How to become a Database Designer or Administrator
Official title: Database Designers and Administrators
Designs, develops, controls, maintains and manages database systems.
Main tasks
- Design and develop database architecture, data structures, tables and catalogues for information systems
- Design, modify, integrate, run and test database management systems; advise on the choice, use and running of database management tools
- Develop and carry out data management strategies and models; develop methods and procedures for database access and use, data backup and recovery
Ways in
- University department: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 114 universities in Taiwan
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$1,213,000 a year
- Demand for Information and communications technology jobs is projected at about 246,000 in 2024 and about 319,000 in 2030. (+29.7%)
- 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.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Database Designer or Administrator?
Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees.
How much does a Database Designer or Administrator earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$1,213,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Database Designer or Administrator a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 29.7% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Database Designer or 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 Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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