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Software & IT

database manager

Learned from 9 real résumés for this role.

Across 9 real U.S. résumés for a database manager, the most distinctive skills are Donor Relations, Provided Administrative Support and Accounts Payable And Receivable — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Donor Relations
33% have it · 2702.6× vs average
Provided Administrative Support
33% have it · 2702.6× vs average
Accounts Payable And Receivable
33% have it · 1706.9× 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.

donor relations
2702.6×
33% · N=3
provided administrative support
2702.6×
33% · N=3
accounts payable and receivable
1706.9×
33% · N=3
grant management
1297.3×
33% · N=3
membership management
1158.3×
33% · N=3
raiser's edge
900.9×
33% · N=3
data cleaning
506.7×
33% · N=3
data collection
134.6×
33% · N=3
onboarding
127.2×
33% · N=3
data integrity
104.0×
33% · N=3
data management
58.8×
33% · N=3
mentoring
52.0×
33% · N=3
database management
23.0×
33% · N=3
budget
20.1×
33% · N=3
process improvement
19.2×
33% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

database administrator11% · N=6data processing caging support specialist5% · N=3web developer5% · N=3software developer5% · N=3crm database manager5% · N=3lead database administrator5% · N=3senior db2 luw database administrator5% · N=3consultant5% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

database designer25% · N=3web applications developer33% · N=3web master11% · N=3

Common questions

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

What skills does a Database Manager need?

In 9 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Donor Relations (33% have it), Provided Administrative Support (33% have it), Accounts Payable And Receivable (33% have it), Grant Management (33% have it), Membership Management (33% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Database Manager roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Database Administrator (11% of moves, N=6), Data Processing Caging Support Specialist (5% of moves, N=3), Web Developer (5% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Database Manager?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Database Designer (25% of arrivals, N=3), Web Applications Developer (33% of arrivals, N=3), Web Master (11% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Database Manager 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. 9 of them are Database Manager 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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