Data Analyst Roadmap

Step by step guide to becoming a modern Data Analyst in 2025

Step 1

Introduction

Understanding Data

Data Science Methodology

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel

What is Data Science?

Introduction to Python for Data Science

Step 2

Excel

Excel Essentials

Spreadsheets for Data Science

Advanced Excel Formulas and Functions

Excel Data Visualization

Excel VBA for Creative Problem Solving

Step 3

SQL

Learn SQL

Introduction to SQL for Data Science

SQL for Data Science

Advanced SQL

SQL for Data Analysis

The Complete SQL Bootcamp

Visit The SQL Roadmap

Step 4

Pick a Programming Language

Python

R Programming

R Programming Track

Java

Java Programming Specialization

Step 5

Data Manipulation Libraries

Pandas

dplyr

Data Manipulation with Python

Manipulating DataFrames with Pandas

Data Manipulation with dplyr

Step 6

Data Visualization Libraries

Matplotlib

Seaborn

ggplot2

Data Visualization with Python

Introduction to Data Visualization with ggplot2

Step 7

Data Collection

Data Collection Methods

Web Scraping

API Data Collection

Survey Data Collection

Data Collection and Web Scraping

Step 8

Data Cleaning

Data Cleaning in Python

Cleaning Data in Python

Cleaning Data in R

Data Cleaning Techniques

Essential Data Cleaning Steps

Step 9

Descriptive Analysis

Descriptive Statistics in Python

Descriptive Statistics

Exploratory Data Analysis

Exploratory Data Analysis in Python

Exploratory Data Analysis in R

Step 10

Data Visualization

Data Visualization with Python

Introduction to Data Visualization with ggplot2

Data Visualization with Matplotlib

Data Visualization with Seaborn

15 Data Visualization Plots

Step 11

Statistical Analysis

Statistical Analysis

Statistical Analysis in Python

Statistical Analysis in R

Statistical Analysis in Python

Introduction to Statistical Analysis

Step 12

Machine Learning Basics

Machine Learning by Andrew Ng

Machine Learning Fundamentals

Intro to Machine Learning

Machine Learning Basics

Introduction to Machine Learning Algorithms

Step 13

Big Data Technologies

Big Data Technologies

Big Data Fundamentals with PySpark

Big Data Specialization

Intro to Big Data

Introduction to Spark in R

Step 14

Deep Learning (Optional)

Deep Learning Specialization by Andrew Ng

Deep Learning in Python

Deep Learning Nanodegree

Intro to TensorFlow for Deep Learning

Introduction to Deep Learning