hi and thanks so much for tuning in to our can you become an SQL developer
video when going through some of the most popular job boards online you can
easily see that SQL continues to be among the highly sought after skills for
development business intelligence and data science job offerings and why not
start as an SQL Developer and use it as a foot in the door for a long term
career in data science or bi that's why the topic of this video is can you
become an SQL developer and how to do it first we'll describe an SQL developers
role in a company then we'll focus on the technical and soft skills you need
to be successful on the job we'll also discuss the education and working
experience hiring companies are looking for to top things off will provide
information regarding the expected salary for SQL developers in different
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developer actually do in short we can say that this position requires you to
build maintain and manipulate database systems and very often you'll have to
use the data stored in the databases you created to develop ad-hoc and recurring
reports to this end you will need to write and test SQL code as well as
creates stored procedures functions and views to understand well how to organize
their data an SQL developer must communicate well with technical and
non-technical subject matter experts from the business for example a sales
SME would be best qualified to communicate the granularity of sales
data to be collected how the respective database should be maintained from a
business perspective and how frequently the sales team would like to receive a
given type of report they requested nowadays an SQL developer
doesn't work in isolation companies work with different ERP systems and the
databases you maintain will sometimes have to be migrated this can happen when
the company introduces a new ERP software or changes its existing one in
such a situation you'll need to export data from multiple types of source DBS
you operate at the moment and clean the data using an extraction transformation
loading tool in our day and age more and more companies migrate their data to the
cloud and an SQL developer will certainly have to play an active role if
this happens in their firm all right let's discuss some of the technical
skills and SQL developer needs on the job naturally you need to be proficient
in SQL I'm sure you didn't see this one coming some of the most popular database
management systems that allow you to work with versions of the structured
query language are MySQL SQL Server and Postgres sequel MySQL is the world's
most popular open source relational database management system while
Microsoft's SQL Server is typically preferred by corporations quite
importantly Microsoft's SQL Server comes with three essential types of services
SSIS SSRS and SSAS these are some of the most frequently mentioned prerequisites
and job ATS SSIS stands for SQL Server integration services a framework we use
for data migration and data integration what is helpful is that SSIS contains an
ETL tool that can be used for automated database maintenance SS RS SQL Server
reporting services helps you prepare and deliver reporting and SSAS SQL Server
analysis services enables analytical processing and data extraction these SQL
server components were some of the most frequently mentioned and requested
technical skills among all SQL developer job postings we analyzed we can say with
certainty that employers see this as the basis needed for this role some other
in-demand technical skills we encountered our ability to work with and
integrate databases with business intelligence data visualization software
such as tableau and power bi proficiency and Microsoft
Excel along with an ability to work well with pivot tables for ad hoc reporting
in addition very often employers list some of the desired but not compulsory
skills to have for SQL Developer positions such nice to have abilities
our experience with no SQL databases Java Python or C programming and an
understanding of big data analytics what about soft skills are they important
employers look for SQL developers who are also good communicators SQL
developers work hand in hand with SMEs with various backgrounds in their firm
they need to be able to understand the other person's point of view and reason
together to design an optimal solution almost all job listings we researched
mentioned good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with people that
leads us to our final point what formal qualifications do you need to apply as
an SQL Developer and how much is the starting salary you could expect in
different parts of the world this is a position that is a suitable position for
junior professionals however in most cases you need some initial experience
almost all job ads we analyzed required one or two and sometimes more years of
experience with SQL and relational database tools in a professional
environment the other most frequently seen requirement was a bachelor's degree
preferably if it came from a related field be it computer science engineering
mathematics statistics or data analysis now to determine how much SQL developers
around the world make on average we relied on Glassdoor data and found out
the following on average SQL developers in the United States receive 80 $1600
per year whereas in Germany an SQL developer takes home 55,000 368 dollars
if you work on this position in Canada you will expect an amount in the range
of fifty thousand five hundred US dollars which is slightly higher than
forty seven thousand six hundred dollars in the UK and the average SQL developer
in India makes around six thousand dollars per year according to Glassdoor
okay we did our best to shed light on what an SQL
developer does and how you can become one good luck and your way to becoming
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