{"id":138536,"date":"2026-02-20T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?page_id=138536"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:31:54","slug":"salary-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/salary-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Salary Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This project helps you understand how salaries vary across roles, locations, experience levels, and skills. The goal is to build a small dataset from job listings, clean salary information, analyse patterns, and create visuals that explain what drives pay. By the end, you will have a portfolio-ready project with clear insights and charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Goal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Analyse salary ranges for analytics roles (Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Reporting Analyst) and answer questions like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Which role titles pay more on average?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does salary change with experience?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which locations have higher pay?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which skills appear more often in higher-paying jobs?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Collect job listing data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Collect 30 to 80 job listings that include salary information. Save these fields in a CSV:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>job_id<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>title<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>location<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>experience_min<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>experience_max<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>salary_min<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>salary_max<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>salary_currency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>salary_period (monthly or yearly)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>date_posted (optional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>description_text<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If salaries are given as text like \u201c8\u201312 LPA\u201d or \u201c\u20b960k\u2013\u20b990k per month\u201d, keep the raw salary text too. You will parse it in Python.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Clean and standardise salary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Python:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>standardise salary to one unit (example: annual salary)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>convert monthly to yearly when needed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>convert ranges into a single value for analysis (example: midpoint of min and max)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>handle missing salary values by removing them from salary calculations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Also clean experience ranges and create a single experience value (midpoint).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Extract skills from job descriptions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a skill dictionary and extract binary flags like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>has_python, has_sql, has_excel, has_powerbi, has_tableau, has_statistics, has_cloud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This helps you compare pay patterns by skill requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Exploratory analysis (EDA)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Perform analysis such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>salary distribution (histogram + box plot)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>average salary by role title group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>average salary by location<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>salary vs experience (scatter plot)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>top skills mentioned in high-salary jobs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Create salary buckets (low, mid, high) and compute which skills appear most in each bucket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 5: Visualise insights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Create charts such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>bar chart: average salary by role<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>bar chart: top locations by salary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>scatter plot: experience vs salary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>box plot: salary distribution by role<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>heatmap: skill co-occurrence in high-paying jobs (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 6: Write findings and recommendations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Write a short project summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>top paying roles and locations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>experience impact on salary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>skills most linked with higher salary buckets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>suggested learning priorities for job seekers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deliverables<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cleaned_dataset.csv<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>analysis_notebook.ipynb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4\u20136 saved charts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>README explaining data source, cleaning rules, assumptions, and key insights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This project is strong for a portfolio because it shows data cleaning, text feature creation, salary normalisation, and business-style insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/data-analysis-with-python-certification-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vskills-banner-anandita-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vskills-banner-anandita-2.png 960w, https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vskills-banner-anandita-2-300x47.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project helps you understand how salaries vary across roles, locations, experience levels, and skills. 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