How to Become an SQL Developer in 2020

You can become an SQL developer.

when going through some of the most popular job boards online you can easily see that SQL continues to beaming 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 blog 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 parts of the world but before.

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it will help you first build those foundations before moving on to more advanced topics such as SQL and Literation’s with tableau power bi and Python so if you'd like to explore this further or enrol using a 20% discount there's a link in the description youkan check out so what does an SQL 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 oncoming some of the most popular database management systems that allow you to work with versions of the structured query language are MySQL SQL Server impostures 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 analysed 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 whare also good communicators SQL developers.

work hand in hand with Menwith 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 apposition that is a suitable position for junior professionals however in most cases you need some initial experience almost all job ads we analyzed require done 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 a Sleeper 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 one if you liked this video don't forget to hit the like or share button and if you are interested in pursuing a careering the field of data science bi and data analysis subscribe to our channel for more videos like this one thanks for watching