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database

Name: Database skill & career-path data
Creator: Futureful

Learned from 237 real résumés in this field.

Across 237 real U.S. résumés in database, the most distinctive skills are Product Lifecycle, Designing Database and Client Requirements — each far more common in this field than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Database is a field, not a single job title — these are the skills that show up across the work inside it.

Product Lifecycle: 2% have it · 136.8× vs average
Designing Database: 2% have it · 97.7× vs average
Client Requirements: 2% have it · 60.4× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

What this means

Across the 237 résumés in this role, the work centers squarely on databases: nearly every résumé names database work directly, and about four in ten mention databases in the plural, pointing to people who manage more than one system. A smaller share, around % each, lists more specific experience such as designing databases, SQL Server databases, gathering client requirements, working in sprints, and supporting product lifecycle work. Roughly % already carry the database administrator title. Next steps are fairly close to home. The most common move is into a database administrator role, with a handful of people going on to blackboard administrator, IT administrator, remote database administrator, or Perl programmer positions. Feeders look similar: most arrive from database administrator roles, and a smaller number come from office manager, programmer, or technical consultant backgrounds. The counts here are modest, so treat these paths as directional rather than firm.

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Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

product lifecycle

136.8×

2% · N=5

designing database

97.7×

2% · N=5

client requirements

60.4×

2% · N=5

sprints

60.4×

2% · N=5

sql server databases

41.9×

2% · N=5

databases

10.2×

39% · N=92

database

5.4×

92% · N=219

database administrator

10.9×

6% · N=13

database architecture

14.0×

2% · N=5

computer science

5.7×

17% · N=40

spreadsheets

13.8×

1% · N=3

storage

7.4×

5% · N=12

tuning

10.5×

2% · N=4

data

3.3×

77% · N=182

performance

3.4×

55% · N=130

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

database administrator23% · N=9 blackboard administrator8% · N=3 it administrator8% · N=3 remote database administrator8% · N=3 perl programmer8% · N=3 developer8% · N=3 production application specialist8% · N=3 division cybersecurity analyst8% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

database administrator1% · N=12 office manager4% · N=3 programmer1% · N=3 technical consultant4% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills show up in Database?

In 237 real résumés in this field, the most defining skills are Product Lifecycle (2% have it), Designing Database (2% have it), Client Requirements (2% have it), Sprints (2% have it), Sql Server Databases (2% have it). These are the skills that separate this field from the rest of the workforce.

What do people working in Database move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Database Administrator (23% of moves, N=9), Blackboard Administrator (8% of moves, N=3), It Administrator (8% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Database?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Database Administrator (1% of arrivals, N=12), Office Manager (4% of arrivals, N=3), Programmer (1% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Database salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this field and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 237 of them are Database résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

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