Career switch, measured
From Business Analyst to Data Analyst
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 81% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Data visualization, SQL, Data analysis; the main skills to add are Python, Statistics, Marketing, Looker.
81%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillBusiness AnalystData Analyst
- Stakeholder management68%58%
- Data visualization35%70%
- SQL35%70%
- Data analysis31%66%
- Tableau16%30%
- Power BI16%34%
- Excel30%29%
- Problem solving29%27%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Analyst postings, rarely in Business Analyst ones.
SkillBusiness AnalystData Analyst
- Python14%52%
- Statistics12%40%
- Marketing11%23%
- Looker–22%
- dbt–13%
- Databricks–13%
- Git–12%
- Snowflake–11%
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