Most In-Demand Data Engineering Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Data Engineering roles right now are sql, python, cloud — ranked across 145236 open postings.
Updated July 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sql | 8,356 | +3,511 |
| 2 | python | 8,223 | +3,465 |
| 3 | cloud | 7,406 | +3,325 |
| 4 | data-engineering | 6,771 | +2,664 |
| 5 | data-pipelines | 6,367 | +2,383 |
| 6 | etl | 5,925 | +2,532 |
| 7 | analytics | 5,895 | +2,309 |
| 8 | aws | 5,115 | +2,203 |
| 9 | ai | 5,091 | +2,151 |
| 10 | azure | 4,719 | +2,096 |
| 11 | data-quality | 4,645 | +1,804 |
| 12 | spark | 4,336 | +1,956 |
| 13 | ci-cd | 4,209 | +1,902 |
| 14 | data-modeling | 3,725 | +1,334 |
| 15 | machine-learning | 3,659 | +1,391 |
| 16 | databricks | 3,639 | +1,654 |
| 17 | elt | 3,520 | +1,586 |
| 18 | data-warehousing | 3,346 | +1,228 |
| 19 | gcp | 3,304 | +1,482 |
| 20 | airflow | 3,294 | +1,273 |
| 21 | snowflake | 3,258 | +1,355 |
| 22 | data-governance | 2,842 | +1,117 |
| 23 | api | 2,802 | +1,137 |
| 24 | automation | 2,751 | +1,138 |
| 25 | agile | 2,699 | +1,098 |
| 26 | kafka | 2,591 | +1,192 |
| 27 | dbt | 2,433 | +969 |
| 28 | pyspark | 2,349 | +972 |
| 29 | devops | 2,251 | +837 |
| 30 | git | 2,231 | +1,012 |
| 31 | data-science | 2,117 | +734 |
| 32 | java | 1,948 | +969 |
| 33 | scala | 1,822 | +878 |
| 34 | powerbi | 1,820 | +686 |
| 35 | bigquery | 1,744 | +806 |
| 36 | terraform | 1,723 | +841 |
| 37 | infrastructure-as-code | 1,623 | +826 |
| 38 | lakehouse | 1,582 | +733 |
| 39 | observability | 1,578 | +507 |
| 40 | docker | 1,527 | +739 |