Skilled Data Analysts are some of the most sought-after professionals in the world. With an ever-growing demand, the supply of people who can excel at this job is extremely limited. Therefore, Data Analysts earn high salaries and excellent perks. Further, common career paths for data analysts include moving into management positions. You can start out as a Data Analyst and then advance to senior-level analyst, analytics manager, director of analytics, or even chief data officer (CDO). Henry Sumner is a professional Data Scientist with almost a decade of industry experience. He completed his bachelors degree in computing for business which was focussed on combining the fields of statistics, computer science and problem solving. He has been working as a Pricing Analyst and now holds the position of a Senior Analyst. His interests include big data and its increasing prevalence in society. His final year dissertation was based on what retailers must do to survive the exponential growth of data and the pressures that this change will place upon businesses everywhere.