Data Engineer jobs in Boston — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)
As of 2026-09-22, Skillenai has indexed 20 Data Engineer postings located in Boston over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand down 45% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-22
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Frequently asked questions about Data Engineer jobs in Boston
+Are Data Engineer jobs being posted in Boston right now?
Yes. Skillenai has indexed 20 Data Engineer postings located in Boston over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, with demand down 45% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Data Engineer jobs in Boston require?
Across Data Engineer postings in Boston indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, Python, ETL, data pipelines, Snowflake.
+Which other cities are hiring Data Engineer?
As of 2026-09-22, the metro areas posting the most Data Engineer jobs outside Boston are Bengaluru, New York City, London, San Francisco, Hyderabad, based on the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly Data Engineer postings in Boston — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Data Engineer in Boston
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 13 | 65.0% |
| Python | 11 | 55.0% |
| ETL | 10 | 50.0% |
| data pipelines | 9 | 45.0% |
| Snowflake | 9 | 45.0% |
| ELT | 7 | 35.0% |
| data validation | 7 | 35.0% |
| Kafka | 6 | 30.0% |
| data modeling | 5 | 25.0% |
| DevOps | 4 | 20.0% |
| Kubernetes | 4 | 20.0% |
| AWS | 4 | 20.0% |
Other top cities hiring Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 153 | 765.0% |
| New York City | 133 | 665.0% |
| London | 107 | 535.0% |
| San Francisco | 97 | 485.0% |
| Hyderabad | 89 | 445.0% |
| Atlanta | 78 | 390.0% |
| Pune | 75 | 375.0% |
| Toronto | 70 | 350.0% |
| Chicago | 60 | 300.0% |
| Washington | 56 | 280.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Data Engineer” and whose locationCity is “Boston”.
- city
- Boston
- role
- Data Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-22
- 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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