Skills
Data Scientist Skills
Python is the most in-demand skill for Data Scientist roles, asked for in 91% of 331 live Data Scientist listings. The most-requested skills are Python, Data Science, Machine Learning, SQL, and LLMs.
Ranked by live-role demand across active Data Scientist listings. Updated 8 hours ago.
Most-requested skills
| Skill | Share of roles | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 91% | 300 |
| Data Science | 84% | 277 |
| Machine Learning | 68% | 226 |
| SQL | 68% | 226 |
| LLMs | 38% | 126 |
| Data Engineering | 34% | 114 |
| Agentic AI | 33% | 110 |
| Generative AI | 19% | 63 |
| AWS | 18% | 59 |
| PyTorch | 18% | 58 |
| Deep Learning | 18% | 58 |
| Spark | 16% | 53 |
| pandas | 15% | 50 |
| GCP | 15% | 49 |
| TensorFlow | 14% | 47 |
| dbt | 14% | 46 |
| NLP | 12% | 41 |
| BigQuery | 12% | 39 |
| Snowflake | 11% | 38 |
| Azure | 11% | 37 |
| scikit-learn | 11% | 36 |
| NumPy | 10% | 33 |
| Databricks | 10% | 32 |
| Distributed Systems | 9% | 31 |
| MLOps | 9% | 30 |
| Computer Vision | 9% | 30 |
| Airflow | 9% | 30 |
| Time Series | 9% | 29 |
| GPU | 7% | 24 |
| RAG | 7% | 23 |
| Tableau | 7% | 23 |
| Embeddings | 6% | 20 |
| Fine-tuning | 6% | 20 |
| Prompt Engineering | 6% | 19 |
| Multimodal | 5% | 18 |
| Robotics | 5% | 17 |
| CI/CD | 5% | 17 |
| Reinforcement Learning | 5% | 16 |
| Docker | 5% | 16 |
| Hugging Face | 5% | 16 |
| Vector Databases | 5% | 16 |
| Transformers | 4% | 14 |
| Kubernetes | 4% | 14 |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 4% | 14 |
| LangChain | 4% | 12 |
| Vertex AI | 3% | 11 |
| MLflow | 3% | 10 |
| Foundation Models | 3% | 10 |
| React | 3% | 10 |
| LlamaIndex | 3% | 9 |
| LangGraph | 3% | 9 |
| Llama | 2% | 8 |
| Kafka | 2% | 8 |
| Quantization | 2% | 7 |
| Recommendation Systems | 2% | 7 |
| PEFT | 2% | 7 |
| Power BI | 2% | 6 |
| SageMaker | 2% | 6 |
| Scala | 2% | 6 |
| Langfuse | 2% | 6 |
| Model Context Protocol | 2% | 5 |
| JavaScript | 2% | 5 |
| Flask | 2% | 5 |
| FastAPI | 2% | 5 |
| Django | 2% | 5 |
| Terraform | 2% | 5 |
| CrewAI | 1% | 4 |
| Weaviate | 1% | 4 |
| Elasticsearch | 1% | 4 |
| Pinecone | 1% | 4 |
| MongoDB | 1% | 4 |
| Rust | 1% | 3 |
| LangSmith | 1% | 3 |
| Semantic Kernel | 1% | 3 |
| Mistral | 1% | 3 |
| vLLM | 1% | 3 |
| CUDA | 1% | 3 |
| C++ | 1% | 3 |
| Java | 1% | 3 |
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About this data
- What skills do Data Scientist roles need?
- Python is the most in-demand skill for Data Scientist roles, asked for in 91% of 331 live Data Scientist listings. The most-requested skills are Python, Data Science, Machine Learning, SQL, and LLMs.
- How is demand measured?
- We scan the title and description of every active Data Scientist 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 Scientist roles.
- How current is it?
- It reflects live listings and updates as new roles are posted and old ones close.