ETL jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, ETL appears in 6,581 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning ETL, with demand down 56% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about ETL
+Is ETL in demand in 2026?
Yes. ETL appears in 6,581 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 56% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning ETL (30.1% of all postings mentioning ETL).
+What jobs require ETL?
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 ETL are ETL Developer (61.2% of that role’s postings mention ETL), Data Developer (50.0% of that role’s postings mention ETL), Azure Data Engineer (45.9% of that role’s postings mention ETL).
+What skills are commonly paired with ETL?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), ETL most often appears alongside SQL, Python, ELT, data modeling, AWS.
+Where is ETL most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring ETL are New York City, Bengaluru, San Francisco, Toronto, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring ETL — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require ETL
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| ETL Developer | 30 | 61.2% |
| Data Developer | 10 | 50.0% |
| Azure Data Engineer | 17 | 45.9% |
| Database Developer | 9 | 40.9% |
| Lead Data Engineer | 29 | 39.7% |
| Data & Analytics Engineer | 8 | 38.1% |
| Business Intelligence Engineer | 26 | 35.1% |
| Cloud Data Engineer | 19 | 34.5% |
| Senior Data Engineer | 12 | 33.3% |
| Data Engineer | 1,980 | 32.1% |
Roles with the most ETL postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 1,980 | 30.1% |
| Software Engineer | 589 | 9.0% |
| Data Analyst | 299 | 4.5% |
| Data Scientist | 210 | 3.2% |
| Data Architect | 132 | 2.0% |
| Analytics Engineer | 123 | 1.9% |
| Data Engineering Manager | 62 | 0.9% |
| Solutions Architect | 60 | 0.9% |
| Solution Engineer | 59 | 0.9% |
| Product Manager | 51 | 0.8% |
Top metros hiring for ETL
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 212 | 3.2% |
| Bengaluru | 174 | 2.6% |
| San Francisco | 134 | 2.0% |
| Toronto | 101 | 1.5% |
| Hyderabad | 97 | 1.5% |
| London | 93 | 1.4% |
| Pune | 79 | 1.2% |
| Austin | 65 | 1.0% |
| Boston | 58 | 0.9% |
Skills commonly paired with ETL
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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 ETL by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s ETL postings by all ETL 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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