Analyst jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-03, Skillenai has indexed 141 job postings with the title “Analyst” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-03
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Frequently asked questions about Analyst jobs
+How many Analyst jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 141 job postings with the title “Analyst” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-03, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Analyst jobs require?
Across Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-03, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, Python, Tableau, data visualization, Excel.
+Which cities are hiring the most Analyst?
As of 2026-09-03, Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Toronto, Chennai, New York City, Charlotte, Chicago.
+Is Analyst a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 141 Analyst postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-03, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Analyst postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Analyst postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 69 | 48.9% |
| Python | 56 | 39.7% |
| Tableau | 41 | 29.1% |
| data visualization | 27 | 19.1% |
| Excel | 25 | 17.7% |
| Data analysis | 25 | 17.7% |
| R | 24 | 17.0% |
| Power BI | 20 | 14.2% |
| Snowflake | 15 | 10.6% |
| A/B testing | 12 | 8.5% |
| automation | 12 | 8.5% |
| dashboards | 12 | 8.5% |
| PowerPoint | 11 | 7.8% |
| forecasting | 11 | 7.8% |
| data modeling | 9 | 6.4% |
Top metros hiring Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 10 | 7.1% |
| Chennai | 8 | 5.7% |
| New York City | 5 | 3.5% |
| Charlotte | 4 | 2.8% |
| Chicago | 4 | 2.8% |
| Denver | 3 | 2.1% |
| Manila | 3 | 2.1% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 2.1% |
| Singapore | 3 | 2.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-03, matching postings whose canonical role is “Analyst”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Analyst
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-03
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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