data quality jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, data quality appears in 3,914 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning data quality, 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 quality
+Is data quality in demand in 2026?
Yes. data quality appears in 3,914 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 quality (17.6% of all postings mentioning data quality).
+What jobs require data quality?
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 quality are Data Product Owner (43.8% of that role’s postings mention data quality), Enterprise Data Architect (30.0% of that role’s postings mention data quality), Data Engineer Intern (28.6% of that role’s postings mention data quality).
+What skills are commonly paired with data quality?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), data quality most often appears alongside SQL, data governance, Python, data modeling, data pipelines.
+Where is data quality most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring data quality are New York City, San Francisco, London, Toronto, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring data quality — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require data quality
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Data Product Owner | 14 | 43.8% |
| Enterprise Data Architect | 6 | 30.0% |
| Data Engineer Intern | 8 | 28.6% |
| Data Product Manager | 24 | 27.0% |
| AI Data Engineer | 17 | 23.0% |
| Data Architect | 131 | 22.5% |
| Analytics Engineering Manager | 5 | 21.7% |
| Data Engineering Director | 15 | 21.1% |
| Data Engineering Manager | 48 | 21.1% |
| Analytics Engineering Director | 4 | 20.0% |
Roles with the most data quality postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 689 | 17.6% |
| Data Analyst | 306 | 7.8% |
| Data Scientist | 169 | 4.3% |
| Product Manager | 165 | 4.2% |
| Data Architect | 131 | 3.3% |
| Software Engineer | 116 | 3.0% |
| Analytics Engineer | 108 | 2.8% |
| Business Analyst | 82 | 2.1% |
| Data Engineering Manager | 48 | 1.2% |
| Business Intelligence Analyst | 42 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for data quality
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 127 | 3.2% |
| San Francisco | 125 | 3.2% |
| London | 120 | 3.1% |
| Toronto | 57 | 1.5% |
| Bengaluru | 54 | 1.4% |
| Chicago | 44 | 1.1% |
| Paris | 38 | 1.0% |
| Singapore | 38 | 1.0% |
| Berlin | 34 | 0.9% |
Skills commonly paired with data quality
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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 quality by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s data quality postings by all data quality 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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-28
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