Analytics Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-11-07, Skillenai has indexed 784 job postings with the title “Analytics Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-07
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Frequently asked questions about Analytics Engineer jobs
+How many Analytics Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 784 job postings with the title “Analytics Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-11-07.
+What skills do Analytics Engineer jobs require?
Across Analytics Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-07, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, DBT, Python, data modeling, Snowflake.
+Which cities are hiring the most Analytics Engineer?
As of 2026-11-07, Analytics Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, London, San Francisco, Berlin, Barcelona.
+Is Analytics Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 784 Analytics Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-11-07. The skill mentioned most often in Analytics Engineer postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Analytics Engineer?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Analytics Engineer postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths through Analytics Engineer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
37 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Analytics Engineer
Roles after Analytics Engineer
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Data Analyst | 55 |
| Before: Data Scientist | 37 |
| Before: Analytics Engineer (different employer) | 37 |
| Before: Data Engineer | 36 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 14 |
| Before: Business Intelligence Engineer | 8 |
| Before: Business Intelligence Analyst | 7 |
| Before: Business Analyst | 6 |
| After: Analytics Engineer (different employer) | 37 |
| After: Data Engineer | 34 |
| After: Data Analyst | 15 |
| After: Data Scientist | 15 |
| After: Business Intelligence Engineer | 5 |
| After: Business Intelligence Analyst | 2 |
| After: Software Engineer | 2 |
| After: Data Analytics Consultant | 2 |
Skills most often required for Analytics Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 695 | 88.6% |
| DBT | 479 | 61.1% |
| Python | 473 | 60.3% |
| data modeling | 407 | 51.9% |
| Snowflake | 284 | 36.2% |
| Looker | 208 | 26.5% |
| Tableau | 198 | 25.3% |
| Git | 188 | 24.0% |
| CI/CD | 186 | 23.7% |
| Airflow | 179 | 22.8% |
| ETL | 178 | 22.7% |
| BigQuery | 171 | 21.8% |
| Power BI | 148 | 18.9% |
| data pipelines | 148 | 18.9% |
| ELT | 142 | 18.1% |
Top companies posting Analytics Engineer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Netflix | 22 |
| Sopra Steria | 16 |
| ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG | 16 |
| Delivery Hero | 12 |
| Tailscale | 9 |
| Pleo | 8 |
| Anduril Industries | 7 |
| QuoteMachine | 6 |
| PointClickCare | 5 |
| xAI | 5 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Analytics Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 44 | 5.6% |
| London | 31 | 4.0% |
| San Francisco | 30 | 3.8% |
| Berlin | 20 | 2.6% |
| Barcelona | 13 | 1.7% |
| Bengaluru | 11 | 1.4% |
| Paris | 11 | 1.4% |
| Hyderabad | 10 | 1.3% |
| Stockholm | 9 | 1.1% |
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-07, matching postings whose canonical role is “Analytics Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- Analytics Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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