Lead Data Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-06, Skillenai has indexed 171 job postings with the title “Lead Data Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 84% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-06
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+How many Lead Data Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 171 job postings with the title “Lead Data Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-06, with demand down 84% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Lead Data Engineer jobs require?
Across Lead Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-06, the skills mentioned most often are Python, SQL, AWS, ETL, data modeling.
+Which cities are hiring the most Lead Data Engineer?
As of 2026-07-06, Lead Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Rica, Bengaluru, Chicago, London, New York City.
+Is Lead Data Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 171 Lead Data Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-06, with demand down 84% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Lead Data Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Lead Data Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Lead Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 137 | 80.1% |
| SQL | 125 | 73.1% |
| AWS | 118 | 69.0% |
| ETL | 113 | 66.1% |
| data modeling | 108 | 63.2% |
| data quality | 97 | 56.7% |
| Docker | 91 | 53.2% |
| Distributed systems | 91 | 53.2% |
| Data Lake | 89 | 52.0% |
| AWS Glue | 88 | 51.5% |
| Amazon S3 | 87 | 50.9% |
| Amazon Kinesis | 84 | 49.1% |
| Presto | 83 | 48.5% |
| Database monitoring | 83 | 48.5% |
| anomaly detection | 83 | 48.5% |
Top metros hiring Lead Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 6 | 3.5% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 1.8% |
| Chicago | 3 | 1.8% |
| London | 3 | 1.8% |
| New York City | 3 | 1.8% |
| Quito | 3 | 1.8% |
| Sydney | 3 | 1.8% |
| Austin | 2 | 1.2% |
| Berlin | 2 | 1.2% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-06, matching postings whose canonical role is “Lead Data Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Lead Data Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-07-06
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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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