Poll Results: Analytics Role and Experience

20% of respondents were Analytics Managers, with 9.3 years avg experience, and 42% were Data Miner/ Analysts, with avg. experience of 8.3 years.

The previous KDnuggets Poll asked:

What is your role and experience in analytics / data mining field?

The results were

Analytics Manager, 20% of respondents, avg experience 9.3 years
Data Miner / Analyst, 42%, 8.3 years
Software developer, 4.7%, 5.4 years
Researcher and Teacher, 14%, 6.7 years
Student, 16%, 1.1 years
Other, 3.6%, 7.4 years

Comparing with 2009 KDnuggets Poll: Your Data Mining Role, we see that % of managers has slightly increased to 20% from 14%, while % of Data Miner / Analysts decreased from 47 to 42%.