Data Analytics Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 62 job postings with the title “Data Analytics Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about Data Analytics Engineer jobs
+How many Data Analytics Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 62 job postings with the title “Data Analytics Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Data Analytics Engineer jobs require?
Across Data Analytics Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, data modeling, Python, DBT, data pipelines.
+Which cities are hiring the most Data Analytics Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Data Analytics Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, Menlo Park, Mexico City.
+Is Data Analytics Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 62 Data Analytics Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Data Analytics Engineer postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Data Analytics Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Data Analytics Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 48 | 15.3% |
| data modeling | 37 | 11.8% |
| Python | 31 | 9.9% |
| DBT | 27 | 8.6% |
| data pipelines | 22 | 7.0% |
| BigQuery | 18 | 5.8% |
| Snowflake | 18 | 5.8% |
| CI/CD | 15 | 4.8% |
| ETL | 15 | 4.8% |
| data governance | 15 | 4.8% |
| data quality | 14 | 4.5% |
| data transformation | 14 | 4.5% |
| data validation | 14 | 4.5% |
| Tableau | 13 | 4.2% |
| Looker | 12 | 3.8% |
Top metros hiring Data Analytics Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 8 | 34.8% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 13.0% |
| São Paulo | 3 | 13.0% |
| Menlo Park | 2 | 8.7% |
| Mexico City | 2 | 8.7% |
| Weirton | 2 | 8.7% |
| Austin | 1 | 4.3% |
| Barcelona | 1 | 4.3% |
| Bogotá | 1 | 4.3% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Data Analytics Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Data Analytics Engineer
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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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