What Principal Data Analytics Jobs Ask For
Across 164 open Principal Data Analytics postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are analytics, sql, ai.
Updated November 3, 2026
170 open Principal Data Analytics postings. The percentages below are measured over the 164 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| analytics | 78% |
| sql | 65% |
| ai | 56% |
| python | 49% |
| data-analytics | 48% |
| automation | 43% |
| cloud | 40% |
| business-intelligence | 32% |
| data-science | 31% |
| machine-learning | 31% |
| data-quality | 30% |
| statistics | 29% |
| agile | 28% |
| powerbi | 28% |
| data-governance | 27% |
| data-engineering | 26% |
| tableau | 26% |
| data-modeling | 25% |
| aws | 24% |
| azure | 23% |
| databricks | 23% |
| data-visualization | 20% |
| etl | 20% |
| data-pipelines | 18% |
| sap | 16% |
| agentic-ai | 15% |
| observability | 14% |
| acceptance-criteria | 13% |
| gcp | 13% |
| snowflake | 13% |
| spark | 13% |
| oracle | 12% |
| root-cause-analysis | 12% |
| api | 11% |
| generative-ai | 10% |
| accessibility | 10% |
| devops | 10% |
| data-warehousing | 9% |
| ci-cd | 9% |
| go-to-market | 9% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Data Analytics levels
Most Data Analytics postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- sql 14,316
- analytics 13,562
- powerbi 9,633
- python 9,602
- ai 6,583
- data-analytics 6,408
- tableau 6,171
- data-quality 5,601
- business-intelligence 5,247
- cloud 4,578
- automation 4,376
- data-modeling 4,323