Occupation Atlasdata analyst
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d3edb8f8-3a06-47a0-8fb9-9b212c006aa2
data analyst
Data analysts import, inspect, clean, transform, validate, model, or interpret collections of data with regard to the business goals of the company. They ensure that the data sources and repositories provide consistent and reliable data. Data analysts use different algorithms and IT tools as demanded by the situation and the current data. They might prepare reports in the form of visualisations such as graphs, charts, and dashboards.
Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ICAInvestigative · Conventional · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.98
- C Conventional5.39
- A Artistic2.61
- R Realistic2.17
- E Enterprising1.71
- S Social1.66
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Data Scientists (15-2051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (36)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse big data
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- business analytics
- business intelligence
- collect ICT data
- data engineering
- data ethics
- data mining
- data models
- data quality assessment
- data science
- data visualisation software
- define data quality criteria
- digital data processing
- documentation types
- establish data processes
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- handle data samples
- implement data quality processes
- information categorisation
- information confidentiality
- information extraction
- information structure
- integrate ICT data
- interpret current data
- manage data
- normalise data
- perform data cleansing
- perform data mining
- query languages
- resource description framework query language
- statistics
- unstructured data
- use data processing techniques
- use databases
- visual presentation techniques
Optional (31)
- Hadoop
- LDAP
- LINQ
- MDX
- N1QL
- SPARQL
- XQuery
- cloud technologies
- create data models
- data storage
- database
- deliver visual presentation of data
- game theory
- gather data for forensic purposes
- healthcare analytics
- image recognition
- information architecture
- make data-driven decisions
- manage cloud data and storage
- manage data collection systems
- manage quantitative data
- marketing analytics
- multidisciplinary research
- online analytical processing
- report analysis results
- research design
- social network analysis
- statistical modeling techniques
- store digital data and systems
- use spreadsheets software
- web analytics
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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