Database Analyst / Developer

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Database Analyst or Developer analyzes, maintains, test and develops database structures and processes. Provides support for software, product and client needs addressed through the database.

Job Outlook

There were 494 Database Analyst / Developer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 10278 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Database Administrator industry, which includes the Database Analyst / Developer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Database Analyst / 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 $85,321.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $88,114.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Database Analyst / Developer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $55,469.

Education and Experience

Posted Database Analyst / 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	5.88%
Bachelor's Degree	43.41%
Master's Degree	9.18%
Doctoral Degree	1.37%
Other	6.81%

Posted Database Analyst / 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	24.71%
3 to 5 years	44.31%
6 to 8 years	19.53%
9+ years	11.46%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Database Analyst / 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 (26.87%)
Management (19.69%)
Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (18.41%)
Problem Solving (15.9%)
Operations (14.44%)
Detail Oriented (10.45%)
Writing (9.28%)
Research (9.25%)
Customer Service (8.7%)
Planning (8.68%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

SQL (Programming Language) (48.28%)
Database Analysis (19.18%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Project Management (11.05%)
PL/SQL (11.97%)
Agile Methodology (15.75%)
Microsoft Access (9.11%)
Amazon Web Services (10.43%)
Data Migration (7.4%)
Computer Science (26.39%)
Database Administration (16.66%)
Data Analysis (18.74%)
Relational Databases (17.75%)
Java (Programming Language) (9.54%)
Data Management (11.29%)
Database Development (10.09%)
Extract Transform Load (ETL) (26.99%)
Transact-SQL (9.29%)
Business Requirements (10.31%)
Automation (9.67%)
Python (Programming Language) (17.5%)
Microsoft Azure (11.22%)
Software Development (10.09%)
Scripting (12.98%)
Database Systems (9.3%)
Microsoft SQL Servers (16.21%)
Performance Tuning (10.35%)
Stored Procedure (17.75%)
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) (10.82%)
Database Design (12.21%)
Data Warehousing (19.55%)
Data Modeling (16.87%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

IBM InfoSphere DataStage (8.76%)

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.

IBM InfoSphere DataStage (16.68%)
SQL (Programming Language) (91.87%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Database Analyst / Developer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Database Developer
Database Analyst
Datastage Developer
Database Coordinator
Carhop
Data Migration Lead
Warehouse Lead
State Auditor
Marketing Database Analyst
Database Development Manager

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.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Database Analyst / Developer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Robert Half (340)
Sonic Drive-In (195)
Randstad (193)
Lowe's (129)
Uline (119)
Patnode Business Evaluation Services (116)
Guidehouse (88)
Sleep Number (79)
Lockheed Martin (78)
Leidos (78)

North Carolina

Randstad (30)
ManpowerGroup (10)
Diverse Lynx (9)
Eliassen Group (9)
General Dynamics (8)
Duke University (8)
Kforce (8)
Robert Half (8)
Cynet Systems (7)
Sonic Drive-In (6)

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!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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