Most In-Demand Data Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for Data Engineering roles right now are sql, python, cloud — ranked across 611036 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sql | 37,551 | -7,458 |
| 2 | python | 34,758 | -7,725 |
| 3 | cloud | 32,101 | -7,207 |
| 4 | data-engineering | 30,136 | -6,248 |
| 5 | data-pipelines | 28,862 | -6,298 |
| 6 | analytics | 26,703 | -5,866 |
| 7 | etl | 25,202 | -5,211 |
| 8 | ai | 21,717 | -4,607 |
| 9 | azure | 21,526 | -4,433 |
| 10 | data-quality | 20,587 | -4,693 |
| 11 | aws | 19,492 | -5,025 |
| 12 | ci-cd | 18,656 | -3,218 |
| 13 | databricks | 17,176 | -4,069 |
| 14 | spark | 16,187 | -4,417 |
| 15 | elt | 15,919 | -3,450 |
| 16 | data-modeling | 14,829 | -3,511 |
| 17 | data-warehousing | 14,070 | -2,815 |
| 18 | data-governance | 13,613 | -2,157 |
| 19 | snowflake | 12,635 | -2,934 |
| 20 | gcp | 12,239 | -2,601 |
| 21 | machine-learning | 12,115 | -3,622 |
| 22 | api | 11,966 | -2,161 |
| 23 | airflow | 11,401 | -2,652 |
| 24 | automation | 10,890 | -2,726 |
| 25 | git | 9,680 | -1,566 |
| 26 | agile | 9,591 | -2,939 |
| 27 | dbt | 9,526 | -1,641 |
| 28 | pyspark | 9,492 | -2,424 |
| 29 | devops | 9,491 | -2,579 |
| 30 | powerbi | 9,361 | -924 |
| 31 | data-lake | 8,997 | -2,549 |
| 32 | kafka | 8,278 | -1,738 |
| 33 | lakehouse | 8,156 | -1,438 |
| 34 | data-science | 7,697 | -1,949 |
| 35 | big-data | 7,687 | -2,651 |
| 36 | observability | 7,194 | -933 |
| 37 | bigquery | 6,511 | -1,086 |
| 38 | java | 6,411 | -1,580 |
| 39 | terraform | 6,351 | -1,692 |
| 40 | azure-data-factory | 6,282 | -1,629 |