Top skills for Data Scientist jobs
Based on 1,686 active Data Scientist postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Data Scientist postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Data Science79%
- Design60%
- Analytics58%
- Business51%
- Statistics51%
- Computer Science46%
- Datasets41%
- Algorithms32%
- Data Analysis27%
- Innovation23%
- Experimentation22%
- Data Engineering19%
- PyTorch19%
- Deep Learning18%
- Tensorflow17%
- Unstructured Data16%
- Generative AI16%
- Automation15%
- Statistical Analysis15%
- Visualizations14%
- Data Mining14%
- Data Quality14%
- Science13%
- Economics13%
- Feature Engineering13%
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