Career switch, measured
From Data Analyst to Data Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 51% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include SQL, Python, dbt, Data visualization; the main skills to add are AWS, Spark, CI/CD, Airflow.
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skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillData AnalystData Engineer
- SQL70%66%
- Python52%70%
- dbt13%23%
- Data visualization70%18%
- Stakeholder management58%29%
- Databricks13%30%
- Snowflake11%27%
- BigQuery9%13%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Engineer postings, rarely in Data Analyst ones.
SkillData AnalystData Engineer
- AWS10%54%
- Spark8%36%
- CI/CD–35%
- Airflow8%32%
- Azure–28%
- Kafka–21%
- Google Cloud6%20%
- Machine learning8%18%
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