Data analysts are people in different industries who specialize in collecting, sorting, and analyzing industry data, and making industry research, evaluation, and predictions based on the data. Currently, more than 90% of the world's top 500 companies have established specialized data analysis departments. More and more companies are realizing that data and information have become important intellectual assets and resources, and data analysis and processing capabilities have become increasingly important technical means that companies rely on, which also places higher requirements on data analysts.
In this era of information explosion, a large amount of data is generated every minute and every second. Data analysts can enable enterprises to clearly understand the current status and competitive environment in the massive data, and fully understand Utilize the value brought by data to provide risk assessment and decision support for enterprises. Through data analysis and presentation, a clear, accurate and valuable report supported by data will be presented to corporate decision-makers.
Therefore, data analysts are by no means simple IT personnel, but core figures who can participate in making enterprise development decisions. According to media reports, in the United States, the average annual salary of data analysts is as high as 175,000 US dollars. At well-known domestic Internet companies, the salary of data analysts at the same level may be 20% to 30% higher than other positions, with the average salary being about 9,724 (taken from (from 1139 samples), and Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chengdu, and Changsha are the top ten cities in demand for data analysts.
Nowadays, successful Internet companies and e-commerce companies, whether global or Chinese, use data as support and are at the forefront of data-driven corporate growth. With the development of data analysis in China and the growing demand for data analysis talents by many companies, data analysts have been called "one of the professions with the most development potential in the future" by the media.