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
  • not needed by the target role web programming knowledge
21 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 data extraction, transformation and loading tools required
  • optional, not held Ajax Framework optional
  • optional, not held IBM InfoSphere DataStage optional
  • optional, not held IBM InfoSphere Information Server optional
  • optional, not held ICT infrastructure optional
  • optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
  • optional, not held Informatica PowerCenter optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript Framework optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Application Development Framework optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Data Integrator optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Warehouse Builder optional
  • optional, not held Pentaho Data Integration optional
  • optional, not held QlikView Expressor optional
  • optional, not held SAP Data Services optional
  • optional, not held SAS Data Management optional
  • optional, not held SQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server Integration Services optional
  • optional, not held WordPress optional
  • optional, not held hardware architectures 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.