Data Lake jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Data Lake appears in 521 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning Data Lake, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Data Lake in demand in 2026?
Yes. Data Lake appears in 521 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Data Lake (34.2% of all postings mentioning Data Lake).
+What jobs require Data Lake?
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 Lake are Security Operations Analyst (33.3% of that role’s postings mention Data Lake), Solution Engineer (17.1% of that role’s postings mention Data Lake), Data Developer (15.0% of that role’s postings mention Data Lake).
+What skills are commonly paired with Data Lake?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Data Lake most often appears alongside SQL, Python, ETL, data warehouse, AWS.
+Where is Data Lake most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Data Lake are London, New York City, Puteaux, Bengaluru, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Data Lake — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Data Lake
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Security Operations Analyst | 7 | 33.3% |
| Solution Engineer | 42 | 17.1% |
| Data Developer | 3 | 15.0% |
| Data & AI Engineer | 3 | 10.7% |
| Software Development Test Engineer | 2 | 6.5% |
| Data Engineering Intern | 2 | 5.6% |
| Azure Data Engineer | 2 | 5.4% |
| Enterprise Data Architect | 1 | 5.0% |
| Data Consultant | 1 | 4.5% |
| Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer | 1 | 4.5% |
Roles with the most Data Lake postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 178 | 34.2% |
| Solution Engineer | 42 | 8.1% |
| Software Engineer | 27 | 5.2% |
| Data Architect | 19 | 3.6% |
| Data Analyst | 18 | 3.5% |
| Data Scientist | 10 | 1.9% |
| Data Platform Engineer | 9 | 1.7% |
| Analytics Engineer | 8 | 1.5% |
| Security Operations Analyst | 7 | 1.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 6 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for Data Lake
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 14 | 2.7% |
| New York City | 12 | 2.3% |
| Puteaux | 11 | 2.1% |
| Bengaluru | 10 | 1.9% |
| Boston | 9 | 1.7% |
| Chicago | 9 | 1.7% |
| São Paulo | 9 | 1.7% |
| Austin | 7 | 1.3% |
| Madrid | 7 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with Data Lake
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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 Lake by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Data Lake postings by all Data Lake 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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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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