
Sadia Khan
Data Analyst
Salary / Daily rate
London, UK
Mobility: London, Manchester, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
About me
Intro
Data Analyst with strong SQL and dashboarding experience, focused on analysing user behaviour, product usage, and funnel performance to generate actionable insights. Skilled in defining KPIs, supporting A/B testing, and building reports that drive product, growth, and retention decisions. Adept at translating complex datasets into clear recommendations and maintaining high standards of data quality in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Work experience
Freelance Data Cleaning and Profiling
Freelance Data Cleaning and Profiling
Mar 2023 - Present
3 years 8 months
Remote
– Conduct in-depth data profiling to identify structural patterns, anomalies, and quality issues, enabling targeted interventions. – Utilise tools including MS Power BI, Excel, Python (pandas), and SQL to execute data validation, transformation, and cleansing operations. – Led implementation of data quality and reporting improvements, improving data accuracy and reducing reporting errors through structured validation and transformation processes. – Rolled out interactive Power BI dashboards and reporting tools across teams, enabling improved decision-making and self-service analytics adoption.
Project Lead
Customer Churn Analysis and Prediction Project
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
1 month
– Conducted end-to-end analysis on customer churn data to identify drivers of attrition and improve retention strategies. – Cleaned and prepared data by handling missing values, encoding categorical features, and normalising numerical variables. – Performed exploratory data analysis (EDA) using correlation matrices, boxplots, and heatmaps to uncover key churn patterns. – Built a K-Means clustering model to segment customers by churn risk, providing actionable insights into customer behaviour. – Developed interactive Power BI dashboards visualising churn rates by tenure, spend, and contract type for stakeholder presentations. – Key Findings: Frequent support calls, payment delays, and short contracts strongly predicted churn. – Achievements: Improved churn prediction accuracy by identifying top behavioural indicators
Project Lead
Crime Pattern and Hotspot Analysis Project
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
1 month
UK Regions
– Conducted geospatial and temporal analysis of crime data to identify regional hotspots and temporal trends. – Cleaned and merged datasets from multiple public sources, standardising location formats and enriching with socio-economic indicators. – Performed EDA using heatmaps, time-series plots, and frequency analysis to uncover patterns by crime type, location, and time. – Built K-Means clustering models to detect high-risk zones and ARIMA models to forecast future crime incidents. – Designed interactive Power BI dashboards for local authority use and presented findings to public safety teams. – Key Findings: Theft and anti-social behaviour peaked on weekends; crime rates correlated with socio-economic deprivation. – Achievements: Identified high-risk areas enabling targeted policing recommendations
Research Assistant
COMSATS University Islamabad
Oct 2022 - Apr 2023
7 months
COMSATS University Islamabad
– Contributed to the development of machine-learning-based diagnostic tools, including hands-on work with data collection, cleaning, annotation, and model evaluation – Improved dataset accuracy by 5% and reduced data cleaning time by 15%. – Organised and delivered workshops and seminars while maintaining research records, managing datasets, and supporting day-to-day administrative functions to assist the research team.
Remote Research and Data Entry Specialist
Virtual Vital
May 2022 - Oct 2022
6 months
Remote
– Conducted comprehensive online research and crafted data-backed reports to inform marketing and operational strategies. Managed data entry, cleaning, and quality assurance processes to maintain database accuracy. – Oversaw regular updates and validation workflows using Excel and cloud-based collaboration tools.
Visiting Faculty
Comsats University Islamabad
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
1 year 5 months
Comsats University Islamabad
– Delivered undergraduate lectures in Python for data analysis, Excel-based analytics, and database systems, strengthening students' practical data skills. – Developed lab exercises and assessments, tracked student performance data, maintained academic records, and offered data-informed guidance to improve student outcomes.
Intern
Fauji Fertilisers
Sep 2015 - Oct 2015
2 months
– Developed data-driven dashboards using tools such as Excel to analyse fertiliser production, sales trends, and financial KPIs, providing actionable insights into company growth, profit margins, and loss patterns. – Participated in IT and networking department briefings and training sessions, gaining hands-on technical knowledge. – Supported analysis of data centre operations, gaining exposure to infrastructure systems and performance metrics.
Education
ITonlinelearning Ltd.
Data Analyst Programme, Data Analysis
2024 - 2024
1 month
Comsats University Islamabad
Master of Science (MSc), Software Engineering
2019 - 2021
2 years 1 month
Foundation University Islamabad
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Software Engineering
2012 - 2016
4 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Tableau
Issued: Jan 2025
Database Essentials
Issued: Jan 2025
Introduction to Data Analytics
Issued: Jan 2025
Python for Data Analysis
Issued: Jan 2025
SQL Essentials
Issued: Jan 2025
CompTIA Data+
Issued: Jan 2025
Business Analysis Foundation
Issued: Jan 2025
Excel for Data Analysis
Issued: Jan 2024
PowerBI
Issued: Jan 2024