IADSS (Initiative

As the role of data science and analytics is expanding very rapidly in creating new business models or changing existing ones, the demand for analytics professionals is growing at an increasing rate. However, almost every company in the industry has a unique way of defining roles and assigning titles in data analytics related positions which have resulted in a chaotic market that is confusing to employers, academic and training institutions, and candidates; with a large number of unqualified candidates calling themselves “data scientist”, “data architect”, “data engineer” or “analytics professional”. In order to address this, an initiative has been launched to conduct a research study at a global scale. The study aims to gain insight about the analytics profession in the industry and help support the development of standards regarding analytics & data science role definitions, required skills and career advancement paths.