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Data Analysis Foundations pathway

People comfortable with numbers who want a technical pathway.

Where you might be coming from

Statistics, finance, science, engineering or heavy spreadsheet work.

What you need to start

A laptop, patience, and 8–10 hours a week for several months.

Transferable skills this pathway builds on

  • Analysis
  • Research
  • Attention to detail

Digital skills to develop

  • Spreadsheets
  • SQL
  • Data visualisation

Tools to learn

  • Excel or Google Sheets
  • SQL
  • Looker Studio or Power BI

Modules to work through

  1. 1.Remote Work Foundations
  2. 2.Career Direction
  3. 3.Spreadsheet mastery
  4. 4.SQL basics
  5. 5.Dashboards and reporting
  6. 6.Job Preparation

Practice exercises

  • Clean and analyse a public dataset
  • Build and explain a dashboard

Portfolio pieces to produce

  • Two published analyses
  • One interactive dashboard

CV keywords

SQLdashboarddata cleaningreporting

LinkedIn positioning

Headline format: 'Junior Data Analyst | SQL, Dashboards & Reporting'.

Job titles to search

Data-analysis assistantJunior data analystReporting analyst

Interview preparation

  • How would you investigate a metric that dropped overnight?
  • How do you validate your own analysis?

Application readiness checklist

  • I can write basic SQL joins and aggregations
  • I have two published analyses
  • I can explain a result to a non-technical person

Completing a pathway improves how well you can compete for a role. It does not guarantee employment, interviews or income. Results depend on experience, skills, market conditions, application quality, role availability, and individual effort. Remote Ready AI does not guarantee employment or income.