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database developer/ administrator

Learned from 12 real résumés for this role.

Across 12 real U.S. résumés for a database developer/ administrator, the most distinctive skills are Point In Time Recovery, T-Sql Stored Procedures and Payroll System — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Point In Time Recovery
25% have it · 4054.0× vs average
T-Sql Stored Procedures
25% have it · 2027.0× vs average
Payroll System
25% have it · 1520.2× vs average

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

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.

point in time recovery
4054.0×
25% · N=3
t-sql stored procedures
2027.0×
25% · N=3
payroll system
1520.2×
25% · N=3
windows 2008 server
1158.3×
25% · N=3
ado
1057.5×
25% · N=3
windows 2000 server
1013.5×
25% · N=3
query analyzer
1013.5×
25% · N=3
backup recovery
868.7×
25% · N=3
windows nt 4.0
623.7×
25% · N=3
sap erp
528.8×
25% · N=3
sql server upgrade
506.7×
25% · N=3
sql server database
458.9×
25% · N=3
security patching
450.4×
25% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Not enough dated career history yet to show real next moves for this role.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Not enough dated career history yet to show feeder roles.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Common questions

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

What skills does a Database Developer/ Administrator need?

In 12 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Point In Time Recovery (25% have it), T-Sql Stored Procedures (25% have it), Payroll System (25% have it), Windows 2008 Server (25% have it), Ado (25% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Database Developer/ Administrator roles move on to next?

Not enough dated career history exists yet for this role to show real next moves, so we say so rather than invent a path.

What roles lead into Database Developer/ Administrator?

Not enough dated career history exists yet to show which roles feed into this one, so we show an honest empty state.

Does this page show Database Developer/ Administrator salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role 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. 12 of them are Database Developer/ Administrator 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.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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