Data Engineer jobs in Australia — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)
As of 2026-05-17, demand data for Data Engineer in Australia is still being collected.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most Data Engineer jobs outside Australia are New York City, London, San Francisco, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, based on the Skillenai jobs index.
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Other top cities hiring Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 123 | 19.9% |
| London | 105 | 17.0% |
| San Francisco | 91 | 14.7% |
| Bengaluru | 82 | 13.2% |
| Hyderabad | 60 | 9.7% |
| Pune | 36 | 5.8% |
| Toronto | 35 | 5.7% |
| Paris | 34 | 5.5% |
| Singapore | 28 | 4.5% |
| Mexico City | 25 | 4.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Data Engineer” and whose locationCity is “Australia”.
- city
- Australia
- role
- Data Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
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