How to become a data or Database administrator

Official title: Data/Database administrator

Also called: Data administrator, Database administrator, Database analyst, Database integrator, Associate Database Support Engineer, Database Support Engineer, Logistics Data Specialist/Master Data Analyst/Master Data Executive

Data/Database administrator manages, maintains and implements computer databases. He/she coordinates changes to computer databases and identifies, investigates, and resolves database performance issues, database capacity, and database scalability. He/she may plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.

Main tasks

• Designing and developing database architecture, data structures, models, channels, tables, dictionaries and naming conventions for information systems projects
• Designing, constructing, modifying, integrating, implementing and testing database and data warehouse management systems
• Conducting research and providing advice on the selection, application and implementation of database and data warehouse management tools
• Developing and implementing data administration policy, documentation, standards and models
• Developing policies and procedures for database and data warehouse access and usage and for the backup and recovery of data
• Performing the operational establishment and preventive maintenance of backups, recovery procedures, and enforcing security and integrity controls

Ways in

• University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore
• University: Engineering degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $80,604 a year. The middle half earn $41,280 to $123,168 a year.
• Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Data/Database architect
• Data engineer
• Network/Server/Applications/Computer systems administrator
• Cloud specialist
• IT infrastructure specialist
• Automation and orchestration engineer

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Questions people ask

How do I become a data or Database administrator?

Ways in include: Creative Arts & Design degrees; Engineering degrees.

How much does a data or Database administrator earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $80,604 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $41,280 to $123,168.

Will AI change the work of a data or Database administrator?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026