IT skills for entry level positions

My understanding is you need to know Excel (advanced), VBA, SQL and R....

Question now is, which one of the above is most widely used and preferred right now by employers ? Or is there any other IT skill which I left out ?

Cheers !

 

in the UK, all these are useful. Excel is the most universal, but it depends on what entry position you get as to what else is helpful. Note I say helpful not essential. So long as you have the capacity to learn that's important because there are specialist IT/actuarial software packages too that you will probably meet in the profession. Other Microsoft packages are handy too so Access, PowerPoint, Word etc, even if you start purely on a data science type route. The more you have, obviously, the better.

 

Thank you for your reply Bystander.

You mention types of entry level roles noting "pure data science" as one. Perhaps, you could elaborate on what other entry level roles are available ? Just to get an idea about the landscape of the industry.

Much appreciated.
Cheers

 

By data science I mean pure data type roles. There are roles in valuation, pricing etc etc that are trainee actuary positions with study support. Nearly all roles handle data in some shape or form. Of course I'm speaking from a uk perspective. Titles vary a great deal. We even have apprenticeship schemes now.