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Professionals · code 2521

Database designers and administrators

Database designers and administrators design, develop, control, maintain and support the optimal performance and security of databases. Tasks include - (a) designing and developing database architecture, data structures, tables, dictionaries and naming conventions for information systems projects; (b) designing, constructing, modifying, integrating, implementing and testing database management systems; (c) conducting research and providing advice on the selection, application and implementation of database management tools; (d) developing and implementing data administration policy, documentation, standards and models; (e) developing policies and procedures for database access and usage and for the backup and recovery of data; (f) performing the operational establishment and preventive maintenance of backups, recovery procedures, and enforcing security and integrity controls. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Data administrator - Database administrator - Database analyst - Database architect Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Network administrator - 2522 - Systems administrator (computers) - 2522 - Webmaster - 3514 - Website administrator - 3514

Most of the tasks are affected. It ranks 405 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • database developer
  • data warehouse designer
  • database designer
  • database administrator
  • database integrator

Job titles from the EU's ESCO list. Search for any of them on the jobs page and you'll end up here.

43.2
Holds up
against AI Exposed: Gradient 3

AI could take on 56.8 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 56.8 = 43.2

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

9.5
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, averaged across 3 US jobs

10
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 16.5 · hand skill 12 · cramped spaces 1.5 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on

Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.

estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement

What this number leaves out This job rates 9.5 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 66.5, while the average is 56.8. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 66.5

    Designing, constructing, modifying, integrating, implementing and testing database management systems

    Medium
  2. 62.5

    Designing and developing database architecture, data structures, tables, dictionaries and naming conventions for information systems projects

    Medium
  3. 61.5

    Developing policies and procedures for database access and usage and for the backup and recovery of data

    Medium
  4. 53.5

    Conducting research and providing advice on the selection, application and implementation of database management tools

    Medium
  5. 53

    Developing and implementing data administration policy, documentation, standards and models

    Medium
  6. 43.5

    Performing the operational establishment and preventive maintenance of backups, recovery procedures, and enforcing security and integrity controls.

    Low

6 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

One Australian job matches this one closely, so this is about as reliable as it gets here.

AI helps you
71
AI does it for you
48

Helping wins by 23 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 2621

Compared with similar jobs

There are 92 jobs in the “Professionals” group, averaging 61.5. This one is below that.