What Middle Data Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 661 open Middle Data Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are sql, python, data-pipelines.
Updated September 19, 2026
697 open Middle Data Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 661 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| sql | 73% |
| python | 69% |
| data-pipelines | 58% |
| cloud | 55% |
| data-engineering | 53% |
| etl | 51% |
| analytics | 47% |
| ai | 42% |
| data-quality | 41% |
| databricks | 38% |
| ci-cd | 38% |
| azure | 36% |
| spark | 36% |
| elt | 36% |
| aws | 35% |
| machine-learning | 30% |
| api | 30% |
| data-warehousing | 29% |
| git | 28% |
| pyspark | 27% |
| data-modeling | 27% |
| airflow | 27% |
| gcp | 26% |
| automation | 26% |
| agile | 23% |
| devops | 20% |
| snowflake | 20% |
| powerbi | 18% |
| lakehouse | 17% |
| dbt | 16% |
| delta-lake | 16% |
| bigquery | 14% |
| data-science | 14% |
| data-governance | 14% |
| terraform | 13% |
| kafka | 13% |
| version-control | 13% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 12% |
| data-ingestion | 12% |
| azure-data-factory | 11% |
"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 697 open Middle Data Engineering jobs →
Across all Data Engineering levels
Most Data Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- sql 44,838
- python 43,571
- cloud 39,474
- data-engineering 35,421
- data-pipelines 32,712
- analytics 32,310
- etl 30,540
- azure 27,001
- ai 26,680
- aws 24,732
- data-quality 24,278
- ci-cd 21,138