ETL Developer
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
An ETL Developer develops, tests and maintains the process of data extraction, transformation and loading (ETL), a data warehousing process used for pull data out of source systems and load them into a data warehouse solution.
Job Outlook
There were 565 ETL Developer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 7353 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Database Administrator industry, which includes the ETL Developer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:
Salary
Many new ETL Developer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $102,091.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $100,557.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for ETL Developer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $96,047.
Education and Experience
Posted ETL Developer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0.78% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 43.97% |
| Master's Degree | 6.02% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.3% |
| Other | 1.03% |
Posted ETL Developer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 8.74% |
| 3 to 5 years | 49.54% |
| 6 to 8 years | 27.22% |
| 9+ years | 14.5% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills ETL Developer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (35.6%)
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (25.62%)
- Problem Solving (20.18%)
- Management (19.31%)
- Writing (11.41%)
- Information Technology (10.24%)
- Planning (9.48%)
- Operations (7.97%)
- Scheduling (7.67%)
- Interpersonal Communications (7.38%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Informatica (34.69%)
- Agile Methodology (29.38%)
- Business Intelligence (20.42%)
- Data Analysis (22.1%)
- Data Integration (21.01%)
- Extract Transform Load (ETL) (98.22%)
- Computer Science (28.62%)
- Data Warehousing (49.2%)
- SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) (19.11%)
- Data Modeling (28.03%)
- IBM InfoSphere DataStage (8.79%)
- Python (Programming Language) (30.48%)
- Scripting (21.31%)
- Informatica Powercenter (7.71%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (69.15%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Java (Programming Language) (16%)
- Git (Version Control System) (7.45%)
- Data Lakes (5.51%)
- Workflow Management (15.19%)
- Application Development (8.36%)
- JavaScript (Programming Language) (4.92%)
- Microsoft Azure (18.76%)
- Big Data (9.54%)
- Test Automation (4.13%)
- JIRA (7.86%)
- Software Development (10.12%)
- Automation (13.34%)
- Unit Testing (9.46%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (10.04%)
- Dashboard (5.62%)
- Business Requirements (15.27%)
- Information Systems (7.43%)
- Amazon Web Services (21.35%)
- Data Transformation (3.51%)
- Unix (14.56%)
- Data Mapping (4.5%)
- IBM DB2 (5.07%)
- Data Engineering (8.62%)
- Data Management (9.19%)
- Data Structures (4.26%)
- Data Quality (17.7%)
- Version Control (4.42%)
- Code Review (4.44%)
- Data Migration (5.79%)
- Data Profiling (5.94%)
- Debugging (11.27%)
- DevOps (6.02%)
- Data Cleansing (3.14%)
- Data Extraction (5.8%)
- Data Governance (6.73%)
- Software Development Life Cycle (4.96%)
- Relational Databases (12.67%)
- Scalability (11.04%)
- Scrum (Software Development) (7.66%)
- Project Management (8.38%)
- Teradata SQL (7.02%)
- PL/SQL (14.8%)
- Unix Shell (8.64%)
- CI/CD (7.99%)
- Microsoft SQL Servers (10.9%)
- Power BI (9.23%)
- Test Planning (6.06%)
- Shell Script (8.47%)
- Performance Tuning (11.24%)
- Stored Procedure (14.67%)
- Synapse Citrix (2.89%)
- Talend (10.19%)
- Transact-SQL (7.17%)
- Systems Development Life Cycle (8.9%)
- Web Services (4.74%)
- Root Cause Analysis (2.67%)
- Data Pipelines (11.52%)
- SQL Server Reporting Services (6.71%)
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) (6.05%)
- Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (9.02%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Ab Initio (Software) (5.87%)
- Snowflake Schema (2.47%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Snowflake Schema (27.27%)
- Informatica Powercenter (85.15%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with ETL Developer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- ETL Informatica Developer
- Lead ETL Developer
- ETL Tester
- ETL Datastage Developer
- ETL Engineer
- Java Developer
- Ab Initio Developer
- Full Stack Developer
- Talend ETL Developer
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Data Warehouse Developer
- Informatica Developer
- Database Analyst / Developer
- SQL Developer
- Database Architect
- Data Engineer
- Business Intelligence Developer / Architect
- Oracle Developer
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most ETL Developer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Guidehouse (195)
- Syms Strategic Group (192)
- Randstad (152)
- Beacon Hill Staffing Group (104)
- Acadia Technologies (75)
- Kforce (60)
- The Matlen Silver Group (56)
- Diverse Lynx (55)
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (50)
- Lincoln Financial Group (50)
North Carolina
- Randstad (42)
- Charlotte, Nc (19)
- The Matlen Silver Group (16)
- Syms Strategic Group (15)
- ManpowerGroup (14)
- TEKsystems (12)
- Spectrum (11)
- Kforce (8)
- Matrix Resources (7)
- Galaxy I Technologies (7)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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