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Data analysis jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-08, Data analysis appears in 9,234 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Manager has the most postings mentioning Data analysis, with demand share down 3.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-08

Postings · last 90 days
9,234
Demand vs prior month
down 3.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 19.0% of skill postings
Product Manager
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about Data analysis

+Is Data analysis in demand in 2026?

Yes. Data analysis appears in 9,234 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-08. Product Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning Data analysis (19.0% of all postings mentioning Data analysis).

+What jobs require Data analysis?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-08, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Data analysis are Data Quality Assurance Analyst (90.9% of that role’s postings mention Data analysis), Affiliate Manager (88.9% of that role’s postings mention Data analysis), Spacecraft Operations Engineer (68.2% of that role’s postings mention Data analysis).

+What skills are commonly paired with Data analysis?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-08), Data analysis most often appears alongside Python, SQL, data visualization, machine learning, Product Management.

+Where is Data analysis most in demand?

As of 2026-11-08, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Data analysis are New York City, San Francisco, London, Singapore, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Data analysis content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Data analysis alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Data analysis content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Data analysis?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Data analysis — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Data analysis

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Data analysis

Before Data analysispython → Data analysis: 60 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → Data analysis: 60 observed employer moves with this skill pairTableau → Data analysis: 34 observed employer moves with this skill pairExcel → Data analysis: 32 observed employer moves with this skill pairData Visualization → Data analysis: 23 observed employer moves with this skill pairJavaScript → Data analysis: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairmachine learning → Data analysis: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairdashboards → Data analysis: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairData analysispython: 60 movespython60 movessql: 60 movessql60 movesTableau: 34 movesTableau34 movesExcel: 32 movesExcel32 movesData Visualization: 23 movesData Visualization23 movesJavaScript: 18 movesJavaScript18 movesmachine learning: 17 movesmachine learning17 movesdashboards: 16 movesdashboards16 moves

Skills after Data analysis

After Data analysisData analysis → python: 73 observed employer moves with this skill pairData analysis → sql: 65 observed employer moves with this skill pairData analysis → Power BI: 48 observed employer moves with this skill pairData analysis → Tableau: 44 observed employer moves with this skill pairData analysis → Data Visualization: 31 observed employer moves with this skill pairData analysis → Excel: 30 observed employer moves with this skill pairData analysis → JavaScript: 24 observed employer moves with this skill pairData analysis → ETL: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairData analysispython: 73 movespython73 movessql: 65 movessql65 movesPower BI: 48 movesPower BI48 movesTableau: 44 movesTableau44 movesData Visualization: 31 movesData Visualization31 movesExcel: 30 movesExcel30 movesJavaScript: 24 movesJavaScript24 movesETL: 20 movesETL20 moves
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.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python60
Before: sql60
Before: Tableau34
Before: Excel32
Before: Data Visualization23
Before: JavaScript18
Before: machine learning17
Before: dashboards16
After: python73
After: sql65
After: Power BI48
After: Tableau44
After: Data Visualization31
After: Excel30
After: JavaScript24
After: ETL20

Roles most likely to require Data analysis

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Data Quality Assurance Analyst2090.9%
Affiliate Manager3288.9%
Spacecraft Operations Engineer1568.2%
Fraud Analyst1252.2%
Production Test Engineer1348.1%
Business Analyst Intern1145.8%
Business Intelligence Intern937.5%
Analytics Intern1035.7%
Flight Test Engineer3532.7%
Business Consultant1032.3%

Roles with the most Data analysis postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Product Manager1,75419.0%
Data Analyst6046.5%
Business Analyst5966.5%
Data Scientist4514.9%
Program Manager3904.2%
Systems Engineer2472.7%
Software Engineer1701.8%
Test Engineer1361.5%
Product Owner1251.4%
Research Scientist1151.2%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Data analysis

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Data analysis
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Bjakcareer221
Stripe138
Anduril Industries124
Barclays122
Globalpr117
Northrop Grumman76
Capital One72
City of New York71
Bah70
TikTok68

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 for Data analysis

NamePostingsShare
New York City3904.2%
San Francisco2222.4%
London1892.0%
Singapore1281.4%
Toronto1181.3%
Bengaluru870.9%
Boston870.9%
Chicago840.9%
Pune790.9%

Skills commonly paired with Data analysis

Python (2,505)SQL (2,485)data visualization (1,271)machine learning (1,000)Product Management (989)Excel (936)Tableau (824)Power BI (823)A/B testing (811)project management (683)

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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 2026-11-08. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Data analysis by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Data analysis postings by all Data analysis postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 4.1% to 4.0%. 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 2,471 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
a2eeb9fbf17e2782
data_as_of
2026-11-08
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index