POWER BI
← THE DEFAULTFA share38.5%of fresher postings
On top of the floor
TableauDAXData Warehousing
Overwhelmingly Indian IT services firms, with MNCs and mid-size shops making up the rest.
Skills deep-dive
Data Analytics & BI
The minimum skill expectations for the role
The most common fresher-accessible role in this profile, reduced to its essential skills. Target this stack to get hired quickest.
3MUST-HAVE SKILLS
Skills · ranked by prevalence
Where to specialize once you're in
Sub-tracks within this profile. Picking one is not optional.
SQL ANALYTICS
← THE QUERY ROUTEFA share33.3%of fresher postings
On top of the floor
Exploratory Data AnalysisDashboardingPython
Evenly split between services firms, MNCs and a long tail of smaller employers, plus some startups.
OTHER BI PLATFORMS
← TABLEAU AND QLIKFA share12.8%of fresher postings
On top of the floor
PythonExploratory Data Analysis
Mostly a scattered tail of smaller employers, with some services firms and MNCs.
CLOUD WAREHOUSE
← THE NICHE BETFA share10.3%of fresher postings
On top of the floor
PythonRSnowflakeData Mining
Almost entirely Indian IT services firms, with the rest at established mid-size shops.
Thin sample, so read the low pay and mix as indicative only.
The skills that grow with your seniority
Two things. Which skills grow more important with seniority, and which carry over when switching profiles.
A
Senior skew - what skills grow more important with seniority.
Rising · FA → SR
01Data Visualization+33.0 pp
FA18.9%
SR51.9%
02Query Optimization+22.9 pp
FA2.7%
SR25.6%
03Data Modeling+18.7 pp
FA32.4%
SR51.2%
04DAX+16.7 pp
FA13.5%
SR30.2%
05Databricks+15.9 pp
FA2.7%
SR18.6%
06SQL Server+14.0 pp
FA21.6%
SR35.7%
07ETL+14.0 pp
FA10.8%
SR24.8%
08Power BI+13.7 pp
FA45.9%
SR59.7%
09SQL+13.4 pp
FA64.9%
SR78.3%
Fading · FA → SR
01Python-16.1 pp
FA43.2%
SR27.1%
02JavaScript-13.5 pp
FA18.9%
SR5.4%
03Business Intelligence-12.7 pp
FA24.3%
SR11.6%
04Algorithms-10.4 pp
FA13.5%
SR3.1%
05Hadoop-8.5 pp
FA10.8%
SR2.3%
B
Portability - what skills remain valued in other profiles.
Portable · cross-profile spread (out of 15)
01JavaScript
13/15
Frontend Development67%Fullstack Development50%Security Engineering21%
02SQL
12/15
Data Engineering58%Fullstack Development42%Backend Development34%
03Python
11/15
Data Science & ML78%AI & LLM Applications76%Data Engineering73%
Locked · stays inside the profile
01Power BI1/15
02Exploratory Data Analysis1/15
03Dashboarding1/15
04Tableau1/15
05Data Visualization1/15
06Data Modeling2/15
07SQL Server2/15
08Data Warehousing2/15