Data platform jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-15, Data platform appears in 217 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Product Manager roles, with demand down 60% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-15

Postings · last 90 days
217
Demand vs prior month
down 60% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 14% require it
Top hiring metro
London

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Frequently asked questions about Data platform

+Is Data platform in demand in 2026?

Yes. Data platform appears in 217 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15, with demand down 60% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Product Manager roles (14% of Product Manager postings list it).

+What jobs require Data platform?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15, the job titles most likely to require Data platform are Product Manager (14% of postings list Data platform), Software Engineer (9% of postings list Data platform), Data Engineer (8% of postings list Data platform).

+What skills are commonly paired with Data platform?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-15), Data platform most often appears alongside data governance, data quality, data pipelines, data modeling, SQL.

+Where is Data platform most in demand?

As of 2026-09-15, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Data platform are London, New York City, San Francisco, Paris, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring Data platform — last 90 days

Job titles most likely to require Data platform

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Product Manager3013.8%
Software Engineer198.8%
Data Engineer188.3%
Data Analyst83.7%
Data Architect83.7%
Engineering Manager83.7%
Technical Program Manager73.2%
Data Scientist62.8%
Analytics Engineer41.8%
Data Engineering Manager41.8%

Top metros hiring for Data platform

NamePostingsShare
London156.9%
New York City94.1%
San Francisco83.7%
Paris73.2%
Toronto73.2%
Austin52.3%
Berlin52.3%
San Mateo41.8%
Seattle41.8%

Skills commonly paired with Data platform

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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2026-09-15
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index