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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
£19,541
£30,785
£48,157

New workers start around £19,541. Normal pay is £30,785 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £48,157.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 49,226 vacancies for this type of job

5.25%

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

  • Extract Transform Load (ETL)

  • Marketing

  • Data Pipelines

  • Amazon Web Services

  • Data Warehousing

  • Agile Methodology

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

  • Detail Oriented

  • Problem Solving

  • Innovation

  • Planning

  • Research

  • Operations

  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)

  • Writing

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.

Routes to this career

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Computer Science

University of Surrey

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Guildford · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Computer Science

University of Salford

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Salford · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Computer Science

University Centre Peterborough

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Peterborough · 09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Computer Science

University of Warwick

MEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Computing

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Elgin · 09/2025

Tariff points: 21/24

Data Science

University of Chester

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Chester · 06/10/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Computing

Edge Hill University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ormskirk · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/112

Computing

Gloucestershire College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Cheltenham · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Computing (with integrated Foundation)

University of Buckingham

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Buckingham · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Web Design and Development

University of Central Lancashire

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Larnaka · 10/2025

Tariff points: 80/80

Software Engineering

Edinburgh Napier University

BEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time · Edinburgh · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Digital Technologies

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Nuneaton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Computer Science

Robert Gordon University

BSc (Hons) · 4-5 Years · Full-time · Aberdeen · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

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