Head of Data jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-06-11, Skillenai has indexed 27 job postings with the title “Head of Data” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is data governance, with demand up 60% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-11
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+How many Head of Data jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 27 job postings with the title “Head of Data” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand up 60% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Head of Data jobs require?
Across Head of Data postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, the skills mentioned most often are data governance, Data engineering, Python, machine learning, DBT.
+Which cities are hiring the most Head of Data?
As of 2026-06-11, Head of Data postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in London, San Francisco, Montréal, New York City, Berlin.
+Is Head of Data a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 27 Head of Data postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand up 60% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Head of Data postings is data governance, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Head of Data postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Head of Data
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| data governance | 17 | 63.0% |
| Data engineering | 14 | 51.9% |
| Python | 12 | 44.4% |
| machine learning | 12 | 44.4% |
| DBT | 11 | 40.7% |
| data pipelines | 10 | 37.0% |
| SQL | 9 | 33.3% |
| data quality | 8 | 29.6% |
| data science | 8 | 29.6% |
| data modeling | 8 | 29.6% |
| analytics | 8 | 29.6% |
| ETL | 6 | 22.2% |
| MLOps | 6 | 22.2% |
| Looker | 5 | 18.5% |
| data transformation | 5 | 18.5% |
Top metros hiring Head of Data
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 4 | 14.8% |
| San Francisco | 4 | 14.8% |
| Montréal | 2 | 7.4% |
| New York City | 2 | 7.4% |
| Berlin | 1 | 3.7% |
| Chicago | 1 | 3.7% |
| Edinburgh | 1 | 3.7% |
| Kampala | 1 | 3.7% |
| Leeds | 1 | 3.7% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, matching postings whose canonical role is “Head of Data”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Head of Data
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-06-11
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- 90
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