Data Engineer jobs in New York City — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)
As of 2026-09-06, Skillenai has indexed 146 Data Engineer postings located in New York City over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-06
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Frequently asked questions about Data Engineer jobs in New York City
+Are Data Engineer jobs being posted in New York City right now?
Yes. Skillenai has indexed 146 Data Engineer postings located in New York City over the 90 days ending 2026-09-06, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Data Engineer jobs in New York City require?
Across Data Engineer postings in New York City indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-06, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, Python, data modeling, DBT, Airflow.
+Which other cities are hiring Data Engineer?
As of 2026-09-06, the metro areas posting the most Data Engineer jobs outside New York City are Bengaluru, London, San Francisco, Hyderabad, Atlanta, based on the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly Data Engineer postings in New York City — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Skills most often required for Data Engineer in New York City
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 95 | 65.1% |
| Python | 92 | 63.0% |
| data modeling | 54 | 37.0% |
| DBT | 54 | 37.0% |
| Airflow | 48 | 32.9% |
| ETL | 44 | 30.1% |
| Snowflake | 41 | 28.1% |
| data pipelines | 38 | 26.0% |
| ELT | 34 | 23.3% |
| Spark | 33 | 22.6% |
| AWS | 29 | 19.9% |
| CI/CD | 27 | 18.5% |
Other top cities hiring Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 146 | 100.0% |
| London | 105 | 71.9% |
| San Francisco | 105 | 71.9% |
| Hyderabad | 93 | 63.7% |
| Atlanta | 77 | 52.7% |
| Toronto | 72 | 49.3% |
| Pune | 70 | 47.9% |
| Washington | 60 | 41.1% |
| Chicago | 58 | 39.7% |
| Berlin | 50 | 34.2% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-06, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Data Engineer” and whose locationCity is “New York City”.
- city
- New York City
- role
- Data Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-06
- window_days
- 90
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