Data Analyst
Find the truth in the numbers. Help the team decide.
Data Analysts help product teams understand what's really happening: who's using the product, what's working and what isn't. They define the numbers, write the queries, run experiments and turn the results into decisions.
It's a career for people who enjoy puzzles, ask "how do we know?", and want their work to change what a team does next.
Why become a Data Analyst?
A role that combines curiosity, rigour and storytelling — and keeps the whole team honest about what's working.
Change real decisions
Your analysis decides what the team builds next, and stops the wrong number reaching the board.
Work across the business
Partner with product, design, engineering, marketing and senior leaders, who all need answers they can trust.
A new question every day
One day it's an experiment readout, the next a dashboard, a data quality puzzle or a question nobody has asked yet.
Skills every industry needs
SQL, experiments and clear storytelling are in demand in tech, finance, health, retail, sport and the public sector.
A career with real opportunities.
Data Analysts work in almost every kind of organisation, and the role is a launch pad into analytics engineering, data science and product.
Typical UK Data Analyst salary (average)
Typical US mid-level Data Analyst salary range
Salary varies by experience, location and company. Indicative figures based on published UK and US salary benchmarks (Indeed, KORE1), 2026.
Think Data Analysis could be for you?
Don't just read about the role. Experience it.
DoR lets you step into a realistic Data Analyst role and discover what the job actually feels like — writing real SQL in BigQuery, catching numbers that aren't what they seem, reading experiments and building dashboards leaders actually use.
Choose how deeply you want to experience the role
Start with a free introduction. Then take on the complete Business Quarter: own the outcome and work from problem to impact, exactly what turns employers' heads.
What you'll need
Everything the Data Analyst Business Quarter uses is free. Here's what to have ready.
- A laptop or desktop computer with Chrome, Edge or Safari. You can read along on a phone or tablet, but the work itself needs a proper screen and keyboard.
- A Google account, for BigQuery's free sandbox (no card needed) and Looker Studio, where you'll query and chart the data. Plus free Figma (FigJam) and Jira accounts.
- A free Claude or ChatGPT account, for a few tasks where you use AI and then check its work.
- A microphone (the one built into most laptops is fine) for a few short spoken answers, like a stand-up update or an interview story.
- Time on your terms: a full business quarter of work, done at your own pace. It fits around a job, so pick it up in the evenings or at weekends, and your progress is always saved.
Start free. Stay for the quarter.
The free taster shows you what the job is. The Business Quarter proves you can do it: you own the outcome and work from problem to impact.
Free Taster
Join the team and see if the role is for you.
- Arrive at the company and get your bearings
- Open your first inbox
- Meet your manager and product team
- Get a first look at the product you'll be working on
Business Quarter
Starts with your first full working day + full access to everything.
Own the outcome and work from problem to impact, exactly what turns employers' heads.
what you'll do
- Start with your first full working day in the team
- Take on a quarterly challenge from leadership
- Work as part of a product team alongside design and engineering
- Talk to customers regularly and uncover the real problems
- Map opportunities, test your assumptions and shape the solution
- Handle shifting priorities, stakeholder pushback and trade-offs
- Present your results to leadership
what you'll leave with
- A professional and modern product portfolio
- A certified reference
- A certificate of completion
- A 20-minute 1:1 mentoring session
One-off payment. Start with the free taster first if you like.
Built by experienced leaders - on the most effective practices - used by today's leading product teams.
Discover. Then own the outcome.
| Free Taster | Business Quarter | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Discover the role. | Own the outcome, from problem to impact. |
| Onboarding — company, product, team | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open your first inbox | ✓ | ✓ |
| Your first full working day in the team | — | ✓ |
| Meetings and customer conversations | — | ✓ |
| Prioritisation and real decisions | — | ✓ |
| A complete quarterly business challenge | — | ✓ |
| Portfolio evidence | — | ✓ |
| Certified reference | — | ✓ |
| 20-minute 1:1 mentoring session | — | ✓ |
| Price | Free | £199.99 |
Not sure if Data Analysis is for you?
Start with the Free Taster.
Meet the business, explore the product and team, step into the analyst's seat and try your first activities — completely free.
Try the Free TasterAlready know you want to experience the role?
Take on the complete Business Quarter. It starts with your first full working day, then you own the outcome and work from problem to impact.
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