Career switch, measured
From Data Engineer to Data Scientist
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 64% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Python, SQL, Databricks, dbt; the main skills to add are Statistics, Research, Data analysis, Forecasting.
64%
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 EngineerData Scientist
- Python70%69%
- SQL66%53%
- Databricks30%15%
- dbt23%12%
- Machine learning18%53%
- Data visualization18%31%
- LLMs19%29%
- Spark36%14%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Scientist postings, rarely in Data Engineer ones.
SkillData EngineerData Scientist
- Statistics–49%
- Research13%35%
- Data analysis12%29%
- Forecasting–16%
- Deep learning–14%
- A/B testing–12%
- PyTorch–10%
- NLP–10%
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