Career switch, measured
From Database Administrator to Data Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 79% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include SQL, AWS, Databricks, Azure; the main skills to add are Spark, Airflow, dbt, Kafka.
79%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillDatabase AdministratorData Engineer
- SQL55%66%
- AWS47%54%
- Databricks23%30%
- Azure37%28%
- Snowflake20%27%
- Python31%70%
- CI/CD25%35%
- Google Cloud22%20%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Engineer postings, rarely in Database Administrator ones.
SkillDatabase AdministratorData Engineer
- Spark8%36%
- Airflow10%32%
- dbt7%23%
- Kafka–21%
- Data visualization8%18%
- Redshift–17%
- Electronic health records–16%
- Research6%13%
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