Episode 158

full
Published on:

29th Apr 2025

158: I Analyzed 2,893 Data Analyst Job Postings to Find Out What Skills You ACTUALLY Need to Get Hired

๐ŸŽฏ I analyzed 2,893 data analyst job postings so you donโ€™t have to, and hereโ€™s what I found: **You might be wasting your time learning the wrong skills.** Find out how to pivot your career the data-driven way and stay ahead of the game.

๐Ÿ’Œ Join 10k+ aspiring data analysts & get my tips in your inbox weekly ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/newsletter

๐Ÿ†˜ Feeling stuck in your data journey? Come to my next free "How to Land Your First Data Job" training ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/training

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป Want to land a data job in less than 90 days? ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa

๐Ÿ‘” Ace The Interview with Confidence ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/interviewsimulator

โŒš TIMESTAMPS

02:28 - FindADataJob.com.

04:04 - Most In-demand skills in 2025.

06:22 - Live Data at DataAnalystSkills.com

๐Ÿ”— CONNECT WITH AVERY

๐ŸŽฅ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@averysmith

๐Ÿค LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyjsmith/

๐Ÿ“ธ Instagram: https://instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart

๐ŸŽต TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@verydata

๐Ÿ’ป Website: https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/

Mentioned in this episode:

๐Ÿ’™ Thank you for subscribing & leaving a review

Thanks to YOU we recently became the most popular data podcast out there. Thank you so much for listening. If you haven't subscribed yet, hit subscribe. It costs $0. If you enjoy the show, leave us a 5-star rating on Spotify or Apple. It helps people like you find the show AND it helps us land better guests. Thank you so much for your support.

Join The Next Cohort of The Accelerator

Want to land your first data job? Join my data bootcamp to get EVERYTHING you need to land your first data job! Excel, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Python, R? Yup. Projects? Lots of them. LinkedIn help? Of course. Resume optimization? You betcha. Job hunting strategy? Duh. Click to learn more!

https://www.datacareerjumpstart.com/daa

Transcript

Listen for free

Show artwork for Data Career Podcast: Helping You Land a Data Analyst Job FAST

About the Podcast

Data Career Podcast: Helping You Land a Data Analyst Job FAST
The Data Career Podcast: helping you break into data analytics, build your data career, and develop a personal brand

About your host

Profile picture for Avery Smith

Avery Smith

Avery Smith is the host of The Data Career Podcast & founder of Data Career Jumpstart, an online platform dedicated to helping individuals transition into and advance within the data analytics field. After studying chemical engineering in college, Avery pivoted his career into data, and later earned a Masters in Data Analytics from Georgia Tech. Heโ€™s worked as a data analyst, data engineer, and data scientist for companies like Vaporsens, ExxonMobil, Harley Davidson, MIT, and the Utah Jazz. Avery lives in the mountains of Utah where he enjoys running, skiing, & hiking with his wife, dog, and new born baby.