Data Warehousing Specialist
Technology
Design, model, or implement corporate data warehousing activities. Program and configure warehouses of database information and provide support to warehouse users.
Picture the job
Where you'd usually workA desk of screens, or a server room
- Mostly indoors
- Sitting for most of the day
- Rarely dealing with the public
- Regular working hours
An illustration of a typical workplace, not a photo. The work-style notes come from US O*NET data, so read them as a guide.
In Malaysia
In Malaysia 'data warehouse specialist' is rarely a job title on its own; the work is done by data engineers, ETL developers and BI engineers in banks, telcos, e-commerce and shared-service centres. Cloud data platforms have largely replaced on-premise warehouses.
- How people get into it here
- SPM → Foundation/Matriculation → Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems or Statistics → Data/BI Engineer working on SQL, ETL and cloud data warehouses (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
- Demand
- MASCO 2524 (Data professionals) is flagged as a critical occupation in eMASCO. eMASCO (KESUMA) – MASCO 2524 flagged 'Kritikal'
Pay in Malaysia
Starting in the role
RM6,000
per month
Experienced
RM15,000
per month
From a published Malaysian salary guide. Actual offers vary by employer, city and experience.
How far is this from you?
Roughly how much preparation this job usually takes. In Malaysia your UPU route and the programme's syarat still decide entry, so treat this as a guide, not a gate.
1
Entry straight after SPM
2
SPM + sijil / short TVET course
3
Diploma / TVET (sijil–diploma)
Typical entry
Degree (ijazah sarjana muda)
5
Postgrad (sarjana / PhD) or professional route
How to get here
Post-SPM pathways with programmes in this career's fields. Tap one to see real programmes and entry requirements.
Asasi / Foundation
One-year runway into a specific university: public via UPU or private direct entry.
Diploma
Skill-first qualification. Work after, or enter degree Year 2. Polytechnics keep it affordable.
Check what you may qualify for
Enter your SPM grades and see which routes and programmes you may qualify for. An estimate to plan with, not an offer.
Quick answers
How do you become a Data Warehousing Specialist in Malaysia?
SPM → Foundation/Matriculation → Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems or Statistics → Data/BI Engineer working on SQL, ETL and cloud data warehouses (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).
What should I study to become a Data Warehousing Specialist?
Related fields of study: Data Science and Computer Science. SPM subjects that help most: Computer Science / ICT, Electrical & Electronic Eng. Studies, Additional Mathematics and Mathematics.
How much does a Data Warehousing Specialist earn in Malaysia?
Published figures put starting pay at RM6,000 a month, and RM15,000 with experience (source: Randstad Malaysia 2025 Salary Guide, 2025).
What you'd do all day
The tasks that matter most in this job, most important first.
Also known as
What this job is called on JobStreet, LinkedIn and in job ads. Search these too.
Subjects that matter here
The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.
What you'd need to know
The subject areas this job leans on most, and the SPM subjects that build them.
- Computers and Electronics85%
Computer Science / ICTElectrical & Electronic Eng. Studies
- Mathematics65%
Additional MathematicsMathematics
- English Language64%
English
- Design61%
Visual Art (PSV)Technical Comm. GraphicsEngineering Drawing
- Engineering and Technology57%
PhysicsAdditional MathematicsDesign & Technology (RBT)
- Administration and Management52%
BusinessEconomics
Tools you'd use
Software and equipment that show up in this job, worth learning early.
What the work feels like
Day-to-day working conditions, so you can tell whether the job suits how you like to work.
- Face-to-face discussionsOften
- Contact with other peopleContact most of the time
- Dealing with customers or the publicA little
- Leading or coordinating othersHigh
- Handling conflict situationsRarely
- Indoors, air-conditionedEvery day
- Outdoors, in all weatherAlmost never
- Noisy environmentAlmost never
AI and demand for this job
A few real, dated data points, not a single score. AI making some tasks faster usually means a job changes, not that it disappears.
Share of everyday tasks today's AI can already help with (2023)
This estimate is from 2023, already out of date, since AI moves fast. Treat it as a rough, aging starting point, not the current picture.
Of Malaysian Claude conversations, about this kind of work
Measures how much people use Claude for this work, not how many Malaysians do this job, and more AI use can mean people relying on it, not that it's replacing them.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, not Malaysian. Shown because it's the only forward-looking demand estimate we have for this job.
What beginner adverts asked for
We read 104 internship and fresh-graduate adverts in related fields (August 2026). A small sample from one job site, not every vacancy.
75 of 104 were internships
Allowance or pay, when stated
RM800 – RM2,800
52 of 104 adverts printed an amount: usually between RM800 and RM2,800 a month. Many print none.
Minimum CGPA asked
2.00 to 3.50
Stated in 11 adverts. Others did not state one.
Languages named
Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin
An empty line means the adverts did not say, not that employers have no requirement. Check each employer's own advert before you plan around it.
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About this information
This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.
O*NET occupation: Data Warehousing Specialists
Source: Randstad Malaysia 2025 Salary Guide · as of Jan 2025
Check the salary figures yourself:Randstad Malaysia 2025 Salary Guide
Job responsibilities, knowledge areas and work context from O*NET 30.3, US Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0. onetcenter.org