Data Analyst Job Market Trends
I compared two snapshots of "Data Analyst" job postings, one from April 2024 and one pulled live in July 2026, to see how the market actually shifted.
Headline finding: among postings whose title states a seniority level, the entry-level share fell from 39.0% (Apr 2024) to 23.6% (Jul 2026).
What didn't work (and why it's still in the repo)
My original plan was to track mentions of SQL, Python, and AI tools across both snapshots. That part didn't hold up. One of the two data sources cuts every posting off at 500 characters and tends to open with recruiter boilerplate before it ever names a tool, so it looked like mentions of even basic skills like SQL had dropped. That's not a real signal, it's just an artifact of how the data was collected. I left it in the notebook and dashboard anyway, clearly labeled as exploratory, instead of quietly deleting it.