Profiler vs sql developer

The differences between profilers and sql developers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a profiler, becoming an sql developer takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an sql developer has an average salary of $88,505, which is higher than the $68,344 average annual salary of a profiler.

The top three skills for a profiler include profiling, cycle counts and T-SQL. The most important skills for an sql developer are database objects, T-SQL, and SSRS.

Profiler vs sql developer overview

	Profiler	SQL Developer
Yearly salary	$68,344	$88,505
Hourly rate	$32.86	$42.55
Growth rate	19%	21%
Number of jobs	752	80,751
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Average age	37	39
Years of experience	6	4

Profiler vs sql developer salary

Profilers and sql developers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Profiler	SQL Developer
Average salary	$68,344	$88,505
Salary range	Between $50,000 And $93,000	Between $70,000 And $111,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between profiler and sql developer education

There are a few differences between a profiler and an sql developer in terms of educational background:

	Profiler	SQL Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Northwestern University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Profiler vs sql developer demographics

Here are the differences between profilers' and sql developers' demographics:

	Profiler	SQL Developer
Average age	37	39
Gender ratio	Male, 42.8% Female, 57.2%	Male, 69.8% Female, 30.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.1% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% Asian, 11.6% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 4.5% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% Asian, 30.6% White, 51.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	10%	8%

Differences between profiler and sql developer duties and responsibilities

Profiler example responsibilities.

Manage GIS data development projects to strict specifications, budgets, and schedule deadlines using ArcInfo on Unix SunOS platform.
Involve in DBA responsibilities such as managing users and permissions, creating audit triggers, and overlook the daily back up.
Handle production issues and outline backup of ETL environment.
Optimize the performance of queries with modifications in T-SQL queries.
Create SSIS packages to migrate data from different data sources to data warehouse.
Develop ColdFusionMX pages calling XML files for data structure and modifying XML files.

Sql developer example responsibilities.

Manage migration of SQL 2005 databases to SQL 2008 R2.
Work with dynamic T-SQL queries, DDL, DML statements for creating objects, making updates and managing user permissions.
Coordinate with DBA in creating and managing table, indexes, table spaces, triggers, db links and privileges.
Used subversion tools, SVN version management to manage various versions of the procedures and functions for of the application.
Achieve significant performance improvement in reducing response time of queries by rewriting and tuning SQL statements embed in PhP code.
Involve in DBA responsibilities such as managing users and permissions, creating audit triggers, and overlook the daily back up.

Profiler vs sql developer skills

Common profiler skills

Profiling, 28%
Cycle Counts, 20%
T-SQL, 12%
Ssis, 7%
C #, 5%
TFS, 5%

Common sql developer skills

Database Objects, 8%
T-SQL, 7%
SSRS, 7%
ETL, 6%
SQL Server Analysis, 5%
Java, 5%