Currently, parallel computing is an integral part of the field of database software development. The article describes the current problems of improving the professional training of future IT specialists. In the paper, the authors presented a methodology for teaching students parallel programming aimed at forming their parallel style of thinking, as well as acquiring practical skills in creating parallel computing in a database in the process of subject training at a university. The results of the data obtained allowed us to assert that the introduction of the developed methodology for preparing future IT specialists for professional activity contributes to the formation of students as highly qualified IT specialists. Thus, the approach proposed by the authors to the selection and application of methods at different stages of training will ensure that students successfully master the practical skills of organizing parallel computing in databases.