Data Warehouse Developer
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Data Warehouse Developer designs, builds and maintains computer systems that store large amounts of data for companies and organizations. Implements systems for processing or retrieving data as needed to analyze activity or company operations; addresses security and privacy requirements for data.
Job Outlook
There were 35 Data Warehouse Developer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 770 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Data Warehousing Specialist industry, which includes the Data Warehouse Developer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Data Warehouse 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 $102,365.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $102,365.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Data Warehouse Developer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $67,139.
Education and Experience
Posted Data Warehouse 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% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 50.52% |
| Master's Degree | 8.05% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.13% |
| Other | 8.44% |
Posted Data Warehouse 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 | 21.39% |
| 3 to 5 years | 45.16% |
| 6 to 8 years | 20.66% |
| 9+ years | 12.8% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Data Warehouse 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 (36.88%)
- Problem Solving (34.55%)
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (28.18%)
- Information Technology (20.39%)
- Management (18.18%)
- Detail Oriented (15.45%)
- Verbal Communication Skills (10.52%)
- Organizational Skills (9.74%)
- Analytical Skills (9.48%)
- Microsoft Office (9.35%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- SQL (Programming Language) (63.3%)
- SQL Server Reporting Services (19.66%)
- SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) (30.14%)
- Power BI (27.39%)
- Data Warehousing (83.09%)
- Relational Databases (21.89%)
- Extract Transform Load (ETL) (72.61%)
- Data Modeling (45.87%)
- Computer Science (36.17%)
- Business Intelligence (36.83%)
- Data Analysis (24.77%)
- Agile Methodology (22.02%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions (8.26%)
- Data Pipelines (10.88%)
- Amazon Redshift (6.16%)
- Star Schema (8.39%)
- Databricks (12.19%)
- Cloud Technologies (7.86%)
- Data Ingestion (2.49%)
- Scripting (19.13%)
- Transact-SQL (12.84%)
- System Requirements (7.08%)
- Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (16.38%)
- Stored Procedure (16.64%)
- SQL Server Analysis Services (15.6%)
- Salesforce (4.59%)
- Systems Development Life Cycle (14.29%)
- Performance Tuning (11.27%)
- Oracle SQL Developer (6.95%)
- PL/SQL (7.86%)
- Metadata (7.73%)
- Microsoft SQL Servers (15.33%)
- Project Management (11.4%)
- Python (Programming Language) (15.86%)
- Scalability (22.28%)
- Functional Specification (7.08%)
- Warehousing (16.12%)
- Financial Services (1.31%)
- Finance (5.5%)
- Data Visualization (16.38%)
- Data Warehouse Architectures (7.6%)
- Database Design (9.31%)
- Debugging (8.13%)
- Software Development Life Cycle (3.41%)
- DevOps (12.98%)
- Data Architecture (8.52%)
- Database Management Systems (10.22%)
- Data Engineering (7.08%)
- Dataflow (4.85%)
- Data Governance (17.17%)
- Data Integration (31.85%)
- Data Integrity (9.31%)
- Data Management (16.64%)
- Data Mapping (6.16%)
- Data Migration (5.9%)
- Data Mining (10.09%)
- Data Quality (23.2%)
- Data Security (4.85%)
- Information Systems (8.26%)
- Data Processing (14.55%)
- Textiles (8.65%)
- Version Control (14.68%)
- Dashboard (19.92%)
- Business Process (14.42%)
- Business Requirements (22.94%)
- C# (Programming Language) (3.01%)
- Automation (16.64%)
- Microsoft Azure (25.56%)
- Amazon Web Services (10.09%)
- Software Development (7.47%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (11.01%)
- Microsoft Access (7.99%)
- Snowflake (Data Warehouse) (24.77%)
- Workflow Management (11.93%)
- Cloud Migration (7.08%)
- Azure Data Factory (17.96%)
- Informatica (19.66%)
- Data Lakes (8.78%)
- Database Management (12.58%)
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.
- Extract Transform Load (ETL) (100%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Data Warehouse Developer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Developer
- Manager/Data Engineer
- Business Information Developer
- Ab Initio Developer
- Data Warehouse Manager
- Data Warehouse Architect
- Data Warehouse Consultant
- Data Conversion Lead
- Analytics Engineer
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.
- ETL Developer
- Business Intelligence Developer / Architect
- Informatica Developer
- SQL Developer
- Database Analyst / Developer
- Data Engineer
- Database Architect
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Data Warehouse Developer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Carrington (51)
- Elevance Health (36)
- ResMed (16)
- Randstad (16)
- Glacier Bank (15)
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (10)
- Cai (8)
- The Judge Group (7)
- Mindlance (7)
- Insight Global (6)
North Carolina
- Genesis10 (4)
- Atrium Health (2)
- Collabera (2)
- Elevance Health (2)
- Strategic Staffing Solutions (2)
- 1 Point System (1)
- Wipro (1)
- Arthur J. Gallagher (1)
- Cerebra Consulting (1)
- Kezan Consulting LTD (1)
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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