Why are analytical skills key to high-paying careers? How can learning Excel, SQL or R take your career to the next level?

1. Skills That Pay: Salaries in
Analytics
How skills like Excel, SQL and R can take your career to
the next level

2. • By 2018 the US will face a
shortage* of:
• 190,000 people with deep
analytical skills
• 1.5 million managers and
analysts with the know-how
to use big data to drive
decisions
US Facing a Shortage of Analysts
*Based on McKinsey Global Report, Big Data: The Next Frontier for Innovation, competition, and productivity

3. The Analytics Effect
$56,000
Marketing Analyst
$67,000
Learning Product Analyst
$110,000
Analytical Marketing
Manager
$32,000
Content Writer
$45,000
Teacher
$98,000
Marketing Manager
75% increase
49% increase
12% increase

4. $60,000
Data Analyst
$65,000
Human Resources
Analyst
$65,000
Business Analyst
$25,000
Data Entry Worker
$45,000
Recruiter
$47,000
Project Coordinator
The Analytics Effect
140% increase
44% increase
40% increase

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SQL Server
Python
.NET Programming
Microsoft Office
Microsoft C#
LINUX
Microsoft Excel
JAVA
JavaScript
SQL
Number of Open Job Listings
Top 10 Required Skills for Jobs Listings with Salaries of $75,000+
Source: Burning Glass
*4 out of 10 are skills
revolving around data
• SQL (#1)
• Microsoft Excel (#4)
• Python (#9)
• SQL Server (#10)
Top 10 Skills for Jobs Paying $75,000+

6. $132,000
$128,250
$120,000
$116,920
$115,000
$113,000
$106,000
$100,000
$105,000
$110,000
$115,000
$120,000
$125,000
$130,000
$135,000
Software
Development
Manager
Software
Architect
Applications
Development
Manager
Systems Architect Data Scientist Data Architect Analytics
Manager
Top 7 Tech Jobs in the US, 2015 & 2016 Median Salary
2016 Median Salary
Top 7 Highest Paying Tech Jobs
*3 out of the top 7 are
data/analytics
focused jobs
• Data Scientist (#5)
• Data Architect (#6)
• Analytics Manager (#7)

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