Table 4296. Ranking and votes of essential/most important skills for data analysts.
| Skills |
Ranking |
Votes and % |
| (R or Python) statistical programming and other languages (see page4297) |
1 |
18/9.38% |
| Data visualization such as Tableau, Qlik |
2 |
17/8.85% |
| SQL(Structured Query Language) |
2 |
17/8.85% |
| Math, probability and statistics |
3 |
13/6.77% |
| Communication |
4 |
12/6.25% |
| Excel spreadsheets |
5 |
11/5.73% |
| Machine learning |
6 |
10/5.21% |
| Critical thinking (and creativity) (see page4289) |
7 |
9/4.69% |
| Problem-solving |
8 |
7/3.65% |
| Javascript, XML, or ETL (Extraction, Transformation, and Loading) frameworks, Oracle database |
9 |
6/3.13% |
| Data warehousing/data management |
10 |
5/2.60% |
| Research |
10 |
5/2.60% |
| Attention to detail |
10 |
5/2.60% |
| Data Cleaning and preparation |
10 |
5/2.60% |
| Writing |
10 |
5/2.60% |
| Domain knowledge |
11 |
4/2.08% |
| NoSQL |
11 |
4/2.08% |
| MATLAB |
11 |
4/2.08% |
| Team player |
12 |
3/1.56% |
| Data collection and mining |
12 |
3/1.56% |
| Presentation skills/public speaking |
12 |
3/1.56% |
| SAS |
13 |
2/1.04% |
| Data modeling |
13 |
2/1.04% |
| Data analysis and exploration |
13 |
2/1.04% |
| Collaboration |
13 |
2/1.04% |
| Project management |
13 |
2/1.04% |
| Microsoft Power BI |
13 |
2/1.04% |
| Linear algebra and calculus |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Econometrics |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| C/C++ |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Pig |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Hive |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Java |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Scala |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Git |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Creating dashboards and reports |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| High-level math |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Social media mining |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Natural language |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Business savvy |
14 |
1/0.52% |
| Artificial Intelligence |
14 |
1/0.52% |
