data pipelines jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, data pipelines appears in 8,013 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning data pipelines, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is data pipelines in demand in 2026?
Yes. data pipelines appears in 8,013 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning data pipelines (15.0% of all postings mentioning data pipelines).
+What jobs require data pipelines?
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 pipelines are AI Data Engineer (41.9% of that role’s postings mention data pipelines), Founding AI Engineer (40.9% of that role’s postings mention data pipelines), Data Developer (40.0% of that role’s postings mention data pipelines).
+What skills are commonly paired with data pipelines?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), data pipelines most often appears alongside Python, SQL, data modeling, ETL, AWS.
+Where is data pipelines most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring data pipelines are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring data pipelines — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require data pipelines
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Data Engineer | 31 | 41.9% |
| Founding AI Engineer | 9 | 40.9% |
| Data Developer | 8 | 40.0% |
| Data Infrastructure Engineer | 10 | 34.5% |
| Data Engineer Intern | 9 | 32.1% |
| Data Engineering Intern | 11 | 30.6% |
| Analytics Engineering Manager | 7 | 30.4% |
| Analytics Engineering Director | 6 | 30.0% |
| Machine Learning Engineering Manager | 17 | 28.8% |
| Data Engineering Manager | 63 | 27.8% |
Roles with the most data pipelines postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 1,202 | 15.0% |
| Software Engineer | 1,142 | 14.3% |
| Data Scientist | 465 | 5.8% |
| Data Analyst | 315 | 3.9% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 314 | 3.9% |
| Product Manager | 260 | 3.2% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 181 | 2.3% |
| Analytics Engineer | 159 | 2.0% |
| AI Engineer | 154 | 1.9% |
| Backend Engineer | 111 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for data pipelines
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 492 | 6.1% |
| New York City | 415 | 5.2% |
| London | 266 | 3.3% |
| Bengaluru | 165 | 2.1% |
| Toronto | 133 | 1.7% |
| Boston | 109 | 1.4% |
| Mountain View | 100 | 1.2% |
| Seattle | 97 | 1.2% |
| Singapore | 96 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with data pipelines
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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 pipelines by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s data pipelines postings by all data pipelines 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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