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Data Analysts

Data analysts gather and organise a variety of data and analyse it to understand what it means for their organisation or society.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£24,008
£32,850
£51,319

New workers start around £24,008. Normal pay is £32,850 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £51,319.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 60,637 vacancies for this type of job

5.32%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Presents findings for technical or non-technical audiences to inform the decisions of companies, government or other organisations.

  • Creates visual representations of data, such as data dashboards and graphs.

  • Analyses data to identify trends and patterns in a variety of fields, such as opinion polling, predicting demand for goods and services, or the testing of new medications.

  • Gathers, cleans and collates datasets and develops data management processes and policies.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Data Analysis

  • SQL (Programming Language)

  • Python (Programming Language)

  • Data Science

  • Power BI

  • Machine Learning

  • Dashboard

  • Data Visualization

  • Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)

  • Statistics

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Problem Solving

  • Management

  • Detail Oriented

  • Decision Making

  • Research

  • Mathematics

  • Innovation

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Leadership

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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  • Geography with Foundation Year

    University of Plymouth

    BSc (Hons) · 5 Years · Sandwich including foundation year · Plymouth · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 32/48

  • Geography

    University of Hertfordshire

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hatfield · 09/2024

    Tariff points: 112/120

  • Law

    University of the West of Scotland

    BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Paisley · 09/09/2024

    Tariff points: 102/102

  • Business Analytics

    Lancaster University

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lancaster · 10/2024

    Tariff points: 128/128

  • Geography

    University of Birmingham

    BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Birmingham · 30/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Global Development

    University of East Anglia UEA

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Norwich · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Human Geography

    University of Gloucestershire

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cheltenham · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: 96/96

  • Geography and Criminology

    University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

    BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Thurso · 09/2024

    Tariff points: 72/75

  • Human Geography

    Leeds Beckett University

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 72/72

  • Geography

    University of Leicester

    BSc (Hons) · 3-4 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: 128/152

  • Human Geography

    Manchester Metropolitan University

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2024

    Tariff points: 104/112

  • Geography

    Oxford Brookes University

    BA/BSc (H) · 6 Years · Part-time · Oxford · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 104/104