Data Engineering Director jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-03, Skillenai has indexed 53 job postings with the title “Data Engineering Director” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand down 28% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-03
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+How many Data Engineering Director jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 53 job postings with the title “Data Engineering Director” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-03, with demand down 28% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Data Engineering Director jobs require?
Across Data Engineering Director postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-03, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, Python, data governance, data modeling, data pipelines.
+Which cities are hiring the most Data Engineering Director?
As of 2026-07-03, Data Engineering Director postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, Houston, London, San Francisco, Apac.
+Is Data Engineering Director a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 53 Data Engineering Director postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-03, with demand down 28% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Data Engineering Director postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Data Engineering Director postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Data Engineering Director
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 18 | 34.0% |
| Python | 17 | 32.1% |
| data governance | 16 | 30.2% |
| data modeling | 15 | 28.3% |
| data pipelines | 13 | 24.5% |
| Data engineering | 13 | 24.5% |
| ETL | 12 | 22.6% |
| data quality | 12 | 22.6% |
| ELT | 9 | 17.0% |
| data architecture | 9 | 17.0% |
| DBT | 9 | 17.0% |
| data lineage | 8 | 15.1% |
| observability | 8 | 15.1% |
| Snowflake | 8 | 15.1% |
| CI/CD | 7 | 13.2% |
Top metros hiring Data Engineering Director
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 3 | 5.7% |
| Houston | 2 | 3.8% |
| London | 2 | 3.8% |
| San Francisco | 2 | 3.8% |
| Apac | 1 | 1.9% |
| Beverly Hills | 1 | 1.9% |
| Boulder | 1 | 1.9% |
| Cape Town | 1 | 1.9% |
| Hamburg | 1 | 1.9% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-03, matching postings whose canonical role is “Data Engineering Director”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Data Engineering Director
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- 2026-07-03
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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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