As the importance of data analytics grows, more job roles are required to set context and better communicate vital business intelligence. Collecting, analysing, and reporting on data can drive priorities and lead business decision-making. CompTIA Data+ is an early-career data analytics certification for professionals tasked with developing and promoting data-driven business decision-making.

The CompTIA Data+ exam will certify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to transform business requirements in support of data-driven decisions through mining and manipulating data, applying basic statistical methods, and analysing complex datasets while adhering to governance and quality standards throughout the entire data life cycle.

Analytics professionals responsible for collecting and analysing data in order to provide an accurate picture of business operations or performance for a company. The analyst may specialize in a core business function such as marketing and sales, finance and accounting, HR, or operations or may be aspiring to a more general data analyst role. Roles for which this course would be ideal are Data Analysts, Report Analysts, Business Intelligence Analysts, Market Research Analysts or Operations Analysts.