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Become a Data Analyst

Learn to ask sharper questions, build clearer reporting, and present insight that leaders trust.

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Months

Part-time

Projects

Portfolio

Tools

Industry-std

1:1

Mentorship

Personal

What is Data Analytics?

Data Analytics is the practice of turning raw business data into clear, actionable answers. Every company from Amazon UK to Deloitte needs analysts who can query databases, build dashboards, and tell a story with numbers. In 6 months you will learn SQL, spreadsheets, BI tools like Tableau and Power BI, and the narrative skills that make leaders trust your work.

What is Data Analytics?
Data Analyst is the #1 entry-level role into tech with 25% YoY growth in openings.
PROGRAMME FEE

Data Analytics with Generative AI

6 MONTHS

Everything you need to learn with confidence, build practical experience and move your career forward.

PROGRAMME FEE

£1,499£999
A Global Learning Community

A GLOBAL LEARNING COMMUNITY

Learn together. Build with confidence.

Live learning

Mentor-led sessions

30+ projects

Portfolio-ready work

1:1 mentorship

Guidance that is personal

Career preparation

Resume and interviews

100% placement

Career-ready support

Curriculum

A paced roadmap,not a chapter list.

Each phase moves from competence building into portfolio-visible output.

01

Timeline

Weeks 1-5

Analytics Foundations

Learn data basics, spreadsheet thinking, and business metric framing.

MetricsSpreadsheet logicBusiness questionsData hygiene
02

Timeline

Weeks 6-12

SQL and Structured Analysis

Query data confidently and translate raw tables into usable answers.

SQLJoinsCTEsStructured problem solving
03

Timeline

Weeks 13-20

Dashboards and Storytelling

Build dashboards that are readable, useful, and persuasive.

BI toolsVisualizationNarrative designStakeholder presentation
04

Timeline

Weeks 21-24

Career Packaging

Turn projects into evidence for analyst hiring conversations.

Portfolio projectsResume positioningMock interviewsCase walkthroughs
Research & Portfolio Capstones

10 Capstone Projects per Domain for Data Analytics

Explore 10 dedicated research-backed capstone systems for every domain (AI, Data, Security, Cloud) modeled after production corporate environments and SOTA literature.

Domain Filter:
AI Track 40 hours

Autonomous Clinical Charting & ICD-11 Medical Agent

Build an autonomous agent with LangGraph & RAG to transcribe clinical consultations, extract structured diagnostic observations, and auto-assign ICD-11 codes with confidence scoring.

PythonLangGraphQdrantWhisper API+2
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Automated Curriculum RAG Assistant & Concept Graph

Develop a RAG-powered knowledge graph assistant that indexes course textbooks, lecture transcripts, and slides to generate custom study roadmaps.

PythonWeaviateNeo4jLlamaIndex+2
Research Grounded
AI Track 45 hours

Reinforcement Learning Portfolio Rebalancing Robot

Train a Deep Reinforcement Learning (PPO / DDPG) agent that continuously rebalances a multi-asset portfolio to maximize Sharpe ratio under transaction fee constraints.

PythonPyTorchStable-Baselines3Gymnasium+2
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Visual Product Search & Camera Inspection Agent

Develop a mobile visual search app allowing shoppers to snap a photo of any item in the physical world and instantly find matching products in catalog.

PythonPyTorchMilvus / QdrantFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 45 hours

Industrial Robot Arm Trajectory Planning RL Agent

Train a Deep Reinforcement Learning agent (SAC) for a 6-axis industrial robot arm performing high-speed pick-and-place sorting of randomized parts.

PythonPyTorchPyBulletROS2+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 35 hours

Automated Threat Modeling & Attack Tree Generator Agent

Build an AI agent that inspects application architecture diagrams and OpenAPI specs to automatically generate STRIDE threat models and attack trees.

PythonLangChainGraphvizFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Livestock Facial Recognition & Individual Animal Tracking Agent

Deploy a computer vision model using CNN facial recognition to identify individual cattle, pigs, and sheep from barn camera feeds.

PythonPyTorchOpenCVFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Customs Documentation & Tariff Code Classification Agent

Build an AI agent that ingests commercial invoice PDFs and extracts product line items to auto-assign international Harmonized System (HS) tariff codes.

PythonLlamaIndexFastAPIReact+1
Research Grounded
AI Track 35 hours

Customer Review Aspect-Based Sentiment & Feature Rating Agent

Build an aspect-based sentiment analysis model extracting specific product feature ratings (e.g., 'battery life', 'durability') from Amazon reviews.

PythonHugging Face TransformersFastAPIReact
Research Grounded
AI Track 40 hours

Court Legal Precedent & Judicial Sentence Consistency Agent

Develop an AI assistant that analyzes historical judicial sentencing records to help judges identify sentencing discrepancies across similar crime profiles.

PythonLlamaIndexScikit-LearnFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 30 hours

Power BI Executive Sales Performance & Profitability Dashboard

Build an interactive enterprise Power BI dashboard featuring DAX measures, automated ETL data modeling from SQL data warehouses, and dynamic KPI drill-downs for global sales, regional margins, and product profitability.

Power BIDAXSQLPower Query+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 25 hours

Advanced Excel Financial Modeling & Automated Revenue Forecasting Tool

Construct an enterprise-grade Excel financial model with dynamic scenario analysis (Best/Base/Worst case), automated VBA macros for multi-department consolidation, XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH formulas, and interactive KPI dashboards.

Advanced ExcelVBA / MacrosFinancial ModelingPower Query+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 30 hours

Tableau Customer Churn & Cohort Retention Analytics Portal

Design a multi-page Tableau analytics workbook visualizing monthly user cohorts, churn risk predictors, customer lifetime value (LTV), and executive KPI scorecards.

Tableau DesktopSQLCohort AnalysisLOD Expressions+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 25 hours

Power BI Supply Chain & Inventory Optimization Tracker

Develop a real-time Power BI inventory intelligence portal tracking stockout risks, supplier lead times, reorder thresholds, and warehouse logistics metrics.

Power BIDAXPower QuerySQL+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 20 hours

Advanced Excel Marketing ROI & Funnel Conversion Calculator

Build a comprehensive Excel attribution and marketing campaign ROI calculator using Power Query for multi-channel data ingestion and automated pivot dashboards.

Advanced ExcelPower QueryPivot TablesMarketing Analytics+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 30 hours

Tableau Healthcare Operations & Patient Flow Analytics Portal

Architect an interactive Tableau dashboard visualizing hospital emergency room wait times, bed occupancy rates, and patient treatment cost distribution.

TableauSQLdbtHealthcare Analytics+1
Research Grounded
Data Track 45 hours

Real-Time Streaming ICU Sepsis Early-Warning Engine

Architect a real-time streaming ML pipeline processing ICU patient telemetry (heart rate, SpO2, blood pressure) to predict septic shock 6 hours prior to clinical onset.

Apache KafkaApache SparkXGBoostPython+2
Research Grounded
Data Track 40 hours

Adaptive Knowledge Tracing (DKT) Personalized Learning Engine

Implement a Deep Knowledge Tracing (DKT) model using Recurrent Neural Networks to estimate a student's mastery level of concepts over time.

PythonPyTorchPandasFastAPI+2
Research Grounded
Data Track 40 hours

Liquidity Risk Monte Carlo Simulator & Yield Curve Calibrator

Architect a parallelized GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo simulation engine calibrating interest rate yield curves (Hull-White model) to evaluate liquidity risks.

PythonCuPy / CUDASciPyPandas+2
Research Grounded
Data Track 40 hours

Dynamic Price Elasticity & Competitor Scraping Bot

Architect an automated competitor price scraping bot and dynamic pricing engine that adjusts SKU prices based on real-time market elasticity.

PythonPlaywrightFastAPIScikit-Learn+2
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Medical Device (IoMT) Zero-Trust Network Micro-Segmentation

Design and implement an automated Zero-Trust network gatekeeper enforcing dynamic micro-segmentation policies for hospital IoT devices (infusion pumps, MRI scanners).

PythonSuricataPalo Alto APIDocker+2
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Student Identity Verification & AI Proxy Test-Taker Guard

Develop a continuous biometric facial recognition and keystroke dynamics verifier validating student identity throughout high-stakes online exams.

PythonPyTorchFaceNetFastAPI+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

SWIFT Banking Network Cyber Threat Intelligence & Anomaly Guard

Develop a specialized SIEM analytics module parsing ISO 20022 SWIFT financial transaction messages to detect unauthorized wire transfers.

PythonFastAPIElasticsearchPostgreSQL+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 35 hours

Retail Loyalty Point Fraud & Gift Card Abuse Detector

Build a fraud detection engine analyzing loyalty point redemption velocity and gift card claim patterns to flag fraudulent redemptions.

PythonScikit-LearnFastAPIPostgreSQL+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

3D Printer G-Code File Tampering & Sabotage Inspector

Develop a static analysis tool inspecting 3D printer G-code files to detect malicious void insertions intended to weaken structural manufactured parts.

PythonThree.jsFastAPIReact+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Cryptographic Post-Quantum (PQC) Lattice Migration Auditor

Build an inventory tool scanning enterprise source code and TLS servers to identify legacy RSA / ECC algorithms and recommend Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) replacements.

PythonLibOQS (Open Quantum Safe)FastAPIReact+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 35 hours

Commercial Greenhouse HVAC Controller Cyber Attack Shield

Build an industrial firewall module monitoring BACnet / Modbus greenhouse environment controllers to prevent malicious heating overrides.

PythonBAC0 (BACnet Lib)FastAPIGrafana+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Warehouse AMR Robot Fleet Cyber Intrusion Shield

Build a ROS2 security module enforcing DDS-Security (Data Distribution Service) encryption and node authentication for warehouse mobile robots.

C++PythonROS2 / SROS2FastAPI+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 35 hours

Social Media Corporate Account Hijack & 2FA Enforcer Bot

Build a continuous social media account monitoring bot scanning corporate YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter accounts for unauthorized admin additions.

PythonFastAPIReactDocker+1
Research Grounded
Security Track 40 hours

Municipal Smart City Traffic Light Cyber Attack Inspector

Deploy an industrial intrusion detection agent monitoring NEMA / 170 traffic light controller communications to block malicious signal manipulation.

PythonFastAPIGrafanaDocker+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 40 hours

HIPAA-Compliant AWS Multi-Region EHR Database Architecture

Design and deploy a HIPAA-compliant AWS multi-region infrastructure using Terraform featuring Aurora PostgreSQL Global Database and encrypted S3 buckets.

TerraformAWS AuroraAWS KMSPython+2
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 35 hours

Serverless Video Lecture Transcoding & HLS Streaming Pipeline

Build an event-driven serverless video processing pipeline on AWS using Elemental MediaConvert to transcode lecture MP4s into adaptive HLS streams.

AWS SAMAWS LambdaMediaConvertAWS S3+2
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 45 hours

GCP High-Throughput Financial Tick Data Lakehouse (Bigtable)

Architect a real-time financial market tick data lakehouse on GCP using Cloud Bigtable and Dataflow ingesting 1,000,000 trade events/sec.

TerraformGCP Cloud BigtableGCP DataflowBigQuery+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 35 hours

E-Commerce CloudFront CDN Image Optimization & WebP Conversion

Deploy an AWS CloudFront CDN architecture with Lambda@Edge that automatically converts product images to compressed WebP formats based on browser capabilities.

TerraformAWS CloudFrontLambda@EdgeSharp Image Lib+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 45 hours

Factory ERP Cloud Migration & SAP on AWS High-Availability Vault

Architect a SAP HANA high-availability environment on AWS using Terraform, AWS Launch Wizard, and SLES Pacemaker clustering for manufacturing ERP.

TerraformAWS SAP Launch WizardSAP HANASUSE Pacemaker+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 40 hours

Zero-Trust Cloud Remote Access Bastion (Teleport)

Deploy a Gravitational Teleport Zero-Trust access gateway on AWS providing certificate-based SSH and Kubernetes access with session recording.

TerraformTeleportAWS EKSOkta+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 35 hours

AgTech Cloud Cost Management & Spot Instance Training Pipeline

Build a cost-optimized machine learning model training pipeline on AWS using SageMaker Spot Instances to train satellite crop vision models.

PythonAmazon SageMakerPyTorchAWS S3+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 40 hours

Freight Forwarder Carrier Portal Multi-Tenant Cloud Architecture

Architect a multi-tenant SaaS carrier portal on AWS using ECS Fargate, PostgreSQL RDS, and AWS Cognito for 500 freight brokerage clients.

TerraformAWS ECS FargateAmazon RDSAWS Cognito+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 35 hours

Marketing Video Streaming CDN on AWS CloudFront & S3

Build a high-performance marketing video streaming platform using AWS S3, CloudFront CDN, and AWS WAF delivering promotional video ads worldwide.

TerraformAWS CloudFrontAWS S3AWS WAF+1
Research Grounded
Cloud Track 40 hours

Government Cloud Identity & PIV / CAC Smart Card Authentication

Build a SAML 2.0 / OIDC Identity Provider integration connecting AWS IAM Identity Center with US Government PIV / CAC smart card authentication.

TerraformKeycloakAWS IAM Identity CenterSAML 2.0+1
Research Grounded

Where can your Data Analytics Mastery training take you?

Data Analyst

Translate business questions into clean analysis, dashboards, and actionable recommendations across teams.

$65,000

starting pay for
Data Analysts

BI Analyst

Design KPI frameworks, build executive dashboards, and be the bridge between data and decisions.

$75,000

starting pay for
BI Analysts

Product Analyst

Decode user behaviour, run A/B experiments, and deliver insights product teams cannot ship without.

$85,000

starting pay for
Product Analysts

Operations Analyst

Use data to improve workflows, performance, and reporting quality across functions.

$68,000

starting pay for
Operations Analysts

Sources: Glassdoor.in
and LinkedIn Salary Insights

Data Analytics is a high-income career track with strong upward mobility

Career Salary Progression

Select a market benchmark to view salary estimates at different experience stages.

Stage 01Baseline
$65K/ yr

Global Benchmark Salary

Entry level
Stage 02+31% Growth
$85K/ yr

Global Benchmark Salary

1-3 years
Stage 03+77% Growth
$115K/ yr

Global Benchmark Salary

4-6 years
Stage 04+131% Growth
$150K/ yr

Global Benchmark Salary

7-9 years

Source: Glassdoor.com and LinkedIn Salary Insights

You after Wills Education

A clear picture of the professional profile you will build over the program.

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Data Analyst

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$70,000

Expected salary

Hard Skills

SQLExcelPower BITableauPython basicsPandasGoogle SheetsBigQueryLooker StudioData cleaningETL basicsGitPresentation

Soft Skills

Business thinkingCuriosityStakeholder empathyStructured communicationAttention to detail

Education

Data Analytics Program

Projects

E-commerce Analytics Dashboard

Built a revenue, retention, and funnel dashboard using SQL, Python, and Tableau for a D2C business case.

Tools Covered

The stack is organized around capability, not feature-name overload.

Grouping tools by what they enable keeps the learning story cleaner and more persuasive.

Core

SQLExcelGoogle SheetsData cleaning

Dashboards

Power BITableauStorytellingMetrics design

Workflow

Python basicsDocumentationPresentationBusiness framing

Real-World Applications

Where your skills meet multiple industries.

See how the curriculum of the **Data Analytics** program is directly applied in solving critical challenges across global sectors. Click any industry to view practice projects you can build.

Healthcare Use Case

Data Analytics

Tableau-based operational dashboards for hospital administrators to track emergency room throughput, bed occupancy rates, and surgery room utilization.

Education Use Case

Data Analytics

Tableau-based learning dashboards illustrating course completions, concept mastery indicators, and instructor workloads.

Finance Use Case

Data Analytics

Interactive executive dashboards displaying liquidity positions, asset class exposure, and compliance metric ratios.

Retail Use Case

Data Analytics

Tableau storefront heatmaps showing checkout drop-offs, inventory turnover, and coupon redemption ratios.

Manufacturing Use Case

Data Analytics

Scada operational dashboards displaying assembly yields, machine uptime metrics, and defect ratios.

Cybersecurity Use Case

Data Analytics

Security operations center (SOC) dashboards displaying active threats, compliance ratios, and patch levels.

Agriculture Use Case

Data Analytics

GIS mapping dashboards showing soil moisture, temperature, and crop health metrics.

Logistics Use Case

Data Analytics

Tableau-based tracking dashboards displaying shipment statuses, transit times, and warehouse volumes.

Marketing Use Case

Data Analytics

Tableau-based campaign dashboards showing click rates, conversion funnels, and ad spend efficiency.

Government Use Case

Data Analytics

Tableau-based public spend dashboards displaying budget utilization, project timelines, and department allocations.

Aerospace and Defense Use Case

Data Analytics

Interactive cockpit telemetry dashboards compiling airframe pressure, fuel consumption, and altitude shifts.

Automotive and Transportation Manufacturing Use Case

Data Analytics

Connected car telemetry dashboards monitoring fuel efficiency, driver habits, and diagnostic codes.

Chemicals and Plastics Use Case

Data Analytics

Factory mixing dashboards displaying tank pressures, fluid levels, and batch completion rates.

Construction and Infrastructure Use Case

Data Analytics

Project progress dashboards compiling task completions, material spends, and labor hours.

Consulting and Professional Services Use Case

Data Analytics

Tableau-based business dashboards monitoring firm utilization, project margins, and billable metrics.

Entertainment, Arts, and Recreation Use Case

Data Analytics

Audience analytics dashboards tracking dynamic click rates, views, and subscription logs.

Fashion, Apparel, and Textiles Use Case

Data Analytics

Inventory tracking dashboards displaying warehouse volumes, sales velocities, and return rates.

Fishing, Hunting, and Aquaculture Use Case

Data Analytics

Ocean telemetry dashboards compiling water temperatures, salinity, and fish weight logs.

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Processing Use Case

Data Analytics

Interactive quality dashboards tracking batch temperatures, shipping delays, and waste logs.

Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Use Case

Data Analytics

Operational dashboards tracking reservation checkouts, room occupancies, and customer satisfaction logs.

Information Technology (IT) and Software Use Case

Data Analytics

Infrastructure monitoring dashboards displaying network request rates, database latencies, and error codes.

Legal Services Use Case

Data Analytics

Operational dashboards tracking attorney caseloads, billable hours, and case statuses.

Mining, Quarrying, and Mineral Extraction Use Case

Data Analytics

Extraction production dashboards compiling daily yields, material margins, and labor hours.

Non-profit and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Use Case

Data Analytics

Tableau-based dashboards monitoring organization spends, campaign performance, and donor counts.

Oil, Gas, and Renewable Energy Use Case

Data Analytics

Generation production dashboards compiling daily yields, material margins, and active grid loads.

Real Estate and Property Management Use Case

Data Analytics

Operational dashboards tracking property occupancy, repair checkouts, and customer ratings.

Research and Development (R&D) Use Case

Data Analytics

Lab experiment dashboards displaying temperature graphs, device logs, and task completion speeds.

Telecommunications Use Case

Data Analytics

Generation production dashboards compiling daily yields, cell tower performance, and active network load metrics.

Who It's For

A role-aware structure for learners with different starting points.

A practical analytics track for beginners and early-career professionals who want practical SQL, dashboards, business thinking, and a clean route into analyst roles.

Career switchers

Enter analytics with a practical, employer-readable portfolio rather than a vague certificate.

Ops and business professionals

Upgrade reporting skills into analysis that drives decisions, not just exports.

Fresh graduates

Build a cleaner first role profile with SQL, dashboards, and storytelling.

✓ Spring career transition cohort
📈 Built a portfolio using Python, SQL & RAG Agents

March 2026 Cohort

Learner video 1
Learner video 2

Weekly mentor feedback helped me connect analytics concepts to real education problems. The structure kept me moving every week.

AM
Ananya MenonEducator to Learning Analyst

Every module led to something visible in my portfolio. Python and SQL finally clicked because we kept applying them to real scenarios.

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James OkonkwoJunior Data Scientist

The live sessions were focused and easy to follow. I finished with a dashboard project I can confidently show in interviews.

MI
Meera IyerOperations Analyst

The examples felt close to real business work. I now understand how to turn a vague question into a clean analysis plan.

TB
Thomas BennettMarketing Data Executive
✓ Winter career transition cohort
📈 Built a portfolio using Excel, SQL and Power BI

January 2026 Cohort

Learner video 1
Learner video 2

The mock interviews were direct and useful. By the end of the batch, I could explain my projects clearly and answer technical questions with confidence.

AB
Amina BegumAI Automation Specialist

I was working full-time, so the recordings and review checkpoints mattered. I always knew what to complete next.

RP
Ravi PatelBusiness Intelligence Analyst

The mentor comments were specific, not generic. That helped me improve my notebooks and explain my choices more professionally.

HC
Hannah ClarkeJunior Data Scientist

The dashboard labs were excellent. I learned how to design reports that are useful for decision-makers, not just visually busy.

OH
Oliver HarrisPower BI Specialist
✓ Autumn AI & Data Science cohort
📈 Deployed Full Stack Machine Learning & LLM Pipelines

October 2025 Cohort

Learner video 1
Learner video 2

The Agentic AI program pushed me way beyond tutorials. I shipped an actual RAG-powered assistant as my capstone, and it is now live in production.

RD
Robert DavisAI Engineer

The AI Business Analytics track gave me both technical depth and storytelling frameworks to step into a management position with confidence.

SW
Sophie WilliamsBusiness Intelligence Manager

What separates Wills is that they care about proof, not completion. By the end I had five real projects and landed a lead role in 6 weeks.

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Nitesh GuptaData Science Lead

I was a software developer looking to pivot into data. The Data Science program gave me a structured path to frame my experience into something hiring managers respond to.

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Aisha TaylorSenior Data Engineer
Placement Support

Career support is presented as a structured process, not a vague promise.

The same trust-first system used on the homepage carries through to each program detail page.

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Position

Refine the story you tell about your background, projects, and direction.

02

Package

Turn assignments into portfolio assets, case studies, and stronger proof.

03

Pursue

Move into applications and interviews with clearer materials and tighter narratives.

FAQ

Questions learners ask before choosing Data Analytics.

Yes. This is the most beginner-friendly path in the portfolio. The structure assumes you need practical skill-building, not prior technical depth.