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lead database administrator

Learned from 18 real résumés for this role.

Across 18 real U.S. résumés for a lead database administrator, the most distinctive skills are Soa Architecture, Visual Interdev and Partitioned Tables — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Soa Architecture
17% have it · 2702.6× vs average
Visual Interdev
17% have it · 1801.8× vs average
Partitioned Tables
17% have it · 1621.6× 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.

soa architecture
2702.6×
17% · N=3
visual interdev
1801.8×
17% · N=3
partitioned tables
1621.6×
17% · N=3
oracle database installation and configuration
772.2×
17% · N=3
ado
705.0×
17% · N=3
linux shell scripting
600.6×
17% · N=3
datasets
579.1×
17% · N=3
tibco
395.5×
17% · N=3
sql server performance tuning
337.8×
17% · N=3
sql server replication
284.5×
17% · N=3
data loading
279.6×
17% · N=3
database modeling
270.3×
17% · N=3
import/export
270.3×
17% · N=3
sql server clustering
225.2×
17% · N=3
performance improvement
210.6×
17% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

technical architect - enterprise database support10% · N=3principal consultant10% · N=3senior database administrator10% · N=3database administrator - team lead10% · N=3it consultant (contract)10% · N=3senior consultant10% · N=3adjunct remote professor10% · N=3db2 for z10% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

database administrator1% · N=15database manager5% · N=3production support database administrator33% · N=3senior programmer4% · N=3

Common questions

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

What skills does a Lead Database Administrator need?

In 18 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Soa Architecture (17% have it), Visual Interdev (17% have it), Partitioned Tables (17% have it), Oracle Database Installation And Configuration (17% have it), Ado (17% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

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

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Technical Architect - Enterprise Database Support (10% of moves, N=3), Principal Consultant (10% of moves, N=3), Senior Database Administrator (10% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Lead Database Administrator?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Database Administrator (1% of arrivals, N=15), Database Manager (5% of arrivals, N=3), Production Support Database Administrator (33% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Lead Database 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. 18 of them are Lead Database 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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