Career switch, measured
From Management Analyst to Data Analyst
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 65% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Excel, Data visualization, Data analysis; the main skills to add are Python, Statistics, Tableau, Looker.
65%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillManagement AnalystData Analyst
- Stakeholder management40%58%
- Excel33%29%
- Data visualization19%70%
- Data analysis18%66%
- SQL16%70%
- Problem solving27%27%
- Power BI10%34%
- Research22%21%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Analyst postings, rarely in Management Analyst ones.
SkillManagement AnalystData Analyst
- Python11%52%
- Statistics10%40%
- Tableau5%30%
- Looker–22%
- dbt–13%
- LLMs6%13%
- Databricks–13%
- Git–12%
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