Database Architect

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Database Architect builds integrated data systems for a company or organization. Creates structures needed for different types of information processed, integrates structures into a system that is reliable and secure, sets system standards, and provides help with troubleshooting and access to data.

Job Outlook

There were 161 Database Architect job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 3037 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Database Architect industry, which includes the Database Architect career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:

Salary

Many new Database Architect jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $139,687.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $140,108.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Database Architect postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $122,215.

Education and Experience

Posted Database Architect jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	0%
Bachelor's Degree	57.26%
Master's Degree	24.5%
Doctoral Degree	9.65%
Other	2.83%

Posted Database Architect jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	2.93%
3 to 5 years	32%
6 to 8 years	26.7%
9+ years	38.37%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Database Architect positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Communication (37.8%)
Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (35.1%)
Management (29.24%)
Problem Solving (25.16%)
Operations (24.27%)
Planning (21.34%)
Leadership (19.16%)
Information Technology (16.76%)
Consulting (14.49%)
Innovation (12.68%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

SQL (Programming Language) (58.05%)
Python (Programming Language) (21.76%)
PostgreSQL (40.52%)
Scalability (33.92%)
Data Warehousing (30.52%)
Database Administration (40.29%)
Database Design (26.59%)
Database Security (20.93%)
Database Tuning (21.33%)
Data Integrity (20.83%)
Extract Transform Load (ETL) (28.46%)
Data Modeling (36.72%)
Computer Science (34.86%)
Automation (29.22%)
Microsoft Azure (30.76%)
Amazon Web Services (40.19%)
Database Systems (22.86%)
Database Architecture (32.09%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

CI/CD (10.3%)
Terraform (15.43%)
Data Pipelines (5.53%)
Amazon Redshift (14.33%)
Apache Kafka (2.77%)
Data Storage (8.66%)
Scripting (20.59%)
Indexing (10.13%)
Technical Documentation (3.03%)
Stored Procedure (10.86%)
Query Optimization (13.56%)
Relational Database Management Systems (8.83%)
Power BI (6.83%)
Ansible (5.83%)
Windows PowerShell (4.37%)
Performance Tuning (28.62%)
Oracle Databases (13.2%)
Oracle SQL Developer (7.26%)
PL/SQL (6.46%)
NoSQL (17.19%)
Microsoft SQL Servers (20.59%)
MongoDB (21.39%)
MySQL (27.12%)
Machine Learning (14.4%)
Project Management (13.33%)
Amazon DynamoDB (17.29%)
IBM DB2 (5.66%)
Relational Databases (16.26%)
Database Development (5.6%)
Database Storage Structures (9.26%)
Encryption (11.96%)
Linux (10.1%)
Operating Systems (4.3%)
DevOps (12.4%)
Disaster Recovery (19.43%)
Data Architecture (12.96%)
Database Management Systems (10.5%)
Data Governance (10.3%)
Data Infrastructure (4.43%)
Data Integration (7.73%)
Data Management (18.63%)
Data Migration (17.23%)
Information Privacy (3.2%)
Data Quality (8.5%)
Data Security (14%)
Data Structures (5.2%)
Information Systems (7.63%)
Change Management (4.67%)
Cloud Computing (4.8%)
Business Requirements (12.03%)
Unix (5.7%)
IT Capacity Management (9.96%)
Backup Devices (10.4%)
Business Intelligence (6.5%)
Big Data (7.7%)
Data Analysis (13.86%)
Software Development (7.76%)
JIRA (6.96%)
Auditing (10.56%)
Agile Methodology (14.2%)
Artificial Intelligence (14.33%)
Data Access (4.2%)
Microsoft Access (19.16%)
Access Controls (6.83%)
Snowflake (Data Warehouse) (13.1%)
Workflow Management (6.7%)
Atlassian Confluence (4.07%)
Database Management (17.06%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

Data Partitioning (3.13%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

Database Architecture (35.4%)
Automation (32.24%)
Microsoft Azure (33.93%)
Computer Science (38.46%)
Database Administration (44.45%)
Database Design (29.34%)
Database Security (23.09%)
Python (Programming Language) (24.01%)
PostgreSQL (44.71%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Database Architect skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Database Engineer
Cloud Database Architect
Oracle Database Architect
Lead SQL Server Database Administrator
PostgreSQL Database Administrator
PHP/MySQL Developer
Database Administrator
Data Management Engineer
Oracle Goldengate Consultant

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Database Architect jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Cox Communications (215)
GovCIO (152)
Professional Solutions Delivered (76)
Amazon (74)
Empower Company S.R.O. (62)
Nutanix (53)
Marriott International (51)
Edb (37)
Concentrix (35)
Health First (35)

North Carolina

Thermo Fisher Scientific (10)
Empower Company S.R.O. (7)
Randstad (7)
Siemens (6)
Cox Communications (5)
Ihire (4)
Collabera (4)
Wells Fargo (4)
Professional Solutions Delivered (4)
GovCIO (3)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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