Data Analyst

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Data Analyst develops computer programs to analyze large customer information databases for companies and organizations. Analyzes data to identify patterns and provide information relevant to a particular business, industry or field; analysis may be used for marketing, or to detect fraud in financial transactions, or for research. Develops computer programs to protect confidential customer information.

Job Outlook

There were 2561 Data Analyst job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 66324 in the United States.

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Salary

Many new Data Analyst jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $88,462.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $90,975.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Data Analyst postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $70,138.

Education and Experience

Posted Data Analyst jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	0%
Bachelor's Degree	64.67%
Master's Degree	22.53%
Doctoral Degree	3.95%
Other	5.97%

Posted Data Analyst jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	28.74%
3 to 5 years	50.1%
6 to 8 years	14.8%
9+ years	6.36%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Data Analyst positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Communication (47.52%)
Management (30.61%)
Problem Solving (29.62%)
Microsoft Excel (26.03%)
Detail Oriented (25.23%)
Operations (23.41%)
Leadership (22.99%)
Research (21.91%)
Decision Making (18.37%)
Presentations (17.38%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Data Analysis (84.08%)
SQL (Programming Language) (55.46%)
Python (Programming Language) (36.84%)
Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (32.2%)
Dashboard (33.51%)
Computer Science (30.11%)
Power BI (31.14%)
Statistics (26.19%)
Data Visualization (26.38%)
Data Science (23.96%)
R (Programming Language) (20.64%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Data Management (20.11%)
Data Quality (20.53%)
Data Modeling (18.04%)
Business Intelligence (17.89%)
Project Management (15.93%)
Finance (15.02%)
Data Warehousing (13.94%)
Extract Transform Load (ETL) (15.21%)
Data Governance (14.14%)
Automation (13.23%)
SAS (Software) (9.99%)
Machine Learning (12.4%)
Data Collection (10.96%)
Process Improvement (10.96%)
Economics (10.17%)
Business Requirements (9.2%)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (10.42%)
Agile Methodology (9.41%)
Workflow Management (11.47%)
Business Process (9.39%)
Statistical Analysis (10.02%)
Data Integrity (10.91%)
Auditing (9.33%)
Data Mining (7.77%)
Marketing (7.85%)
Microsoft Access (7%)
Data Engineering (9.69%)
Business Decisions (8.49%)
Relational Databases (7.39%)
Information Systems (8.71%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

Data Cleansing (4.61%)
SPSS (Statistical Software) (2.63%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

Dashboard (54.8%)
Python (Programming Language) (60.25%)
Data Science (39.18%)
Looker Analytics (7.14%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Data Analyst skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Data Governance Analyst
Data Analytics Engineer
Data Analytics Intern
Data Management Analyst
Data Reporting Analyst
Data and Reporting Analyst
Data Analytics Lead
Lead Data Analyst
IT Data Analytics Analyst

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Data Analyst jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Cardinal Health (1163)
Meta (696)
Insight Global (634)
Robert Half (624)
Molina Healthcare (543)
Prime Therapeutics (531)
CVS Health (517)
Public Consulting Group (433)
The Judge Group (426)
GovCIO (406)

North Carolina

The Judge Group (80)
Truist Financial (77)
Wells Fargo (67)
Randstad (62)
Insight Global (44)
Motion Recruitment (42)
Genesis10 (40)
Bank of America (37)
Innova Solution (35)
Collabera (33)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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