Database Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-25, Skillenai has indexed 88 job postings with the title “Database Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-25
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+How many Database Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 88 job postings with the title “Database Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Database Engineer jobs require?
Across Database Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, PostgreSQL, query optimization, Python, indexing.
+Which cities are hiring the most Database Engineer?
As of 2026-09-25, Database Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Diego, Annapolis, McLean, Bengaluru, Washington.
+Is Database Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 88 Database Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Database Engineer postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Database Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Database Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 44 | 50.0% |
| PostgreSQL | 38 | 43.2% |
| query optimization | 32 | 36.4% |
| Python | 26 | 29.5% |
| indexing | 24 | 27.3% |
| MySQL | 22 | 25.0% |
| Oracle | 19 | 21.6% |
| AWS | 19 | 21.6% |
| MongoDB | 17 | 19.3% |
| Linux | 15 | 17.0% |
| data modeling | 15 | 17.0% |
| CI/CD | 14 | 15.9% |
| replication | 14 | 15.9% |
| Performance tuning | 14 | 15.9% |
| ETL | 13 | 14.8% |
Top metros hiring Database Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 6 | 6.8% |
| Annapolis | 4 | 4.5% |
| McLean | 4 | 4.5% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 3.4% |
| Washington | 3 | 3.4% |
| Dublin | 2 | 2.3% |
| Linthicum | 2 | 2.3% |
| Mansfield | 2 | 2.3% |
| New York City | 2 | 2.3% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, matching postings whose canonical role is “Database Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Database Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-25
- 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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