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senior database administrator

Learned from 114 real résumés for this role.

Across 114 real U.S. résumés for a senior database administrator, the most distinctive skills are Oracle Cloud, Oracle Advanced Replication and Upgrade/Migration — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Oracle Cloud
5% have it · 853.5× vs average
Oracle Advanced Replication
8% have it · 640.1× vs average
Upgrade/Migration
3% have it · 853.5× 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.

oracle cloud
853.5×
5% · N=6
upgrade/migration
853.5×
3% · N=3
oracle8i
853.5×
3% · N=3
agile plm
853.5×
3% · N=3
error log monitoring
853.5×
3% · N=3
mongodb administration
569.0×
5% · N=6
sco
341.4×
5% · N=6
daily administration
341.4×
5% · N=6
maria db
426.7×
3% · N=3
oracle 12c database
426.7×
3% · N=3
sql server 2005/2000
426.7×
3% · N=3
litespeed
426.7×
3% · N=3
assm
426.7×
3% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

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 Senior Database Administrator need?

In 114 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Oracle Cloud (5% have it), Oracle Advanced Replication (8% have it), Upgrade/Migration (3% have it), Oracle8i (3% have it), Agile Plm (3% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

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

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Database Administrator (6% of moves, N=18), Database Architect (4% of moves, N=12), Business Analyst (3% of moves, N=9).

What roles lead into Senior Database Administrator?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Database Administrator (8% of arrivals, N=138), Oracle Database Administrator (5% of arrivals, N=24), Senior Database Engineer (44% of arrivals, N=12).

Does this page show Senior 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. 114 of them are Senior 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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