Career switch, measured
From Business Intelligence Analyst to Data Analyst
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 72% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Data visualization, SQL, Python, Statistics; the main skills to add are Power BI, Looker, dbt, Databricks.
72%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillBusiness Intelligence AnalystData Analyst
- Data visualization76%70%
- SQL78%70%
- Python74%52%
- Statistics71%40%
- Tableau47%30%
- Stakeholder management64%58%
- Data analysis26%66%
- Excel28%29%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Analyst postings, rarely in Business Intelligence Analyst ones.
SkillBusiness Intelligence AnalystData Analyst
- Power BI14%34%
- Looker–22%
- dbt–13%
- Databricks–13%
- A/B testing–11%
- Agile–10%
- BigQuery–9%
- Spark–8%
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