Data infrastructure jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Data infrastructure appears in 570 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Data infrastructure, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Data infrastructure in demand in 2026?
Yes. Data infrastructure appears in 570 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 32% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Data infrastructure (12.8% of all postings mentioning Data infrastructure).
+What jobs require Data infrastructure?
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 infrastructure are Field Engineering Manager (37.1% of that role’s postings mention Data infrastructure), Analytics Engineering Director (15.0% of that role’s postings mention Data infrastructure), Data Infrastructure Engineer (13.8% of that role’s postings mention Data infrastructure).
+What skills are commonly paired with Data infrastructure?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Data infrastructure most often appears alongside Python, data pipelines, SQL, machine learning, data modeling.
+Where is Data infrastructure most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Data infrastructure are San Francisco, New York City, London, Boston, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Data infrastructure — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Data infrastructure
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Field Engineering Manager | 13 | 37.1% |
| Analytics Engineering Director | 3 | 15.0% |
| Data Infrastructure Engineer | 4 | 13.8% |
| Customer Solutions Architect | 3 | 13.6% |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | 2 | 9.1% |
| Product Management Director | 2 | 9.1% |
| Machine Learning Platform Engineer | 2 | 8.0% |
| Solutions Architect Manager | 2 | 7.7% |
| Platform Engineering Manager | 3 | 7.5% |
| Pricing Analyst | 3 | 7.3% |
Roles with the most Data infrastructure postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 73 | 12.8% |
| Product Manager | 55 | 9.6% |
| Data Engineer | 44 | 7.7% |
| Engineering Manager | 27 | 4.7% |
| Data Scientist | 21 | 3.7% |
| Analytics Engineer | 16 | 2.8% |
| Field Engineering Manager | 13 | 2.3% |
| Data Analyst | 12 | 2.1% |
| Technical Program Manager | 12 | 2.1% |
| Program Manager | 9 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for Data infrastructure
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 67 | 11.8% |
| New York City | 57 | 10.0% |
| London | 19 | 3.3% |
| Boston | 14 | 2.5% |
| Austin | 10 | 1.8% |
| Mountain View | 10 | 1.8% |
| Toronto | 10 | 1.8% |
| Amsterdam | 9 | 1.6% |
| Chicago | 8 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with Data infrastructure
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- Field Engineering Manager
- Analytics Engineering Director
- Data Infrastructure Engineer
- Customer Solutions Architect
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Product Management Director
- Machine Learning Platform Engineer
- Solutions Architect Manager
- Python
- data pipelines
- SQL
- machine learning
- data modeling
- Distributed systems
- AWS
- data quality
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 infrastructure by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Data infrastructure postings by all Data infrastructure 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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