CIW Database Design Specialist

The CIW Database Design Specialistcertification exam assesses vendor-neutral database design for individuals planning to pursue product-focused database specialization. This exam will assess database knowledge and understanding, including Structured Query Language (SQL) and database optimization through normalization.

The CIW Database Design Specialist course* prepares candidates to take the CIW Database Design Specialist exam, which if passed earns the individual the Database Design Specialist certification.

*The courseware is not required to sit for the certification exam.

Candidates who also pass the CIW Database Design Specialist exam and CIW Advanced HTML5 & CSS3 Specialist [LH1]exams can earn the advanced CIW Web Development Professional certification in addition.

Average Salary - $71,382 for Database Design Specialist

The 2015 annual mean salary of an IT professional who has been awarded the CIW Database Design Specialist certification is $71,382. This salary was calculated based on the 14,000+ IT professionals who responded to the 2016 IT Skills and Salary survey that was conducted by Global Knowledge in September of 2015.

Target Audience

• IT managers/directors
• Application developers
• Web development professionals
• Software programmers
• Enterprise developers

Skills Assessed

• Relational database fundamentals
• Database planning
• Database design methodology, including logical and physical database design
• Optimization and normalization
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Relational algebra
• Transactions and database security

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