How often do employers ask for Data analysis?

55 current opportunities mention Data analysis in structured Requirements. That is 4% of the 1320 current opportunities where SpanSam has usable Requirements.

Missing Requirements remain unknown. Responsibilities, employer descriptions, marketing copy and related-job text do not add to this count.

Employers represented in this signal

The matches span 28 distinct meaningful employer names in the current inventory. This breadth helps prevent a single hiring burst from being presented as broad market demand.

1. 1
   DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE7% of matching vacancies
   4
2. 2
   DEPARTMENT OF SPORT, ARTS, CULTURE AND RECREATION7% of matching vacancies
   4
3. 3
   NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY5% of matching vacancies
   3
4. 4
   DEPARTMENT OF COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS4% of matching vacancies
   2
5. 5
   DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE4% of matching vacancies
   2
6. 6
   DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT4% of matching vacancies
   2
7. 7
   DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION4% of matching vacancies
   2
8. 8
   Smollan4% of matching vacancies
   2

Career Paths where Data analysis appears

Career links are shown only where at least three current matching vacancies fall into an existing published SpanSam Career Path.

No published Career Path currently has enough matching jobs for a useful topic breakdown.

Where the matching vacancies are located

These counts use the normalized province/region attached to current matching vacancies. Nationwide and unknown locations are not forced into a province.

1. 1
   Gauteng24% of matching vacancies
   13
2. 2
   Western Cape18% of matching vacancies
   10
3. 3
   KwaZulu-Natal9% of matching vacancies
   5
4. 4
   Northern Cape4% of matching vacancies
   2
5. 5
   Eastern Cape2% of matching vacancies
   1
6. 6
   Free State2% of matching vacancies
   1

How the Requirements share differs by market segment

Public-sector: 25 matches among 393 covered vacancies (6%). Non-public: 17 among 603 (3%). The observed share is currently higher in the public-sector segment.

This segmentation reflects SpanSam source/employer signals and is not an official national labour-market estimate.

Qualifications mentioned alongside Data analysis

These are co-occurring qualification signals inside the same matching vacancies. They are mentions, not automatically minimum credentials.

1. 1
   Degree62% of this Data analysis sample
   34
2. 2
   Diploma45% of this Data analysis sample
   25
3. 3
   Matric / Grade 1236% of this Data analysis sample
   20
4. 4
   Postgraduate qualification7% of this Data analysis sample
   4
5. 5
   Certificate2% of this Data analysis sample
   1

Skills that appear in the same vacancies

These configured skill signals co-occur in Requirements for this topic's matching vacancies. Co-occurrence does not mean one skill causes or requires another.

1. 1
   Computer literacy44% of this topic sample
   24
2. 2
   Communication35% of this topic sample
   19
3. 3
   Microsoft Office29% of this topic sample
   16
4. 4
   Project management29% of this topic sample
   16
5. 5
   Excel27% of this topic sample
   15
6. 6
   People leadership18% of this topic sample
   10

How much of this sample is explicitly entry-level?

7 of 55 matching vacancies (13%) meet SpanSam's conservative entry-level classifier. Ordinary “1–2 years experience” wording does not count as entry-level.

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Representative live vacancies

These are current examples behind the aggregate. Always open the vacancy itself for the complete Requirements, eligibility and application instructions.

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