The Most In-Demand Skills for Data Scientists in 2021 - KDnuggets

I just wanted to start off by saying that this is heavily inspired by Jeff Hale's articles that he wrote back in 2018/2019. I'm writing this simply because I wanted to get a more up-to-date analysis of what skills are in demand today, and I'm sharing this because I'm assuming that there are people out there that also want to see an updated version of the most in-demand skills for data scientists in 2021. Take what you want from this analysis -- it's obvious that the insights gathered from web scraping job postings do not offer a perfect correlation to what data science skills are actually most demanded. However, I think this gives a good indication of what general skills you should focus more on, and likewise, stray away from. With that said, I hope you enjoy this, and let's dive into it!