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Data Analyst Certification

Certify Your Skills, Get Hired

DataCamp’s Data Analyst Certification is your first step to your next job in data. When you earn DataCamp Certification, you can be confident that you’re ready kickstart your new career in the data industry.

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Programming languages: SQL, R/Python
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Data Analyst Certification

About this Professional Certification

The data industry is booming: there has never been a better time to become a certified data professional. Global demand for data analysts far outstrips supply, and vacancies in data science are increasing by around 37% a year.

DataCamp’s Data Analyst certification helps you enter the profession with a qualification proving you have the skills needed to confidently analyze data using a range of technologies. Certification shows that you can perform data management and exploratory analysis, know the fundamentals of analytics, and can visualize, report, and communicate your findings.

Businesses worldwide know that to remain competitive, they need to harness their data and leverage the insights it has to offer—for that, they need people like you.

Because data analysts collect, clean, and ‘read’ data to generate insights, they’re an essential part of the business world. Gaining a professional Data Analyst Certification with DataCamp means you’re prepared to help companies, including leading multinationals, understand what their data is telling them.

Data Analyst Certificate

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Prove Your Data Analysis Knowledge

DataCamp’s Data Analyst certification equips you with verified proof that you know how to navigate data systems, extract meaning from data, and efficiently communicate your findings. To earn the certification, you’ll complete a range of timed online tasks that cover:

Data Management
Exploratory Analysis
Analytics Fundamentals
Data Communication
Coding for Production
Statistical Experimentation

You’ll use several data science tools during the certification process. For analytics fundamentals and exploratory analysis, you can choose to work in either Python or R. And you’ll prove your SQL mastery by using the language to manage, clean, and process data.

Finally, you’ll show the certification team how well you analyze information in a practical exam and communicate the insights you find. Both your soft skills and technical know-how are assessed because the Data Analyst certification covers real-world needs.

Qualify for In-Demand Jobs in Data Analysis

There’s little point in learning skills you don’t need, or worse, skills that have been replaced by newer ways of doing things. That’s why we created our Data Analyst certification based on an in-depth analysis of the data job market.
DataCamp certification encompasses all the techniques, tools, and capabilities employers are looking for. Gaining a Data Analyst certification means gaining a professional qualification that’s tailor-made to meet the demands of the job market.
Gain access to our exclusive DC Certified Community, where you'll find member-only events with industry leaders and resources aimed to help you succeed in a data career.

Take the Next Step in Becoming a Data Analyst

Becoming a DataCamp certified Analyst means you’ve demonstrated your data-wrangling skills and knowledge, and it also means you’ve opened the door to a world of possibilities in the data industry.

Employers are looking for candidates who walk the talk: people who understand data systems and how to leverage them for maximum value. They’re looking for people who know how to communicate their findings in a way everyone understands, so that data can drive decision-making, and ultimately, growth.

Your DataCamp certification shows employers that you have both the soft skills and technical ability required to do all these things and more. It’s a respected professional qualification that employers trust, and one that helps you stand out among other job seekers.

Designed to meet the needs of today’s data job market, a DataCamp Data Analyst certification gets you where you want to be: deep in the data and flexing your analytical skills with confidence.

How to Prepare for Your Data Analyst Certification

If you already know your way around relational databases and SQL queries and you’re comfortable working with data using either Python or R, you can jump right in and start the certification assessment.

Feeling like you might need to polish your skills first? DataCamp’s courses and practice projects cover everything you need to pass your Data Analyst certification with confidence: refine your R knowledge, practice your Python, or study up on SQL before beginning the assessment.

Even if you’re new to any of the required programming languages, DataCamp has your back. Our individual courses and skill and career tracks can take you from new user to code-slinger extraordinaire, all with a focus on the data analysis techniques you’ll need to pass the certification.

Our Data Analyst Assessment

Take a sneak peek at the topics we’re assessing.

Data Management
Exploratory Analysis
Analytics Fundamentals
Data Communication
Coding for Production
Statistical Experimentation

Data Analysis Courses to Help You Prepare

Get prepared for certification success with these focused courses.

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An introduction to data science with no coding involved.

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