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Professionals · code 2529

Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified

This unit group includes database and network professionals not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 252: Database and Network Professionals. For instance, the group includes information and communications technology security specialists. In such cases tasks would include - (a) developing plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs; (b) training users and promoting security awareness to ensure system security and to improve server and network efficiency; (c) conferring with users to discuss issues such as computer data access needs, security violations and programming changes; (d) monitoring current reports of computer viruses to determine when to update virus protection systems; (e) modifying computer security files to incorporate new software, correct errors or change individual access status; (f) monitoring use of data files and regulate access to safeguard information in computer files; (g) performing risk assessments and executing tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures; (h) encrypting data transmissions and erecting firewalls to conceal confidential information as it is being transmitted and to keep out tainted digital transfers. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Data miner - Digital forensic specialist - Security specialist (ICT)

A good share of the tasks are affected. It ranks 371 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • digital forensics expert
  • ICT security administrator
  • knowledge engineer
  • ICT security manager
  • ICT resilience manager
  • ethical hacker
  • chief ICT security officer
  • ICT security consultant

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

51.3
Holds up
against AI Exposed: Gradient 2

AI could take on 48.7 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 48.7 = 51.3

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

13.8
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, averaged across 16 US jobs , so treat it as rough

19.3
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 25.8 · hand skill 20.4 · cramped spaces 11.7 · 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 13.8 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 60, while the average is 48.7. 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. 60

    Monitoring current reports of computer viruses to determine when to update virus protection systems

    Medium
  2. 53

    Developing plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs

    Medium
  3. 48.5

    Conferring with users to discuss issues such as computer data access needs, security violations, and programming changes

    Low
  4. 48.5

    Modifying computer security files to incorporate new software, correct errors or change individual access status

    Low
  5. 47.3

    Performing risk assessments and executing tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures

    Low
  6. 46.5

    Training users and promoting security awareness to ensure system security and to improve server and network efficiency

    Low
  7. 44

    Monitoring use of data files and regulate access to safeguard information in computer files

    Low
  8. 41.5

    Encrypting data transmissions and erecting firewalls to conceal confidential information as it is being transmitted and to keep out tainted digital transfers.

    Low

8 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, but only partly: not everyone in it does this job. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

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 61.4. This one is below that.

A closer look

There's a written profile for this job, with notes on what changes and what stays human.