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

As of 2026-10-30, lineage appears in 188 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning lineage, with demand share up 0.6% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-30

Postings · last 90 days
188
Demand vs prior month
up 0.6% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 22.3% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about lineage

+Is lineage in demand in 2026?

Yes. lineage appears in 188 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning lineage (22.3% of all postings mentioning lineage).

+What jobs require lineage?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning lineage are IT Solution Architect (5.0% of that role’s postings mention lineage), Analytics Developer (4.8% of that role’s postings mention lineage), Machine Learning Systems Engineer (4.8% of that role’s postings mention lineage).

+What skills are commonly paired with lineage?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-30), lineage most often appears alongside SQL, Python, data governance, CI/CD, data modeling.

+Where is lineage most in demand?

As of 2026-10-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring lineage are New York City, San Francisco, London, McLean, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new lineage content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning lineage alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new lineage content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after lineage?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring lineage — last 90 days

Career paths around lineage

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before lineage

Before lineageETL → lineage: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → lineage: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairspark → lineage: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairData Lake → lineage: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata pipelines → lineage: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairETL workflows → lineage: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdatabricks → lineage: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsnowflake → lineage: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairlineageETL: 3 movesETL3 movespython: 3 movespython3 movesspark: 2 movesspark2 movesData Lake: 2 movesData Lake2 movesdata pipelines: 2 movesdata pipelines2 movesETL workflows: 2 movesETL workflows2 movesdatabricks: 2 movesdatabricks2 movessnowflake: 2 movessnowflake2 moves

Skills after lineage

After lineagelineage → Power BI: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairlineage → data governance: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairlineage → SSRS: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairlineage → PySpark: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairlineage → ETL: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairlineage → SQL Server: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairlineage → SSIS: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairlineage → Data ingestion: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairlineagePower BI: 3 movesPower BI3 movesdata governance: 3 movesdata governance3 movesSSRS: 2 movesSSRS2 movesPySpark: 2 movesPySpark2 movesETL: 2 movesETL2 movesSQL Server: 2 movesSQL Server2 movesSSIS: 2 movesSSIS2 movesData ingestion: 2 movesData ingestion2 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: ETL3
Before: python3
Before: spark2
Before: Data Lake2
Before: data pipelines2
Before: ETL workflows2
Before: databricks2
Before: snowflake2
After: Power BI3
After: data governance3
After: SSRS2
After: PySpark2
After: ETL2
After: SQL Server2
After: SSIS2
After: Data ingestion2

Roles most likely to require lineage

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
IT Solution Architect15.0%
Analytics Developer14.8%
Machine Learning Systems Engineer14.8%
Data Engineering Director34.5%
Analytics Engineering Director14.5%
Principal Consultant14.5%
Product Management Director14.5%
Cloud Data Engineer24.2%
Analytics Engineering Manager13.7%
Data Consultant13.7%

Roles with the most lineage postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Data Engineer4222.3%
Data Analyst136.9%
Software Engineer136.9%
Product Manager94.8%
Analytics Engineer84.3%
Data Architect73.7%
Data Platform Engineer73.7%
Data Engineering Manager63.2%
Engineering Manager42.1%
Backend Engineer31.6%

Top companies posting jobs requiring lineage

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring lineage
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Capital One8
Capco5
Dropbox4
Curaleaf4
Mastercard3
Judi Health3
Clarity Innovations3
Ebury3
Vercel3
VERSANT3

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for lineage

NamePostingsShare
New York City105.3%
San Francisco84.3%
London52.7%
McLean42.1%
Toronto42.1%
Bengaluru31.6%
Hyderabad31.6%
San Jose31.6%
Sunnyvale31.6%

Skills commonly paired with lineage

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. 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 lineage by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s lineage postings by all lineage 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
85b8d106f9f89778
data_as_of
2026-10-30
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index