Contractor-database administration vs data modeler

The differences between contractor-database administrations and data modelers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a contractor-database administration and a data modeler. Additionally, a contractor-database administration has an average salary of $107,794, which is higher than the $100,495 average annual salary of a data modeler.

The top three skills for a contractor-database administration include microsoft sql server, PL/SQL and DBA. The most important skills for a data modeler are ETL, data analysis, and data architecture.

Contractor-database administration vs data modeler overview

	Contractor-Database Administration	Data Modeler
Yearly salary	$107,794	$100,495
Hourly rate	$51.82	$48.31
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	23,458	81,645
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	4

Contractor-database administration vs data modeler salary

Contractor-database administrations and data modelers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Contractor-Database Administration	Data Modeler
Average salary	$107,794	$100,495
Salary range	Between $69,000 And $168,000	Between $73,000 And $138,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between contractor-database administration and data modeler education

There are a few differences between a contractor-database administration and a data modeler in terms of educational background:

	Contractor-Database Administration	Data Modeler
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Contractor-database administration vs data modeler demographics

Here are the differences between contractor-database administrations' and data modelers' demographics:

	Contractor-Database Administration	Data Modeler
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 63.4% Female, 36.6%	Male, 71.0% Female, 29.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 17.7% White, 59.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% Asian, 28.6% White, 51.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between contractor-database administration and data modeler duties and responsibilities

Contractor-database administration example responsibilities.

Fix grid control alerts on the database and monitor the database using grid control including managing of templates.
Analyze database performance, tune queries, and write PL/SQL store procedures, triggers, functions and packages.
Develop and implement backup and recovery procedures and create a corporate disaster recovery procedure for DB2.
Maintain scripts, procedures and SSIS solutions.
Create and performance tune T-SQL Scripts/SSIS packages.
Assist developers with T-SQL code development for more efficient execution.

Data modeler example responsibilities.

Lead efforts to analyze data for source/target mappings, create T-SQL scripts for data processing.
Involve in data governance processes relate to data quality and information management, managing the metadata repository etc.
Accomplish at designing dashboards and data summaries for technical and non-technical audiences and facilitating implementation of business strategies and missions.
Design the data marts in dimensional data modeling using star and snowflake schemas.
Develop data architecture prototypes and data models including ETL staging models, audit control models and traditional data warehouse dimension/fact models.
Work extensively with XML schema generation.

Contractor-database administration vs data modeler skills

Common contractor-database administration skills

Microsoft SQL Server, 10%
PL/SQL, 9%
DBA, 6%
Database Systems, 5%
Windows, 5%
Linux, 4%

Common data modeler skills

ETL, 6%
Data Analysis, 6%
Data Architecture, 6%
Physical Data Models, 5%
Data Warehouse, 5%
Tableau, 5%

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