Career switch, measured
From Data Engineer to Data Analyst
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 Data analysis, Statistics, Power BI, Tableau.
51%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillData EngineerData Analyst
- SQL66%70%
- Python70%52%
- dbt23%13%
- Data visualization18%70%
- Stakeholder management29%58%
- Databricks30%13%
- Snowflake27%11%
- BigQuery13%9%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Analyst postings, rarely in Data Engineer ones.
SkillData EngineerData Analyst
- Data analysis12%66%
- Statistics–40%
- Power BI8%34%
- Tableau–30%
- Excel–29%
- Marketing10%23%
- Looker–22%
- Forecasting–16%
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