analysis jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, analysis appears in 215 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Manager has the most postings mentioning analysis, with demand share down 0.5% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
215
Demand vs prior month
down 0.5% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 17.7% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

Which roles want analysis?

Upload your resume and Skillenai will show which roles your analysis experience fits, which skills you already cover, and what is missing.

Prepare to discuss analysis in your interview

We’re building mock interviews informed by job postings and career profiles, to help you explain how you’ve used analysis.

Join the mock interview waitlist →AI or human interviews. Coming soon.

Frequently asked questions about analysis

+Is analysis in demand in 2026?

Yes. analysis appears in 215 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Product Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning analysis (17.7% of all postings mentioning analysis).

+What jobs require analysis?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning analysis are Embedded Systems Security Engineer (12.0% of that role’s postings mention analysis), Integration & Test Engineer (3.4% of that role’s postings mention analysis), Technical Services Engineer (3.2% of that role’s postings mention analysis).

+What skills are commonly paired with analysis?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), analysis most often appears alongside Python, experimentation, systems engineering, prototyping, testing.

+Where is analysis most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring analysis are San Francisco, London, Tucson, Boston, Mountain View, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new analysis content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning analysis alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new analysis content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after analysis?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring analysis — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around analysis

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before analysis

Before analysispython → analysis: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → analysis: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata analysis → analysis: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairJava → analysis: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairdashboards → analysis: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairtesting → analysis: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → analysis: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairExcel → analysis: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysispython: 12 movespython12 movessql: 9 movessql9 movesdata analysis: 7 movesdata analysis7 movesJava: 6 movesJava6 movesdashboards: 5 movesdashboards5 movestesting: 4 movestesting4 movesPower BI: 4 movesPower BI4 movesExcel: 4 movesExcel4 moves

Skills after analysis

After analysisanalysis → JavaScript: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysis → python: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysis → sql: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysis → dashboards: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysis → analytics: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysis → Tableau: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysis → data analysis: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysis → reporting: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairanalysisJavaScript: 8 movesJavaScript8 movespython: 7 movespython7 movessql: 7 movessql7 movesdashboards: 5 movesdashboards5 movesanalytics: 5 movesanalytics5 movesTableau: 5 movesTableau5 movesdata analysis: 4 movesdata analysis4 movesreporting: 4 movesreporting4 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python12
Before: sql9
Before: data analysis7
Before: Java6
Before: dashboards5
Before: testing4
Before: Power BI4
Before: Excel4
After: JavaScript8
After: python7
After: sql7
After: dashboards5
After: analytics5
After: Tableau5
After: data analysis4
After: reporting4

Roles most likely to require analysis

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Embedded Systems Security Engineer312.0%
Integration & Test Engineer13.4%
Technical Services Engineer13.2%
IT Cybersecurity Specialist13.0%
Mechanical Systems Engineer13.0%
Field CTO12.6%
Data Science Intern12.3%
Integration Architect11.7%
Project Engineering Manager11.5%
Consultant21.4%

Roles with the most analysis postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Product Manager3817.7%
Software Engineer2712.6%
Systems Engineer2411.2%
Test Engineer73.3%
Backend Engineer62.8%
Data Scientist52.3%
Technical Program Manager52.3%
Backend Software Engineer31.4%
Embedded Systems Security Engineer31.4%
Engineering Manager31.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring analysis

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring analysis
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Reddit14
Northrop Grumman8
SpaceX7
Waymo7
Globalpr6
Stripe5
Boeing5
Pinterest4
PAE3
Discord3

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for analysis

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco94.2%
London73.3%
Tucson73.3%
Boston62.8%
Mountain View62.8%
Hawthorne52.3%
Dahlgren41.9%
Sydney41.9%
Dallas31.4%

Skills commonly paired with analysis

Get a daily email digest of new analysis content

Skillenai indexes news articles, blog posts, and research papers that mention analysis. Click below and we'll open a pre-filled daily digest — change the cadence to hourly or weekly if you prefer, then save. Free account required (~30 seconds).

Explore related pages

How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning analysis by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s analysis postings by all analysis postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
9aa0521b0842a22c
data_as_of
2026-09-30
window_days
90
Hiring engineers who use analysis?

The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.

Skillenai for recruiters →
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index