Data analyst career path at tech companies · 217 roles · 90 days to Oct 16, 2026
Updated
In short
Of the 217 data analyst roles at tech companies in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, 72 are senior, more than at any other level. Data Modeling rises most. Among the roles whose requirements we could read, it is required in 9 of 55 (16%) mid-level roles and 17 of 72 (24%) senior roles. Analytics engineer roles share 9 of the 13 required skills listed for data analyst roles; no other role shares more.
Levels in order
Each level counts its own roles. A median shows only where 50 or more of that level’s roles state pay, and each is taken over a different set of roles.
| Level | Roles | Median stated pay | At least half ask for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior data analyst | 34 roles | Not shown | 2+ years, 23 of 28 |
| Mid-level data analyst | 55 roles | Not shown | 3+ years, 51 of 53 (96%) |
| Senior data analyst | 72 roles | Not shown | 5+ years, 40 of 65 (62%) |
| Staff data analyst | 10 roles | Not shown | 8+ years, 4 of 8 |
| Principal data analyst | 5 roles | Not shown | 5+ years, 4 of 4 |
| Lead data analyst | 10 roles | Not shown | 5+ years, 8 of 10 |
Lead titles say who leads a team, not a step above principal, so lead is listed last and not compared with the level before it.
What rises at the next level
Required skills asked for in a larger share of roles at the next level, by 5 points or more. Each count is out of that level’s roles whose requirements we could read.
Mid-level to senior
Out of 55 mid-level and 72 senior roles whose requirements we read.
| Skill | Mid-level | Senior |
|---|---|---|
| Data Modeling | 9 of 55 (16%) | 17 of 72 (24%) |
| Tableau | 16 of 55 (29%) | 26 of 72 (36%) |
| Python | 15 of 55 (27%) | 23 of 72 (32%) |
In the senior top 15, not in the mid-level top 15: Looker, AI, Project Management, Snowflake
Not compared, fewer than 50 roles read at one of the two levels: junior to mid-level, senior to staff and staff to principal.
Roles closest to data analyst, by shared skills
Compared over each role’s most-required skills, umbrella labels such as “Programming” left out. The more skills two roles share, the shorter the move between them.
Analytics engineer106 roles
9 shared: SQL, Data Visualization, Tableau, Python, Power BI, Business Intelligence, Data Modeling, Looker, Snowflake
Median stated pay: $170k a year
Data engineer364 roles
5 shared: SQL, Python, Data Modeling, Snowflake, Data Quality
Median stated pay: $165k a year
Data scientist416 roles
4 shared: SQL, Statistics, Python, R
Median stated pay: $190k a year
Data architect50 roles
4 shared: SQL, Python, Data Modeling, Data Quality
More on data analyst roles
How we count: 217 roles from 186 employers in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology