Data engineering
SQL is in 67% of these roles, vs. 19% across tech.
The skills employers mention most in open data engineering roles, and how each compares with tech as a whole.
- Open roles
- 69
- Companies hiring
- 23
- New in the last 7 days
- 8
- Listed as remote
- At least 16%
What sets this apart
- +48 SQL 67% here, 19% overall
- +38 Airflow 41% here, 3% overall
- +35 Spark 44% here, 9% overall
- +32 ETL/ELT 36% here, 4% overall
Percentage points above the share of all tech roles.
Most requested
- Share of these roles
- Furthest above tech overall
- Share across all tech roles
| Skill | Share of roles, as a bar | % of roles | % of companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 52 of 69 roles · 21 of 23 companies · 51% across all tech roles | 75% | 91% |
| SQL | 46 of 69 roles · 21 of 23 companies · 19% across all tech roles | 67%+48 pts | 91% |
| Spark | 30 of 69 roles · 16 of 23 companies · 9% across all tech roles | 44%+35 pts | 70% |
| Airflow | 28 of 69 roles · 15 of 23 companies · 3% across all tech roles | 41%+38 pts | 65% |
| ETL/ELT | 25 of 69 roles · 13 of 23 companies · 4% across all tech roles | 36%+32 pts | 56% |
| Kafka | 21 of 69 roles · 11 of 23 companies · 6% across all tech roles | 30% | 48% |
| dbt | 21 of 69 roles · 11 of 23 companies · 3% across all tech roles | 30% | 48% |
| AWS | 20 of 69 roles · 9 of 23 companies · 27% across all tech roles | 29% | 39% |
| Data modeling | 20 of 69 roles · 16 of 23 companies · 4% across all tech roles | 29% | 70% |
| Kubernetes | 20 of 69 roles · 9 of 23 companies · 21% across all tech roles | 29% | 39% |
| Snowflake | 19 of 69 roles · 12 of 23 companies · 4% across all tech roles | 28% | 52% |
| GCP | 17 of 69 roles · 10 of 23 companies · 20% across all tech roles | 25% | 44% |
| Java | 16 of 69 roles · 9 of 23 companies · 20% across all tech roles | 23% | 39% |
| Flink | 15 of 69 roles · 9 of 23 companies · 1% across all tech roles | 22% | 39% |
| Databricks | 14 of 69 roles · 6 of 23 companies · 2% across all tech roles | 20% | 26% |
| Iceberg | 14 of 69 roles · 9 of 23 companies · 1% across all tech roles | 20% | 39% |
| LLMs | 13 of 69 roles · 10 of 23 companies · 19% across all tech roles | 19% | 44% |
| CI/CD | 12 of 69 roles · 6 of 23 companies · 17% across all tech roles | 17% | 26% |
| Azure | 11 of 69 roles · 6 of 23 companies · 20% across all tech roles | 16% | 26% |
| Docker | 11 of 69 roles · 7 of 23 companies · 7% across all tech roles | 16% | 30% |
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| Skill | Category | Roles | % of roles | Companies | % of companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | Languages | 52 | 75.4% | 21 | 91% |
| SQL | Languages | 46 | 66.7% | 21 | 91% |
| Spark | Data | 30 | 43.5% | 16 | 70% |
| Airflow | Data | 28 | 40.6% | 15 | 65% |
| ETL/ELT | Data | 25 | 36.2% | 13 | 56% |
| Kafka | Data | 21 | 30.4% | 11 | 48% |
| dbt | Data | 21 | 30.4% | 11 | 48% |
| AWS | Cloud | 20 | 29.0% | 9 | 39% |
| Data modeling | Data | 20 | 29.0% | 16 | 70% |
| Kubernetes | Infrastructure | 20 | 29.0% | 9 | 39% |
| Snowflake | Data | 19 | 27.5% | 12 | 52% |
| GCP | Cloud | 17 | 24.6% | 10 | 44% |
| Java | Languages | 16 | 23.2% | 9 | 39% |
| Flink | Data | 15 | 21.7% | 9 | 39% |
| Databricks | Data | 14 | 20.3% | 6 | 26% |
| Iceberg | Data | 14 | 20.3% | 9 | 39% |
| LLMs | AI/ML | 13 | 18.8% | 10 | 44% |
| CI/CD | Infrastructure | 12 | 17.4% | 6 | 26% |
| Azure | Cloud | 11 | 15.9% | 6 | 26% |
| Docker | Infrastructure | 11 | 15.9% | 7 | 30% |
| Go | Languages | 11 | 15.9% | 7 | 30% |
| Tableau | Analytics | 11 | 15.9% | 5 | 22% |
| Scala | Languages | 10 | 14.5% | 8 | 35% |
| BigQuery | Data | 9 | 13.0% | 7 | 30% |
| Hadoop | Data | 9 | 13.0% | 6 | 26% |
| Looker | Analytics | 9 | 13.0% | 5 | 22% |
| PostgreSQL | Databases | 8 | 11.6% | 7 | 30% |
| Redshift | Data | 8 | 11.6% | 5 | 22% |
| Terraform | Infrastructure | 7 | 10.1% | 5 | 22% |
| TypeScript | Languages | 5 | 7.2% | 5 | 22% |
| ClickHouse | Databases | 4 | 5.8% | 3 | 13% |
| Elasticsearch | Databases | 4 | 5.8% | 2 | 9% |
| Fivetran | Data | 4 | 5.8% | 3 | 13% |
| Node.js | Web | 4 | 5.8% | 1 | 4% |
| Pandas | Data | 4 | 5.8% | 3 | 13% |
| C++ | Languages | 3 | 4.3% | 2 | 9% |
| Git | Infrastructure | 3 | 4.3% | 3 | 13% |
| MySQL | Databases | 3 | 4.3% | 3 | 13% |
| React | Web | 3 | 4.3% | 3 | 13% |
| Splunk | Observability | 3 | 4.3% | 3 | 13% |
| DynamoDB | Databases | 2 | 2.9% | 2 | 9% |
| Power BI | Analytics | 2 | 2.9% | 1 | 4% |
| Redis | Databases | 2 | 2.9% | 2 | 9% |
| SIEM | Security | 2 | 2.9% | 2 | 9% |
| Bash | Languages | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| Cassandra | Databases | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| Datadog | Observability | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| Excel | Analytics | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| GitHub Actions | Infrastructure | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| Jenkins | Infrastructure | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| Linux | Infrastructure | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| MongoDB | Databases | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| R | Languages | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| RAG | AI/ML | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| RBAC | Identity | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| Ruby | Languages | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| Rust | Languages | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
| gRPC | Web | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4% |
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