Career switch, measured
From Data Analyst to Data Scientist
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 72% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include SQL, Python, Statistics, Data visualization; the main skills to add are Machine learning, LLMs, AWS, Deep learning.
72%
skill overlap
1,266
open Data Scientist postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillData AnalystData Scientist
- SQL70%53%
- Python52%69%
- Statistics40%49%
- Data visualization70%31%
- Data analysis66%29%
- Stakeholder management58%41%
- dbt13%12%
- A/B testing11%12%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Scientist postings, rarely in Data Analyst ones.
SkillData AnalystData Scientist
- Machine learning8%53%
- LLMs13%29%
- AWS10%19%
- Deep learning–14%
- Azure–12%
- CI/CD–11%
- PyTorch–10%
- NLP–10%
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