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ms sql database administrator

Learned from 9 real résumés for this role.

Across 9 real U.S. résumés for a ms sql database administrator, the most distinctive skills are Database Backup/Restore, Database Availability and User-Defined Functions — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Database Backup/Restore
33% have it · 5405.3× vs average
Database Availability
33% have it · 5405.3× vs average
User-Defined Functions
33% have it · 2162.1× 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.

database backup/restore
5405.3×
33% · N=3
database availability
5405.3×
33% · N=3
user-defined functions
2162.1×
33% · N=3
microsoft ssrs
1801.8×
33% · N=3
production environments
1801.8×
33% · N=3
extended events
982.8×
33% · N=3
always on
623.7×
33% · N=3
alwayson
410.5×
33% · N=3
sql server profiler
360.4×
33% · N=3
software configuration
356.4×
33% · N=3
database configuration
348.7×
33% · N=3
failover clustering
348.7×
33% · N=3
database mirroring
214.1×
67% · N=6

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Real onward moves from dated work history.

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Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Common questions

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

What skills does a Ms Sql Database Administrator need?

In 9 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Database Backup/Restore (33% have it), Database Availability (33% have it), User-Defined Functions (33% have it), Microsoft Ssrs (33% have it), Production Environments (33% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Ms Sql Database 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 Ms Sql Database Administrator?

The roles that most often feed into this one are It Help Desk Analyst (9% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Ms Sql 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. 9 of them are Ms Sql 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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