Data engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Data engineering appears in 2,222 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning Data engineering, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Data engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. Data engineering appears in 2,222 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Data engineering (16.5% of all postings mentioning Data engineering).
+What jobs require Data engineering?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Data engineering are Field Engineering Manager (77.1% of that role’s postings mention Data engineering), Data Engineering Director (26.8% of that role’s postings mention Data engineering), Data Engineering Manager (25.0% of that role’s postings mention Data engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with Data engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Data engineering most often appears alongside Python, SQL, machine learning, AWS, data pipelines.
+Where is Data engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Data engineering are New York City, London, San Francisco, Bengaluru, Chicago, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Data engineering — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Data engineering
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Field Engineering Manager | 27 | 77.1% |
| Data Engineering Director | 19 | 26.8% |
| Data Engineering Manager | 57 | 25.0% |
| Applied Value Engineer | 10 | 25.0% |
| Customer Solutions Architect | 5 | 22.7% |
| Delivery Solutions Architect | 10 | 21.3% |
| Data Product Manager | 17 | 19.1% |
| Data Engineering Lead | 13 | 18.1% |
| AI Director | 4 | 16.0% |
| Solutions Architect Manager | 4 | 15.4% |
Roles with the most Data engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 367 | 16.5% |
| Solutions Architect | 129 | 5.8% |
| Data Scientist | 128 | 5.8% |
| Software Engineer | 105 | 4.7% |
| Data Engineering Manager | 57 | 2.6% |
| Engineering Manager | 54 | 2.4% |
| Product Manager | 51 | 2.3% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 39 | 1.8% |
| Data Analyst | 36 | 1.6% |
| Data Architect | 33 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for Data engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 91 | 4.1% |
| London | 86 | 3.9% |
| San Francisco | 44 | 2.0% |
| Bengaluru | 37 | 1.7% |
| Chicago | 35 | 1.6% |
| Paris | 32 | 1.4% |
| Hyderabad | 31 | 1.4% |
| Washington | 27 | 1.2% |
| Toronto | 26 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with Data engineering
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Data engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Data engineering postings by all Data engineering postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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