Career switch, measured
From Data Architect to Data Scientist
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 46% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include SQL, Stakeholder management, Data analysis, Databricks; the main skills to add are Machine learning, Statistics, Research, Data visualization.
46%
skill overlap
1,266
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillData ArchitectData Scientist
- SQL38%53%
- Stakeholder management47%41%
- Data analysis25%29%
- Databricks31%15%
- dbt16%12%
- Spark22%14%
- Python22%69%
- AWS34%19%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Scientist postings, rarely in Data Architect ones.
SkillData ArchitectData Scientist
- Machine learning–53%
- Statistics–49%
- Research–35%
- Data visualization–31%
- LLMs–29%
- Marketing–18%
- Forecasting–16%
- Deep learning–14%
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