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 34 Data Warehouse Developer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 783 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 $123,893.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $123,893.
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 $112,232.
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 | 51.09% |
| Master's Degree | 9.07% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.13% |
| Other | 8.17% |
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 | 21.17% |
| 3 to 5 years | 43.59% |
| 6 to 8 years | 22.06% |
| 9+ years | 13.17% |
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 (36.27%)
- Problem Solving (33.46%)
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (27.84%)
- Information Technology (20.82%)
- Management (18.9%)
- Detail Oriented (15.45%)
- Verbal Communication Skills (10.47%)
- Organizational Skills (9.45%)
- Analytical Skills (9.32%)
- Microsoft Office (9.2%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Informatica (21.11%)
- Data Analysis (25.48%)
- Business Intelligence (38.22%)
- Computer Science (35.78%)
- Data Quality (23.17%)
- Data Warehousing (84.17%)
- Data Modeling (46.85%)
- Extract Transform Load (ETL) (73.1%)
- Warehousing (16.22%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (63.71%)
- SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) (30.12%)
- Power BI (26.38%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Data Lakes (8.75%)
- Workflow Management (11.33%)
- Azure Data Factory (18.02%)
- Azure DevOps (3.86%)
- Agile Methodology (21.49%)
- Data Management (15.57%)
- Relational Databases (21.88%)
- Software Development (7.46%)
- Microsoft Access (7.85%)
- Automation (15.7%)
- Amazon Web Services (10.04%)
- Business Requirements (22.39%)
- C# (Programming Language) (2.7%)
- Microsoft Azure (24.71%)
- Data Warehouse Architectures (8.49%)
- Unix (7.46%)
- Business Process (13.77%)
- Data Profiling (6.69%)
- Data Engineering (6.69%)
- Dashboard (20.59%)
- Data Integrity (9.14%)
- Data Mining (9.91%)
- Software Development Life Cycle (3.6%)
- Data Extraction (4.89%)
- Data Security (5.28%)
- Data Governance (16.22%)
- Data Integration (30.76%)
- IBM InfoSphere DataStage (6.69%)
- Data Validation (4.38%)
- Data Mart (5.79%)
- Data Visualization (16.47%)
- Finance (5.41%)
- DevOps (12.87%)
- Information Systems (8.49%)
- Debugging (8.37%)
- Data Architecture (8.11%)
- Database Administration (6.56%)
- Database Design (9.27%)
- PL/SQL (9.01%)
- Metadata (7.21%)
- Python (Programming Language) (15.19%)
- Systems Development Life Cycle (13.64%)
- Performance Tuning (10.81%)
- Scalability (22.01%)
- Microsoft SQL Servers (15.96%)
- Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (16.6%)
- Technical Documentation (2.83%)
- SQL Server Analysis Services (15.7%)
- Project Management (11.45%)
- Requirements Elicitation (3.35%)
- Salesforce (4.63%)
- Scripting (18.53%)
- Scrum (Software Development) (4.89%)
- Stored Procedure (17.25%)
- SQL Server Reporting Services (20.33%)
- Transact-SQL (12.1%)
- Star Schema (7.98%)
- Data Pipelines (11.07%)
- Programming Languages (5.66%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Data Warehouse Developer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Manager/Data Engineer
- Business Information Developer
- Ab Initio Developer
- Data Warehouse Consultant
- Data Warehouse Architect
- Data Warehouse Manager
- Data Warehouse Administrator
- Data Conversion Lead
- Data Warehouse Tester
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
- SQL Developer
- Informatica Developer
- Data Engineer
- Database Analyst / Developer
- Business Intelligence Analyst
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 (39)
- Randstad (17)
- ResMed (16)
- Glacier Bank (15)
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (9)
- Cai (8)
- The Judge Group (7)
- Mindlance (7)
- Insight Global (6)
North Carolina
- Collabera (3)
- Genesis10 (3)
- Atrium Health (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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