Data Analyst jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-10-18, Skillenai has indexed 3,845 job postings with the title “Data Analyst” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand share up 0.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-18
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+How many Data Analyst jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 3,845 job postings with the title “Data Analyst” over the 90 days ending 2026-10-18.
+What skills do Data Analyst jobs require?
Across Data Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-18, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, data visualization.
+Which cities are hiring the most Data Analyst?
As of 2026-10-18, Data Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, London, Washington, Toronto, Madrid.
+Is Data Analyst a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 3,845 Data Analyst postings over the 90 days ending 2026-10-18. The skill mentioned most often in Data Analyst postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Data Analyst?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Data Analyst postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths through Data Analyst
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
10,690 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Data Analyst
Roles after Data Analyst
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Data Analyst (different employer) | 10,690 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 1,569 |
| Before: Data Scientist | 1,421 |
| Before: Business Analyst | 1,207 |
| Before: Research Assistant | 851 |
| Before: Data Engineer | 473 |
| Before: Teaching Assistant | 429 |
| Before: Project Manager | 319 |
| After: Data Analyst (different employer) | 10,690 |
| After: Data Scientist | 2,222 |
| After: Software Engineer | 1,703 |
| After: Data Engineer | 1,257 |
| After: Business Analyst | 1,145 |
| After: Research Assistant | 458 |
| After: Business Intelligence Analyst | 396 |
| After: Teaching Assistant | 310 |
Skills most often required for Data Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 2,299 | 59.8% |
| Python | 1,682 | 43.7% |
| Tableau | 1,061 | 27.6% |
| Power BI | 1,059 | 27.5% |
| data visualization | 984 | 25.6% |
| data modeling | 666 | 17.3% |
| R | 626 | 16.3% |
| Data analysis | 596 | 15.5% |
| Excel | 550 | 14.3% |
| dashboards | 517 | 13.4% |
| Looker | 420 | 10.9% |
| data validation | 402 | 10.5% |
| data governance | 401 | 10.4% |
| DBT | 396 | 10.3% |
| Snowflake | 373 | 9.7% |
Top companies posting Data Analyst jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Wise | 46 |
| Haystack | 38 |
| Guidehouse | 35 |
| Delivery Hero | 35 |
| Capital One | 34 |
| Barclays | 34 |
| Stripe | 34 |
| Evaratech | 31 |
| ING | 31 |
| Ebury | 30 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Data Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 107 | 2.8% |
| London | 71 | 1.8% |
| Washington | 69 | 1.8% |
| Toronto | 59 | 1.5% |
| Madrid | 45 | 1.2% |
| Chicago | 43 | 1.1% |
| Singapore | 43 | 1.1% |
| Atlanta | 39 | 1.0% |
| Paris | 38 | 1.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-18, matching postings whose canonical role is “Data Analyst”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). Adjusted posting share: 1.4% to 1.4%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,613 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-16 to 2026-09-14 and 2026-07-14 to 2026-10-12 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
- role
- Data Analyst
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-10-18
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- 90
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