Database Administrator (ANZSCO 262111)
On the Short-term Skilled Occupation List and Core Skills Occupation List
From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.
Which lists is Database Administrator on?
STSOL — Short-term Skilled Occupation List. Occupations on the STSOL can access state-nominated and regional skilled visas (190/491), but not the Skilled Independent 189.
CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.
Visas this occupation can access
Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Temporary, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 482
- Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) — Permanent, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 186
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Processing priority
Database Administrator isn't in any of the ANZSCO groups that Directions 121 and 122 list for the priority sectors. Some of the first group is defined by the job rather than the code: a nominated position directly involved in agriculture, aquaculture or fishing, one that directly supports mining, oil and gas or coal production, or one related to defence. Otherwise the application is processed after the priority sectors. For the permanent and provisional skilled visas, applicants who were in Australia when they applied come next, then those who applied from outside Australia. For the 482, Specialist Skills stream applications come before both.
Priority changes the order in which lodged applications are looked at, not whether they are granted. Who is invited to apply through SkillSelect is decided separately. See all 202 occupations in the priority sectors.
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Database Administrator comes from:
- Australian Computer Society Incorporated (ACS) (official site) · our guide to the ACS process
What the assessment actually involves
ACS defines Database Administrator as planning, developing, configuring, maintaining and supporting an organisation's database management system to ensure integrity, security, backup, reliability and performance. That is the identical shape of role to Systems Administrator's definition, just applied to a different layer of the stack: the database itself rather than the operating system and server estate underneath it. The code sits on the STSOL and CSOL, not the MLTSSL, so it is assessed under the same qualification-or-experience framework as its siblings but does not carry the points-tested reach that framework can lead to elsewhere in the family.
Where these applications come unstuck
Small teams routinely hand one person the servers, the storage and the database running on top of them, and that combined job has no single ACS code that covers it cleanly. Nominating Database Administrator when the reference letter is dominated by general server and OS work reads as a mismatch, and the reverse is equally true. The letter needs to isolate the database-management-system work specifically, not the surrounding infrastructure it happened to sit on.
An honest read on this pathway
STSOL and CSOL only, so it reaches employer sponsorship and state nomination but not the points-tested 189, and not the temporary graduate 485 either. It does appear on South Australia's combined DAMA occupation list under ICT Professionals, which is one of the few concessions available to a code without MLTSSL access. For an applicant weighing this code against Systems Administrator, the honest answer from ACS's own material is that the visa reach is identical either way; only the duty match differs.
Assembling an ACS application? ACS wants employment evidence that lines up exactly with the dates and duties you claim elsewhere. The Skilled Visa EOI Organiser keeps your claims consistent across the skills assessment, EOI and Form 80 — inconsistencies between them are a common cause of delay.
We've also written a full pathway guide for this occupation: read the Database Administrator pathway guide.
Talk it through with a registered agent
Whether nominating Database Administrator is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.
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