Data Engineering Lead jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-16, Skillenai has indexed 67 job postings with the title “Data Engineering Lead” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand down 27% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-16
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+How many Data Engineering Lead jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 67 job postings with the title “Data Engineering Lead” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, with demand down 27% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Data Engineering Lead jobs require?
Across Data Engineering Lead postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, Python, Snowflake, Spark, ETL.
+Which cities are hiring the most Data Engineering Lead?
As of 2026-09-16, Data Engineering Lead postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, Bentonville, New York City, Phoenix, Pune.
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Skillenai indexes 67 Data Engineering Lead postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, with demand down 27% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Data Engineering Lead postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Data Engineering Lead postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Data Engineering Lead
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 23 | 34.3% |
| Python | 22 | 32.8% |
| Snowflake | 19 | 28.4% |
| Spark | 16 | 23.9% |
| ETL | 15 | 22.4% |
| data modeling | 15 | 22.4% |
| data governance | 15 | 22.4% |
| Data transformation | 13 | 19.4% |
| CI/CD | 12 | 17.9% |
| data pipelines | 12 | 17.9% |
| data quality | 11 | 16.4% |
| AWS | 11 | 16.4% |
| Data engineering | 11 | 16.4% |
| Databricks | 11 | 16.4% |
| Airflow | 10 | 14.9% |
Top metros hiring Data Engineering Lead
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 4 | 6.0% |
| Bentonville | 4 | 6.0% |
| New York City | 3 | 4.5% |
| Phoenix | 3 | 4.5% |
| Pune | 3 | 4.5% |
| Madrid | 2 | 3.0% |
| San Francisco | 2 | 3.0% |
| Amsterdam | 1 | 1.5% |
| Barcelona | 1 | 1.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, matching postings whose canonical role is “Data Engineering Lead”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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