Table 1Transition record

database integratortodata 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.

From database integrator

38%

Overlap1

To data quality specialist

16 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

65.1 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 65.1

This move: 65.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the data quality specialist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the database integrator 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 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 8 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 5 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held utilise regular expressions required
required, not held establish data processes required
required, not held normalise data required
required, not held implement data quality processes required
required, not held use data processing techniques required

optional, not held perform data analysis optional

02 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held handle data samples required
required, not held manage database required
required, not held process data required
required, not held report analysis results required

optional, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held design database scheme required
required, not held 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

04 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held data ethics required

optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional

05 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held manage standards for data exchange required

optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional

06 business, administration and law 2 supplementary

optional, not held data quality assessment optional
optional, not held business processes optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 16 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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

Skill to acquire Tier

07 health and welfare 1 supplementary

optional, not held healthcare analytics optional

08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held statistics optional

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

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

Skill Type

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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held 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

Index

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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.