Measured from live jobs
Actuary skills employers ask for
From 96 open Actuary job postings on Rolearch, read and tagged skill by skill. Updated every night as jobs open and close.
The most-asked skills
Share of Actuary postings that mention each skill.
- SQLdistinctive52%
- Leadership49%
- Exceldistinctive48%
- Statisticsdistinctive47%
- Pythondistinctive45%
- Risk managementdistinctive39%
- Stakeholder managementdistinctive35%
- Researchdistinctive32%
- Communication32%
- Training and coaching29%
- Problem solving24%
- Forecastingdistinctive19%
- Data analysisdistinctive18%
- Budgeting17%
- Project managementdistinctive16%
“Distinctive” means Actuary postings ask for it at least three times as often as jobs overall.
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Where Actuary skills carry over
Roles whose postings ask for the most similar skills. Overlap counts the skills that define each role most.
- Operations Research Analyst67% overlapShared: Statistics, Excel, Research, Stakeholder managementHow to switch
- Data Scientist67% overlapShared: SQL, Statistics, Python, ResearchHow to switch
- Management Analyst64% overlapShared: Excel, Stakeholder management, Data analysis, LeadershipHow to switch
- Economist62% overlapShared: Statistics, Python, Research, LeadershipHow to switch
Questions
- What skills does a Actuary need?
- In 96 current Actuary job postings, the skills asked for most often are SQL (52%), Leadership (49%), Excel (48%), Statistics (47%), Python (45%). Percentages are the share of postings that mention each skill.
- What jobs can a Actuary move into?
- Measured by shared skill demand, the closest roles are Operations Research Analyst, Data Scientist, Management Analyst, Economist. Operations Research Analyst shares skills such as Statistics, Excel, Research.
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