Big Data Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-23, Skillenai has indexed 35 job postings with the title “Big Data Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand up 33% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23
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+How many Big Data Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 35 job postings with the title “Big Data Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand up 33% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Big Data Engineer jobs require?
Across Big Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, the skills mentioned most often are Python, Hadoop, Scala, Hive, Java.
+Which cities are hiring the most Big Data Engineer?
As of 2026-05-23, Big Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Gurugram, Pune, Bucharest, Dearborn, Al Jubayl.
+Is Big Data Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 35 Big Data Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand up 33% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Big Data Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Big Data Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Big Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 19 | 11.5% |
| Hadoop | 19 | 11.5% |
| Scala | 17 | 10.3% |
| Hive | 14 | 8.5% |
| Java | 14 | 8.5% |
| SQL | 12 | 7.3% |
| Spark | 11 | 6.7% |
| ETL | 10 | 6.1% |
| Apache Spark | 9 | 5.5% |
| Kafka | 9 | 5.5% |
| data quality | 7 | 4.2% |
| AWS | 7 | 4.2% |
| Oracle | 6 | 3.6% |
| PySpark | 6 | 3.6% |
| AWS Glue | 5 | 3.0% |
Top metros hiring Big Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gurugram | 5 | 29.4% |
| Pune | 3 | 17.6% |
| Bucharest | 2 | 11.8% |
| Dearborn | 2 | 11.8% |
| Al Jubayl | 1 | 5.9% |
| Arlington | 1 | 5.9% |
| Austin | 1 | 5.9% |
| Bellevue | 1 | 5.9% |
| Cincinnati | 1 | 5.9% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, matching postings whose canonical role is “Big Data Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Big Data Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-05-23
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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