Career switch, measured
From Operations Research Analyst to Data Analyst
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 63% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Statistics, Stakeholder management, Data analysis, Excel; the main skills to add are SQL, Communication, Tableau, Marketing.
63%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillOperations Research AnalystData Analyst
- Statistics35%40%
- Stakeholder management50%58%
- Data analysis28%66%
- Excel35%29%
- Data visualization19%70%
- Power BI14%34%
- Python22%52%
- Problem solving28%27%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Analyst postings, rarely in Operations Research Analyst ones.
SkillOperations Research AnalystData Analyst
- SQL8%70%
- Communication15%30%
- Tableau9%30%
- Marketing8%23%
- Looker–22%
- dbt–13%
- Databricks–13%
- Training and coaching–12%
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