Senior Data Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-06-16, Skillenai has indexed 189 job postings with the title “Senior Data Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-16
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+How many Senior Data Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 189 job postings with the title “Senior Data Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Senior Data Engineer jobs require?
Across Senior Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, the skills mentioned most often are Python, SQL, data modeling, data pipelines, ETL.
+Which cities are hiring the most Senior Data Engineer?
As of 2026-06-16, Senior Data Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, New York City, London, Berlin, Paris.
+Is Senior Data Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 189 Senior Data Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Senior Data Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Senior Data Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Senior Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 146 | 77.2% |
| SQL | 126 | 66.7% |
| data modeling | 78 | 41.3% |
| data pipelines | 72 | 38.1% |
| ETL | 63 | 33.3% |
| Databricks | 55 | 29.1% |
| AWS | 53 | 28.0% |
| DBT | 53 | 28.0% |
| Snowflake | 47 | 24.9% |
| ELT | 45 | 23.8% |
| data governance | 43 | 22.8% |
| CI/CD | 41 | 21.7% |
| Apache Spark | 41 | 21.7% |
| Spark | 36 | 19.0% |
| data quality | 36 | 19.0% |
Top metros hiring Senior Data Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 8 | 4.2% |
| New York City | 7 | 3.7% |
| London | 6 | 3.2% |
| Berlin | 5 | 2.6% |
| Paris | 5 | 2.6% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 2.1% |
| Toronto | 3 | 1.6% |
| Armenia | 2 | 1.1% |
| Bangkok | 2 | 1.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, matching postings whose canonical role is “Senior Data Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Senior Data Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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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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