AI Architect vs Analytics & BI Specialist: what energy employers ask for
As of 9 November 2026, Plutarch tracked 70 open AI Architect postings and 142 open Analytics & BI Specialist postings at energy employers.
Skills and tools
Share of the postings we could read in full that name each skill: 58 for AI Architect, 110 for Analytics & BI Specialist.
— means not among those shown on that role's own page, not that no posting names it.
| Skill or tool | AI Architect | Analytics & BI Specialist |
|---|---|---|
| AI agents | 64% | — |
| Power BI | 21% | 64% |
| Azure | 62% | 18% |
| Python | 52% | 36% |
| SQL | 38% | 50% |
| Generative AI | 48% | — |
| RAG | 47% | — |
| LLMs | 43% | — |
| Excel | — | 35% |
| AWS | 34% | — |
| Machine learning | 34% | 14% |
| MLOps | 31% | — |
| Cybersecurity | 28% | — |
| Google Cloud | 24% | — |
| Agile / Scrum | 22% | 11% |
| CI/CD | 22% | — |
| Tableau | — | 22% |
| Data warehouse or lakehouse | — | 18% |
| Statistics | — | 17% |
| ETL / ELT pipelines | — | 14% |
| Databricks | — | 13% |
| SAP | — | 12% |
| Snowflake | — | 12% |
Where the postings are
— means not among those shown on that role's own page, not that no posting names it.
| Country | AI Architect | Analytics & BI Specialist |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 44% | 37% |
| India | 16% | 10% |
| Canada | 7% | 6% |
| Germany | 7% | — |
| Philippines | — | 6% |
| Spain | — | 5% |
| Czechia | 4% | — |
How many postings state pay
- AI Architect: 10 of 47 postings whose pay we could read (21%)
- Analytics & BI Specialist: 25 of 73 postings whose pay we could read (34%)
Pay levels are not compared here: each role's figures come from different countries and currencies. They are on each role's own page. Pay disclosure tracks local pay-transparency law more closely than employer policy, so the two rates partly reflect where each role is advertised.
This compares what employers ask for in the two roles; it does not count how many people hold those skills or say that one role can do the other.
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