What Junior Data Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 1,056 open Junior Data Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are sql, python, cloud.
Updated October 8, 2026
1,127 open Junior Data Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,056 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| sql | 66% |
| python | 64% |
| cloud | 52% |
| data-engineering | 47% |
| data-pipelines | 44% |
| etl | 42% |
| analytics | 37% |
| azure | 36% |
| ai | 33% |
| data-quality | 31% |
| aws | 30% |
| elt | 23% |
| api | 23% |
| data-warehousing | 21% |
| databricks | 20% |
| gcp | 19% |
| git | 19% |
| spark | 19% |
| powerbi | 19% |
| agile | 18% |
| data-modeling | 18% |
| ci-cd | 17% |
| machine-learning | 16% |
| data-science | 16% |
| data-governance | 15% |
| automation | 15% |
| snowflake | 15% |
| java | 13% |
| devops | 12% |
| airflow | 12% |
| data-ingestion | 12% |
| pyspark | 11% |
| data-lake | 11% |
| bigquery | 10% |
| scala | 9% |
| dbt | 9% |
| postgresql | 9% |
| lakehouse | 9% |
| tableau | 9% |
| sql-server | 8% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,127 open Junior Data Engineering jobs →
Across all Data Engineering levels
Most Data Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- sql 40,214
- python 38,128
- cloud 35,080
- data-engineering 31,701
- data-pipelines 29,668
- analytics 29,109
- etl 26,932
- ai 24,030
- azure 23,522
- data-quality 22,168
- aws 21,838
- databricks 19,403