Data Scientist

About

Data scientists are a new breed of analytical data expert who have the technical skills to solve complex problems – and the curiosity to explore what problems need to be solved.

They're part mathematician, part computer scientist and part trend-spotter.

Outlook

We're living in a world where there's more data available than ever, and better hardware and software to process, analyze, and utilize it. Organizations across a whole range of industries will benefit from data scientists being on hand to help them harness the power of data. We expect this job to keep growing in popularity and importance.

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