Work Environment

Database administrators and architects work in nearly all industries. For example, in retail they may design databases that track buyers’ shipping information; in healthcare, they may manage databases that secure patients’ medical records.

Work Schedules

Most database administrators and architects work full time.

Job Outlook

Employment of database administrators and architects is projected to grow 8 percent from 2020 to 2030, about as fast as the average for all occupations.

About 13,900 openings for database administrators and architects are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

Employment

Employment growth will be driven by the increased data needs of companies in nearly all sectors of the economy. Database administrators and architects will be needed to organize data and present information to stakeholders in a user-friendly format.

The increasing popularity of database-as-a-service, which allows third parties to do database administration online, is expected to increase employment of these workers at cloud computing firms in the data processing, hosting, and related services industry.

Employment of database administrators and architects in the computer systems design and related services industry also is projected to grow. The continued adoption of cloud services by small and medium-sized businesses that do not have their own dedicated information technology (IT) departments is expected to increase the employment of database administrators and architects in this industry.