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About Data Science
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Average Salaries
Data Science workers may earn between $62,000 and $128,000 per year
Use your numerical and analytics savvy to start an exciting and in-demand career as a Data Scientist by completing one of our data science courses.
If you have an aptitude for numbers and analytics, becoming a Data Scientist could be a great career move.
As more organisations embrace digital transformation, the amount of data streams they have to deal with has grown exponentially. Business are sitting on vast troves of data related to sales and customer enquiries, website metrics and online customer behaviour and competitive intelligence. In order to derive value from this data, modern analytical processes need to be applied, and this is the job of Data Scientists.
Data Scientists employ a combination of skills across various fields such as mathematics, statistical analysis, programming, artificial intelligence and data visualisation to create processes that allow analysis of large amounts of data. These processes allow them to spot trends and draw valuable insights which are increasingly used to fuel decision making processes in modern businesses that allow them to effectively achieve their objectives and become more competent.
The demand for Data Scientists across all industry sectors is growing, and studying data science is a great move that will set you up for a bright future in business and technology.
What do data science graduates do?
Data Scientists are increasingly in demand across most industry sectors and their value is growing as their work can have a transformative effect on most businesses. Their work can enable organisations to make more effective decisions by informing the decision making process, and can positively impact efficiency across various fields as well as the bottom line.
As a Data Scientists you will deal with large data sets and your focus will be on deriving actionable business insights. Specific tasks that Data Scientists could perform on a daily basis are:
- Identifying relevant data sources for business needs
- Collecting structured and unstructured data
- Sourcing missing data
- Organising data in to usable formats
- Building predictive models
- Building machine learning algorithms
- Enhancing the data collection process
- Processing, cleansing & verifying of data
- Analysing data for trends and patterns and to find answers to specific questions
- Setting up data infrastructure
- Develop, implement and maintain databases
- Assess quality of data and remove or clean data
- Generating information and insights from data sets and identifying trends and patterns
- Preparing reports for executive and project teams
- Create visualisations of data
Career Outcomes
Career Outcomes
Completing a data science course will open doors to many different roles across a large number of different industries. Data Scientists are particularly in demand in industries such as:
- Banking, financial services and insurance
- Media and entertainment
- Healthcare
- Retail
- Telecommunications
- Digital marketing
- Professional services
Completing one of our data science courses will allow you to work as:
- Database Administrator
- Information and Data Professional
- Market Researcher
- Data Analyst
- Database Analyst
- Data Scientist
- Database Manager
- Big Data Visualiser
- Market Research Analyst
- Database Designer
- Data Engineer
- Data Architect
- Software or Applications Programmer
- Business Systems Analyst
- Systems Analyst
- Assistant Database Developer
- Assistant Database Specialist
- Database Developer
- e-Research Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Business Data Analyst
- Database Coordinator
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Head of Cyber Security
- Head of Digital Transformation Security
- Head of Cyber Defence
- President Cyber Security
- Information Security Director
- Change Leader
- Cyber Security Executive
- Data and Cyber Security lead
- VP Cyber Security Strategy
- VP Security Assurance
- Security Governance Director
- Threat Investigations Lead
- Enterprise Risk Officer
- Governance Compliance & Risk Manager
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Analytics Manager
- Web Designer
- Web Developer
- Programmer
- Software Developer
- Python Programmer
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
- Systems Engineer
- Program Developer
- Analyst
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Machine Learning Researcher
- AI Developer
- Artificial Intelligence Architect
- Policy Analyst
- Public Policy Adviser
- Cyber Security Officer
- Risk Adviser
- Investigations and Data Journalist (Analyst)
- Digital Marketing Manager
- Brand Manager
- Marketing and Market Research Professional
- Social Media Analyst
- IT Analyst
- Strategic Advisor
- Strategic Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Allied Health Worker
- Health Researcher
- Health Data Analyst
- Epidemiologist
- IT Manager
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- IT Consultant
- Technology Manager
- Director, Technology Strategy and Transformation
- Director, Technology Strategy and Transformation Consulting
- Chief Technology Officer
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Is data science right for you?
You will find a data science career exciting and rewarding if you:
- Have a knack for numbers and statistics
- Enjoy analytics and modelling
- Posses a high degree of intellectual curiosity
- Enjoy programming
- Are interested in machine learning and artificial intelligence
- Have or would like to develop a high level of business acumen and industry understanding
- Have great communication skills
- Enjoy building visual representations of your findings
Job opportunities
Data science is an skill set currently experiencing growth in demand across many different industries. Deloitte Australia reports annual growth in data science related jobs of 2.4%, with around 340,000 related positions in existence Australia in 2021. Deloitte also reports that 76% of surveyed businesses plan on increasing their level of investment in analytics over the next two years (Deloitte, 2021).
As more business functions shift into the digital domain over the next few years, the demand for trained Data Scientists will continue to grow.
Average Salaries
PayScale reports average earnings for roles related to data science at $92,000, with average remuneration for people with post-graduate qualifications in the industry being $130,176 in 2021 (Deloitte).
Industry Bodies
- The Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia (IAPA)
- DSAI (Data Science and AI Association of Australia)