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Data scientist

Latest available data: June 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Data engineer Data expert Data research scientist Data scientist Research data scientist

Data scientists find and interpret rich data sources, manage large amounts of data, merge data sources, ensure consistency of data-sets, and create visualisations to aid in understanding data. They build mathematical models using data, present and communicate data insights and findings to specialists and scientists in their team and if required, to a non-expert audience, and recommend ways to apply the data.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Consulting with users to formulate and document requirements and with management to ensure agreement on systems principles;
(b) Identifying and analysing business processes, procedures and work practices;
(c) Identifying and evaluating inefficiencies and recommending optimal business practices and system functionality and behaviour;
(d) Taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting and implementing system test plans;
(e) Developing functional specifications for use by systems developers;
(f) Expanding or modifying systems to improve workflow or serve new purposes;
(g) Coordinating and linking the computer systems within an organization to increase compatibility.

Knowledge

  • Software and applications development and analysis
  • Database and network design and administration
  • Computer use
  • Statistics
  • Library, information and archival studies

Digital competencies

  • Managing information
  • Conducting academic or market research
  • Technical or academic writing
  • Gathering information from physical or electronic sources
  • Presenting research or technical information

Digital competencies

  • Managing, gathering and storing digital data
  • Programming computer systems
  • Designing ict systems or applications
  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity

Personal competencies

  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

Aquaculture workers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Aquaculture workers

2.229

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

79,21%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

7,37% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

87,75%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

5,25%

Part-time contracts

1,02% Turnover index

477

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

18%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

83%

17%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Aquaculture workers

No experience
5%
Less than 1 year
55%
Between 1 and 2 years
5%
Between 2 and 4 years
14%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
15%
Manufacturing
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.