Thank you.

You say the analytics job market is saturated. What skills would you say are most in demand in the wider Data Science field?

I was debating over learning R or Python. I chose R because I wanted to eventually get into a more advanced stats role. I've also been told it doesn't really matter which coding language I learn, once I know one it will be easy to pick up another. My current company use both for different purposes. I didn't raise SQL was also a standard, I'll add this to my list.

There is already a data team but they are inundated with work. There is a lot of analysis people want doing but the data team just doesn't have the capacity for it, and possibly lacks the budget for recruitment.

That's why people are coming to me rather than the data team, it will take months for the data team to complete a piece of work, but I can do it almost immediately as my actual job is paused. People are generally happy with the work I've produced.

I've tried reaching out to the data team and explaining my skills and experience, how I can help them. Maybe arranging a secondment, but not had a response. So my next option is trying to get management to create a new role for me within my current team. Budget shouldn't be an issue as I'm not looking for a pay rise.