What Principal Data Science Jobs Ask For
Across 13 open Principal Data Science postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, machine-learning, statistics.
Updated October 27, 2026
13 open Principal Data Science postings. The percentages below are measured over the 13 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 100% |
| machine-learning | 100% |
| statistics | 92% |
| data-science | 85% |
| python | 77% |
| causal-inference | 69% |
| llm | 69% |
| agentic-ai | 62% |
| sql | 62% |
| analytics | 46% |
| ecommerce | 38% |
| generative-ai | 38% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Data Science levels
Most Data Science postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- python 412
- data-science 365
- ai 352
- sql 345
- machine-learning 339
- analytics 282
- statistics 227
- llm 144
- cloud 129
- causal-inference 114
- agentic-ai 110
- spark 83