I currently work as a contractor(data steward) for a telecommunications company. Their company databases are full of missing, and incorrect data. I work with a team of regulatory compliance specialists. I was trained to review regulatory documents and use the information on those documents to basically clean up their data. I do not work with SQL, Power BI, or Python even though I wanted experience in those tools.

I understand that I am not qualified for data analyst positions at the moment.

My contract will run out in 3 months and I have to apply to jobs soon.

Are there any non data roles you would recommend to someone that can serve as a stepping stone to a data analyst position? Perhaps some roles where I can pick up some data skills like SQL or Power BI that just requires a degree with no experience? I am willing to work hard and play that long game but I eventually want to end up as a data analyst.

My background(bachelors) is in Earth Science(Geology) and I have previously worked as a water quality lab technician for a small company that sells water systems.