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# Database Administrator

You keep huge amounts of data tidy, safe, and quick to find.

Databases are all about sorting and organising. The way you sort things and read numbers in maths is exactly what keeps data neat.

Category: Technology & Data
Page: https://lightmysky.com/careers/database-administrator

## Subjects it draws on

- [Computing](https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing)
- [Mathematics](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics)

## The topics behind it

- [Sorting into categories](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/sorting-into-categories-mt_xppl18avyY): A database is data put into neat groups you can search.
- [Comparing data sets with averages and range](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/comparing-data-sets-with-averages-and-range-mt_XSXnTQoQ4l): You compare records to find and check the right one.
- [A Ten Is Ten Ones](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/a-ten-is-ten-ones-mt_r0VXbfAmsH): Knowing how numbers are built helps you store them well.
- [The two digits of a two-digit number](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/the-two-digits-of-a-two-digit-number-mt_THl9GLxwoL): Place value keeps big numbers stored without mistakes.

## Areas it leans on

- Computing: Computing Fundamentals
- Mathematics: Data & Statistics
- Mathematics: Number Representation & Place Value