Data Engineering Intern jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 35 job postings with the title “Data Engineering Intern” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Data Engineering Intern jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 35 job postings with the title “Data Engineering Intern” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Data Engineering Intern jobs require?
Across Data Engineering Intern postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, data pipelines, Python, data modeling, ETL.
+Which cities are hiring the most Data Engineering Intern?
As of 2026-05-17, Data Engineering Intern postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, São Paulo, Arlington, Atlanta, Bellevue.
+Is Data Engineering Intern a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 35 Data Engineering Intern postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Data Engineering Intern postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Data Engineering Intern postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Data Engineering Intern
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 14 | 14.1% |
| data pipelines | 13 | 13.1% |
| Python | 12 | 12.1% |
| data modeling | 8 | 8.1% |
| ETL | 7 | 7.1% |
| data transformation | 6 | 6.1% |
| Data engineering | 6 | 6.1% |
| AWS | 5 | 5.1% |
| Airflow | 5 | 5.1% |
| Snowflake | 5 | 5.1% |
| Data ingestion | 4 | 4.0% |
| APIs | 4 | 4.0% |
| data visualization | 4 | 4.0% |
| data cleaning | 3 | 3.0% |
| data warehouse | 3 | 3.0% |
Top metros hiring Data Engineering Intern
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 3 | 25.0% |
| São Paulo | 2 | 16.7% |
| Arlington | 1 | 8.3% |
| Atlanta | 1 | 8.3% |
| Bellevue | 1 | 8.3% |
| Beverly Hills | 1 | 8.3% |
| Boca Raton | 1 | 8.3% |
| Boston | 1 | 8.3% |
| Cairo | 1 | 8.3% |
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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 Engineering Intern”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Data Engineering Intern
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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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