Career switch, measured
From Data Architect to Data Analyst
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 48% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include SQL, Stakeholder management, Data analysis, Power BI; the main skills to add are Data visualization, Statistics, Tableau, Excel.
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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 ArchitectData Analyst
- SQL38%70%
- Stakeholder management47%58%
- Data analysis25%66%
- Power BI16%34%
- dbt16%13%
- Python22%52%
- Databricks31%13%
- Snowflake34%11%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Analyst postings, rarely in Data Architect ones.
SkillData ArchitectData Analyst
- Data visualization–70%
- Statistics–40%
- Tableau–30%
- Excel–29%
- Marketing–23%
- Looker–22%
- Research–21%
- Forecasting–16%
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