Database Programming

A database programming professional or database programmer is responsible for maintaining a database, which includes preserving data integrity. A database programming professional may actually design, create, and implement a database from scratch, but most companies use commercially marketed databases from Oracle, IBM, or Microsoft. Through this course students learn to design, create and apply a database for specific tasks.

Database programming professionals, also referred to as database programmers or database administrators, protect the information stored in a database. Daily responsibilities typically fall into one of three categories: database maintenance, data processing, or programming.

Database programming professionals spend most of their time providing technical support and working on maintaining the DB. They maintain existing applications and develop new ones. They perform data maintenance and troubleshoot and fix problems. They may be responsible for data recovery after a disaster, backups, upgrades, and job scheduling. Database programmers' duties can include support for clients, end-users, and other team members.

According to PayScale.com, the majority of database analysts and programmers earn  $112,000 a year, as of March 2021. The employment of database administrators will likely grow by about 10% between 2019 and 2029, a rate much faster than the average predicted for all occupations.