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Database Administrators and Web Content Technicians

Database administrators and web content technicians administer, maintain and provide user support for databases and websites and assist in the design and development of databases; and monitors social media sites for posts and comments on behalf of companies.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£19,513
£32,880
£52,522

New workers start around £19,513. Normal pay is £32,880 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £52,522.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 49,461 vacancies for this type of job

4.91%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Proof reads social media content and checks content of videos before publication on websites.

  • Trains colleagues in the use of the databases and websites.

  • Writes and publishes content and monitors and maintains functionality of websites.

  • Extracts data and assists others in the use of the database.

  • Administers, monitors and supports databases and website content.

  • Tests databases and writes user guides for their operation.

  • Assists in database design and creation and amends existing databases.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Data Engineering

  • SQL (Programming Language)

  • Python (Programming Language)

  • Microsoft Azure

  • Scalability

  • Extract Transform Load (ETL)

  • Data Pipelines

  • Marketing

  • Social Media

  • Data Modeling

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)

  • Innovation

  • Operations

  • Planning

  • Editing

  • Sales

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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