Skills
Data Analyst Skills
SQL is the most in-demand skill for Data Analyst roles, asked for in 94% of 129 live Data Analyst listings. The most-requested skills are SQL, Python, Data Engineering, dbt, and Tableau.
Ranked by live-role demand across active Data Analyst listings. Updated 1 day ago.
Most-requested skills
| Skill | Share of roles | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 94% | 121 |
| Python | 71% | 92 |
| Data Engineering | 52% | 67 |
| dbt | 50% | 65 |
| Tableau | 43% | 56 |
| Snowflake | 37% | 48 |
| Data Science | 35% | 45 |
| BigQuery | 29% | 37 |
| Agentic AI | 27% | 35 |
| LLMs | 23% | 30 |
| Power BI | 22% | 29 |
| Machine Learning | 19% | 24 |
| Databricks | 16% | 20 |
| AWS | 13% | 17 |
| CI/CD | 13% | 17 |
| Airflow | 12% | 16 |
| Robotics | 10% | 13 |
| Spark | 10% | 13 |
| GCP | 10% | 13 |
| GPU | 7% | 9 |
| PostgreSQL | 6% | 8 |
| pandas | 6% | 8 |
| Time Series | 5% | 7 |
| Generative AI | 5% | 7 |
| Distributed Systems | 5% | 6 |
| Azure | 5% | 6 |
| Model Context Protocol | 5% | 6 |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 5% | 6 |
| React | 4% | 5 |
| JavaScript | 3% | 4 |
| Rust | 3% | 4 |
| Go | 2% | 3 |
| NLP | 2% | 3 |
| Terraform | 2% | 3 |
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About this data
- What skills do Data Analyst roles need?
- SQL is the most in-demand skill for Data Analyst roles, asked for in 94% of 129 live Data Analyst listings. The most-requested skills are SQL, Python, Data Engineering, dbt, and Tableau.
- How is demand measured?
- We scan the title and description of every active Data Analyst listing for a curated vocabulary of skills, then rank each by the number of distinct live roles that mention it. Share is that count divided by all active Data Analyst roles.
- How current is it?
- It reflects live listings and updates as new roles are posted and old ones close.