What Senior Data Science Jobs Ask For
Across 16 open Senior Data Science postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are python, data-science, machine-learning.
Updated October 18, 2026
16 open Senior Data Science postings. The percentages below are measured over the 16 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| python | 100% |
| data-science | 94% |
| machine-learning | 81% |
| ai | 69% |
| sql | 63% |
| analytics | 50% |
| llm | 44% |
| statistics | 38% |
| ab-testing | 31% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Data Science levels
Most Data Science postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- data-science 56
- python 56
- machine-learning 52
- ai 51
- sql 37
- analytics 37
- llm 19
- statistics 18
- cloud 13
- data-engineering 12
- pandas 11
- bigquery 10