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Data scientists usually work in the areas of big data and business intelligence. They analyse and systematically evaluate data and extract valuable information from a jungle of data to support the management with strategic decisions affecting the company.
The amount of stored data is increasing exponentially every day. Consequently, the demand for data scientists extracting useful information from this huge amount of data is growing as well. Data scientists are highly sought-after in different areas, e.g. big data, data engineering, data mining, smart data or predictive analytics, and thus have very good career prospects. Finance, engineering and IT companies, for instance, rely on the expertise of data scientists and can offer them great chances.
The massive volumes of data imply an enormous information potential. In this context, the key task of data scientists is to use structured analyses to exploit this potential. They interlink and evaluate (big) data by applying different approaches. The related results serve them as a basis for advising companies and helping management boards achieve their strategic business goals.
Data scientists require theoretical knowledge of IT and mathematics and should be familiar with practical data extraction methods. Furthermore, they need to possess expert skills in probability calculation and statistics.
As they fulfil an advising role for companies, data scientists should have strong communication skills, which they also apply to explain analysis results in an understandable way to help management boards derive strategic business decisions.
While the starting salary of data scientists amounts to approximately EUR 45,000, they may later earn up to EUR 70,000. Top employers even pay gross annual salaries of EUR 85,000 or more to highly qualified employees.
As a data scientist, you have very good chances on the labour market. We help you find your desired position, taking into consideration your qualifications and experience.
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