1️SQL (Your Core Skill for Data Manipulation &
Queries)
✅ Fundamentals:
SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, DISTINCT, LIMIT
GROUP BY, HAVING, COUNT, SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX
✅ Joins & Relationships:
INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, FULL OUTER JOIN
SELF JOIN, CROSS JOIN, UNION, EXCEPT, INTERSECT
✅ Advanced SQL Concepts:
CTEs (WITH clause) – To improve query readability
Window Functions (RANK(), DENSE_RANK(), LAG(), LEAD()) – Essential
for analytics
Stored Procedures & Triggers – For automation
Indexing & Query Optimization – To improve performance
Handling Semi-Structured Data (JSON, XML in SQL)
🔹 Tools to Practice: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Snowflake,
BigQuery
2️Python (For Data Processing & Analysis)
✅ Core Python for Data Analysts:
Variables, Data Types, Loops, Functions
File Handling (.csv, .json, .xlsx)
✅ Pandas & NumPy (For Data Wrangling & Manipulation):
DataFrames & Series (.head(), .info(), .describe())
Handling Missing Values (fillna(), dropna())
Grouping & Aggregations (groupby(), pivot_table())
Merging & Joining Data (merge(), concat())
✅ Matplotlib & Seaborn (For Data Visualization):
Basic Charts: Line, Bar, Pie, Scatter
Advanced Charts: Heatmaps, Pairplots, KDE, Boxplots
Customizing Plots (Colors, Legends, Labels)
✅ Statistics & Machine Learning Basics (Optional):
Linear & Logistic Regression
Clustering (K-Means, DBSCAN)
A/B Testing & Hypothesis Testing
🔹 Tools to Practice: Jupyter Notebook, VS Code, Google Colab
3️Excel (Essential for Data Cleaning & Reporting)
✅ Data Cleaning:
Handling duplicates, missing values
Text functions (TRIM(), LOWER(), PROPER())
Data validation & dropdowns
✅ Data Analysis Functions:
VLOOKUP(), INDEX-MATCH(), HLOOKUP()
Logical functions: IF(), IFERROR(), AND(), OR()
Aggregation functions: SUMIF(), COUNTIF(), AVERAGEIF()
✅ Pivot Tables & Charts:
Creating dynamic pivot tables
Slicers & Timelines for interactive reports
Building dashboards
✅ Power Tools:
Power Query – For data transformation
Power Pivot – For handling large datasets
Macros & VBA (Optional) – For automation
🔹 Tools to Practice: Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets
4️Data Visualization (For Insights & Storytelling)
✅ Power BI / Tableau (Choose One):
Creating Interactive Dashboards
Calculated Fields & Measures (DAX in Power BI, LOD in Tableau)
Data Blending & Joins
Filters, Slicers, Parameters
✅ Matplotlib & Seaborn (Python-Based Visualization):
Heatmaps, Histograms, Pair Plots, Box Plots
🔹 Tools to Practice: Power BI, Tableau, Google Data Studio
5️Statistics & Business Analytics (For Data-Driven
Decision Making)
✅ Descriptive Statistics:
Mean, Median, Mode, Variance, Standard Deviation
Skewness & Kurtosis
✅ Inferential Statistics:
Hypothesis Testing (t-test, ANOVA, Chi-square)
Confidence Intervals & p-values
✅ A/B Testing:
Setting up an experiment
Analyzing control vs. test groups
✅ Business Metrics (Domain Knowledge):
E-commerce: Churn Rate, Retention, CLV, Conversion Rate
Finance: Revenue Growth, Profit Margins, Loan Default Prediction
Marketing: ROI, Customer Segmentation, Campaign Performance
🔹 Tools to Practice: Python (Scipy, Statsmodels), Excel
6️ETL & Data Engineering Basics (For Handling
Large Datasets)
✅ Extract:
Pull data from APIs, Databases, Web Scraping
✅ Transform:
Data Cleaning (Pandas, SQL, Power Query)
Feature Engineering (Scaling, Encoding)
✅ Load:
Load into Data Warehouses (Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift)
🔹 Tools to Practice: SQLAlchemy, Apache Airflow, AWS Redshift
7️Cloud & Big Data (Optional, but Useful for Large-
Scale Data Analytics)
✅ Cloud Platforms:
Google BigQuery – For querying massive datasets
AWS (S3, Redshift, Athena) – For cloud-based storage & queries
Azure (Synapse, Data Factory) – For ETL workflows
✅ Big Data Tools (For Large Datasets):
Apache Spark (PySpark) – If working with massive datasets
Hadoop – If working in enterprise environments
🔹 Where to Learn? Google Cloud, AWS, Databricks
8️Git & Version Control (For Managing Projects &
Collaborations)
✅ Git Basics:
Cloning & Pushing Projects (git clone, git push, git pull)
Branching & Merging (git branch, git merge)
GitHub for Portfolio Projects
🔹 Tools to Practice: GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab
🔥 Final Learning Path (Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering
These Skills)
✅ Step 1: Master SQL & Advanced Querying (Since you
already know SQL, practice case studies)
✅ Step 2: Strengthen Python (Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib)
for data analysis
✅ Step 3: Learn Excel (Pivot Tables, Charts, Formulas,
Power Query)
✅ Step 4: Pick Power BI or Tableau & build dashboards
✅ Step 5: Learn Statistics & Business Metrics (A/B Testing,
Churn Rate, Revenue Growth)
✅ Step 6: Work on Real-World Projects & Build a Portfolio
✅ Step 7: Apply for Jobs & Network on LinkedIn
