Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
Source: O*NET (2019)
Sample Job Titles:
Database Administrator
Data Engineer
Oracle Database Administrator
Database Developer
Database Engineer
Source: O*NET (2019)
Outlook in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Employment (Q1 2021) 1,548
Projected Annual Growth 0.6%
Average Entry Level Salary $50,400
Median Salary $87,600
Source: Greater Washington Partnership analysis of Chmura-JobsEQ and Burning Glass data, 9/17/21
Supply-Demand Snapshot: Database Administrators and Architects (all levels)
Entry Level Job Ads
2,459
Current Workforce
1,548
Source: Greater Washington Partnership analysis of Burning Glass data, 9/17/21
Preferred Certifications
(requested in at least 10% of entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)
Security Clearance (19%)
Top 10 Skills Requested
(entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)
SQL
Python
Database Administration
Extraction Transformation and Loading (ETL)
Oracle
Teradata DBA
Big Data
Data Warehousing
Java
Linux
Source: Greater Washington Partnership Analysis of Burning Glass data, Q1 2021
Outlook in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Employment (Q1 2021) 5,548
Projected Annual Growth 1.1%
Average Entry Level Salary $67,800
Median Salary $107,900
Source: Greater Washington Partnership analysis of Chmura-JobsEQ and Burning Glass data, 9/17/21
Supply-Demand Snapshot: Database Administrators and Architects (all levels)
Entry Level Job Ads
9,959
Current Workforce
5,548
Source: Greater Washington Partnership analysis of Burning Glass data, 9/17/21
Preferred Certifications
(requested in at least 10% of entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)
Security Clearance (19%)
Top 10 Skills Requested
(entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)
SQL
Python
Database Administration
Extraction Transformation and Loading (ETL)
Oracle
Teradata DBA
Big Data
Data Warehousing
Java
Linux
Source: Greater Washington Partnership Analysis of Burning Glass data, Q1 2021
Outlook in the Richmond, VA MSA MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Employment (Q1 2021) 902
Projected Annual Growth 0.9%
Average Entry Level Salary $62,100
Median Salary $97,700
Source: Greater Washington Partnership analysis of Chmura-JobsEQ and Burning Glass data, 9/17/21
Supply-Demand Snapshot: Database Administrators and Architects (all levels)
Entry Level Job Ads
1,761
Current Workforce
902
Source: Greater Washington Partnership analysis of Burning Glass data, 9/17/21
Preferred Certifications
(requested in at least 10% of entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)
Security Clearance (19%)
Top 10 Skills Requested
(entry level jobs requiring up through a bachelor’s degree)
SQL
Python
Database Administration
Extraction Transformation and Loading (ETL)
Oracle
Teradata DBA
Big Data
Data Warehousing
Java
Linux
Source: Greater Washington Partnership Analysis of Burning Glass data, Q1 2021
