data ingestion jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, data ingestion appears in 1,745 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning data ingestion, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about data ingestion
+Is data ingestion in demand in 2026?
Yes. data ingestion appears in 1,745 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning data ingestion (17.1% of all postings mentioning data ingestion).
+What jobs require data ingestion?
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 ingestion are Software Development Test Engineer (25.8% of that role’s postings mention data ingestion), Data Infrastructure Engineer (13.8% of that role’s postings mention data ingestion), AI Data Engineer (13.5% of that role’s postings mention data ingestion).
+What skills are commonly paired with data ingestion?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), data ingestion most often appears alongside Python, SQL, data pipelines, Data transformation, data modeling.
+Where is data ingestion most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring data ingestion are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring data ingestion — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require data ingestion
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Software Development Test Engineer | 8 | 25.8% |
| Data Infrastructure Engineer | 4 | 13.8% |
| AI Data Engineer | 10 | 13.5% |
| Applied Machine Learning Engineer | 3 | 12.5% |
| Analytics Engineering Director | 2 | 10.0% |
| Platform Engineering Director | 2 | 10.0% |
| Business Intelligence Lead | 3 | 9.1% |
| AI Lead | 2 | 9.1% |
| Data Engineering Manager | 20 | 8.8% |
| Data Engineering Lead | 6 | 8.3% |
Roles with the most data ingestion postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 298 | 17.1% |
| Software Engineer | 279 | 16.0% |
| Product Manager | 92 | 5.3% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 70 | 4.0% |
| Data Architect | 41 | 2.3% |
| Data Scientist | 36 | 2.1% |
| Data Analyst | 35 | 2.0% |
| Engineering Manager | 34 | 1.9% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 30 | 1.7% |
| Solutions Architect | 29 | 1.7% |
Top metros hiring for data ingestion
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 95 | 5.4% |
| San Francisco | 76 | 4.4% |
| London | 49 | 2.8% |
| Bengaluru | 43 | 2.5% |
| Boston | 19 | 1.1% |
| Chicago | 19 | 1.1% |
| Sunnyvale | 19 | 1.1% |
| Pune | 18 | 1.0% |
| Mountain View | 16 | 0.9% |
Skills commonly paired with data ingestion
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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 ingestion by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s data ingestion postings by all data ingestion 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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