Data Analyst jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-11-03, Skillenai has indexed 3,694 job postings with the title “Data Analyst” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-03
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Frequently asked questions about Data Analyst jobs
+How many Data Analyst jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 3,694 job postings with the title “Data Analyst” over the 90 days ending 2026-11-03.
+What skills do Data Analyst jobs require?
Across Data Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-03, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, data visualization.
+Which cities are hiring the most Data Analyst?
As of 2026-11-03, Data Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, London, Singapore, Toronto, Washington.
+Is Data Analyst a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 3,694 Data Analyst postings over the 90 days ending 2026-11-03. 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
11,347 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) | 11,347 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 1,596 |
| Before: Data Scientist | 1,457 |
| Before: Business Analyst | 1,275 |
| Before: Research Assistant | 919 |
| Before: Data Engineer | 496 |
| Before: Teaching Assistant | 477 |
| Before: Project Manager | 330 |
| After: Data Analyst (different employer) | 11,347 |
| After: Data Scientist | 2,292 |
| After: Software Engineer | 1,730 |
| After: Data Engineer | 1,346 |
| After: Business Analyst | 1,242 |
| After: Research Assistant | 497 |
| After: Business Intelligence Analyst | 423 |
| After: Teaching Assistant | 343 |
Skills most often required for Data Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 2,490 | 67.4% |
| Python | 1,833 | 49.6% |
| Power BI | 1,189 | 32.2% |
| Tableau | 1,171 | 31.7% |
| data visualization | 1,078 | 29.2% |
| R | 679 | 18.4% |
| data modeling | 674 | 18.2% |
| Excel | 631 | 17.1% |
| Data analysis | 588 | 15.9% |
| dashboards | 576 | 15.6% |
| Looker | 460 | 12.5% |
| data governance | 416 | 11.3% |
| Snowflake | 402 | 10.9% |
| data validation | 398 | 10.8% |
| DBT | 386 | 10.4% |
Top companies posting Data Analyst jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Wise | 48 |
| Capital One | 43 |
| Delivery Hero | 37 |
| Barclays | 36 |
| ING | 36 |
| Guidehouse | 31 |
| Elsevier | 28 |
| Stripe | 27 |
| City of New York | 27 |
| Bosch | 24 |
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 | 97 | 2.6% |
| London | 68 | 1.8% |
| Singapore | 52 | 1.4% |
| Toronto | 51 | 1.4% |
| Washington | 43 | 1.2% |
| Madrid | 41 | 1.1% |
| Bengaluru | 38 | 1.0% |
| Hyderabad | 36 | 1.0% |
| Chicago | 34 | 0.9% |
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-03, matching postings whose canonical role is “Data Analyst”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Data Analyst
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-11-03
- window_days
- 90