Data warehousing manager vs technical manager

The differences between data warehousing managers and technical managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-8 years to become a data warehousing manager, becoming a technical manager takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a technical manager has an average salary of $116,619, which is higher than the $106,633 average annual salary of a data warehousing manager.

The top three skills for a data warehousing manager include data warehousing, data warehouse and ETL. The most important skills for a technical manager are project management, infrastructure, and architecture.

Data warehousing manager vs technical manager overview

	Data Warehousing Manager	Technical Manager
Yearly salary	$106,633	$116,619
Hourly rate	$51.27	$56.07
Growth rate	16%	8%
Number of jobs	88,601	116,732
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	47	40
Years of experience	8	2

Data warehousing manager vs technical manager salary

Data warehousing managers and technical managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Data Warehousing Manager	Technical Manager
Average salary	$106,633	$116,619
Salary range	Between $73,000 And $154,000	Between $84,000 And $161,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	A.T. Kearney
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between data warehousing manager and technical manager education

There are a few differences between a data warehousing manager and a technical manager in terms of educational background:

	Data Warehousing Manager	Technical Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Carnegie Mellon University

Data warehousing manager vs technical manager demographics

Here are the differences between data warehousing managers' and technical managers' demographics:

	Data Warehousing Manager	Technical Manager
Average age	47	40
Gender ratio	Male, 86.9% Female, 13.1%	Male, 83.7% Female, 16.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.5% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 15.1% White, 63.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 6.4% White, 65.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	14%

Differences between data warehousing manager and technical manager duties and responsibilities

Data warehousing manager example responsibilities.

Manage the ETL development of all new data feeds to external parties.
Manage clinical trials by gathering data, monitoring adverse events, screening patients for eligibility and scheduling patients per protocol.
Design and implement complex database refresh processes using SQL, PL/SQL and Unix shell scripts.
Help guide discussions around database design, the proper use of OLAP cubes, and other architectural design discussions.
Create, maintain and publish data dictionary with metadata repository, conceptual and logical data models in SharePoint portal.
Manage clinical trials by gathering data, monitoring adverse events, screening patients for eligibility and scheduling patients per protocol.

Technical manager example responsibilities.

Lead efforts to establish asset and desktop /server management best practices.
Provide project management and KPIs development to ensure service levels are achieve and improve upon.
Project manage WebEx's customer call flow (IVRU) structure to meet both business and customer needs.
Lead project to implement Salesforce.com.
Manage high level support resources and evaluate XML technology against business requirements.
Optimize chemical formulas, manage chemical supply chain, troubleshoot laboratory and plant implementation.

Data warehousing manager vs technical manager skills

Common data warehousing manager skills

Data Warehousing, 28%
Data Warehouse, 19%
ETL, 18%
Ssis, 8%
Oracle Sql, 7%
Teradata, 4%

Common technical manager skills

Project Management, 7%
Infrastructure, 6%
Architecture, 6%
Java, 5%
Customer Service, 5%
Emerging Technologies, 4%

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