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Data Analyst Resume Keywords

These are the skills that recent data analyst job postings list most often. We counted them across 398 postings from 318 employers, posted between September 29, 2026 and November 12, 2026.

Top 20 skills in data analyst job postings

  1. 1

    SQL

    63% of postings45% as required
  2. 2

    Python

    40% of postings28% as required
  3. 3

    Tableau

    32% of postings21% as required
  4. 4

    Power BI

    30% of postings19% as required
  5. 5

    Data analysis

    30% of postings28% as required
  6. 6

    Data visualization

    24% of postings21% as required
  7. 7

    Excel

    21% of postings17% as required
  8. 8

    R

    15% of postings13% as required
  9. 9

    Looker

    10% of postings8% as required
  10. 10

    Data modeling

    10% of postings10% as required
  11. 11

    Snowflake

    9% of postings7% as required
  12. 12

    Data governance

    9% of postings7% as required
  13. 13

    dbt

    9% of postings8% as required
  14. 14

    Microsoft Office

    8% of postings4% as required
  15. 15

    Statistical analysis

    7% of postings7% as required
  16. 16

    Business intelligence

    7% of postings7% as required
  17. 17

    Reporting

    6% of postings6% as required
  18. 18

    Databricks

    6% of postings5% as required
  19. 19

    Data quality

    6% of postings5% as required
  20. 20

    Data management

    5% of postings4% as required

Source: public postings from employer career sites collected by LetMeApply. Skills are read from each posting with AI and merged across spellings (for example, AWS and Amazon Web Services). Each employer counts at most 3 times, so one company hiring in bulk does not skew the list.

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How to use this list

  1. Treat it as a map of the market, not a checklist. Tailor to the posting you are applying to.
  2. For each skill you really have, make sure it is written on your resume, in the posting's wording, where you used it.
  3. Leave out skills you do not have. Listing them can cost you in the interview.

For examples of how to write these into bullet points, read Data analyst resume keywords, with worked examples.