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Data Engineer Job Insights
Jobs Analyzed (2025)
154,255
Salary Range
$22,880 - $244,400
Raising Skill
Data Engineering
Top Hiring Major
Computer Science
Top Technical Skills
SQL
60%
Python
59%
ETL
43%
AWS
38%
Data Engineering
38%
Azure
33%
Computer Science
30%
Snowflake
25%
Spark
23%
Data Modeling
21%
Top Soft Skills
communication
15%
collaboration
10%
collaborative
8%
problem-solving
8%
problem-solving skills
7%
attention to detail
7%
innovative
6%
organizational
4%
ability to work independently
4%
passionate
4%
2024 vs 2025 Market Comparison
Rank and demand shifts based on latest job description for Data Engineer
| SQL | #1 | #1 | No Change |
| Python | #2 | #2 | No Change |
| ETL | #3 | #3 | No Change |
| AWS | #4 | #4 | No Change |
| Data Engineering | #6 | #5 | 1 spot |
| Azure | #7 | #6 | 1 spot |
| Computer Science | #5 | #7 | 2 spots |
| Snowflake | #10 | #8 | 2 spots |
| Spark | #8 | #9 | 1 spot |
| Data Modeling | #12 | #10 | 2 spots |
| Agile | #9 | #11 | 2 spots |
| Databricks | #14 | #12 | 2 spots |
| Data Warehousing | #13 | #13 | No Change |
| CI | #25 | #14 | 11 spots |
| Ci/Cd | #28 | #15 | 13 spots |
| Java | #11 | #16 | 5 spots |
| Kafka | #17 | #17 | No Change |
| Database | #15 | #18 | 3 spots |
| Scala | #16 | #19 | 3 spots |
| Data Models | #24 | #20 | 4 spots |
| GCP | #30 | #21 | 9 spots |
| Machine Learning | #20 | #22 | 2 spots |
| Airflow | #31 | #23 | 8 spots |
| Redshift | #22 | #24 | 2 spots |
| Power Bi | #39 | #25 | 14 spots |
| Hadoop | #18 | #26 | 8 spots |
| Data Integration | #26 | #27 | 1 spot |
| Data Warehouse | #19 | #28 | 9 spots |
| Nosql | #23 | #29 | 6 spots |
| Pyspark | #21 | #30 | 9 spots |
| Tableau | #32 | #31 | 1 spot |
| Data Science | #27 | #32 | 5 spots |
| Data Pipeline | #29 | #33 | 4 spots |
| AI | #71 | #34 | 37 spots |
| S3 | #38 | #35 | 3 spots |
| Git | #47 | #36 | 11 spots |
| Data Architecture | #37 | #37 | No Change |
| APIs | #45 | #38 | 7 spots |
| Devops | #50 | #39 | 11 spots |
| Data Ingestion | #55 | #40 | 15 spots |
| PostgreSQL | #40 | #41 | 1 spot |
| Data Lake | #36 | #42 | 6 spots |
| Data Analyst | #34 | #43 | 9 spots |
| Data Management | #33 | #44 | 11 spots |
| Business Intelligence | #44 | #45 | 1 spot |
| Version Control | #72 | #46 | 26 spots |
| Data Infrastructure | #54 | #47 | 7 spots |
| Hive | #35 | #48 | 13 spots |
| Mysql | #43 | #49 | 6 spots |
| Docker | #57 | #50 | 7 spots |
| Bigquery | #79 | #51 | 28 spots |
| Oracle | #46 | #52 | 6 spots |
| Kubernetes | #58 | #53 | 5 spots |
| Data Storage | #56 | #54 | 2 spots |
| Terraform | #78 | #55 | 23 spots |
| Google Cloud | #42 | #56 | 14 spots |
| Lambda | #60 | #57 | 3 spots |
| Software Development | #41 | #58 | 17 spots |
| Information Technology | #52 | #59 | 7 spots |
| Data Security | #63 | #60 | 3 spots |
| Data Transformation | #68 | #61 | 7 spots |
| Data Platform | #70 | #62 | 8 spots |
| Linux | #48 | #63 | 15 spots |
| Data Analytics | #49 | #64 | 15 spots |
| Shell | #51 | #65 | 14 spots |
| Troubleshooting | #61 | #66 | 5 spots |
| R | #64 | #67 | 3 spots |
| Excel | #90 | #68 | 22 spots |
| Strong Communication | #66 | #69 | 3 spots |
| Data Structure | #53 | #70 | 17 spots |
| Unix | #59 | #71 | 12 spots |
| Cassandra | #67 | #72 | 5 spots |
| Scrum | #74 | #73 | 1 spot |
| SSIS | #73 | #74 | 1 spot |
| Apache Spark | #88 | #75 | 13 spots |
| Mathematics | #65 | #76 | 11 spots |
| C | #75 | #77 | 2 spots |
| Statistics | #69 | #78 | 9 spots |
| RDBMS | #62 | #79 | 17 spots |
| Microservices | #76 | #80 | 4 spots |
| Visualization Tools | #82 | #81 | 1 spot |
| Jenkins | #83 | #82 | 1 spot |
| Mongodb | #94 | #83 | 11 spots |
| Apache Airflow | #101 | #84 | 17 spots |
| Cloud Services | #85 | #85 | No Change |
| Algorithms | #77 | #86 | 9 spots |
| Metadata | #84 | #87 | 3 spots |
| Data Manipulation | #102 | #88 | 14 spots |
| Containerization | #107 | #89 | 18 spots |
| Open Source | #81 | #90 | 9 spots |
| Jira | #91 | #91 | No Change |
| Elt Processes | #131 | #92 | 39 spots |
| Mapreduce | #80 | #93 | 13 spots |
| Fullstack | #87 | #94 | 7 spots |
| REST | #104 | #95 | 9 spots |
| Data Flow | #93 | #96 | 3 spots |
| Streaming Applications | #86 | #97 | 11 spots |
| Data Extraction | #96 | #98 | 2 spots |
| Google Cloud Platform | #97 | #99 | 2 spots |
| Stem Opt | #195 | #100 | 95 spots |
| Pandas | #105 | #101 | 4 spots |
| Full Stack | #92 | #102 | 10 spots |
| Powerbi | #89 | #103 | 14 spots |
| Infrastructure As Code | #122 | #104 | 18 spots |
| C# | #98 | #105 | 7 spots |
| Data Processes | #100 | #106 | 6 spots |
| Bi Tools | #125 | #107 | 18 spots |
| Javascript | #95 | #108 | 13 spots |
| Advanced Analytics | #117 | #109 | 8 spots |
| T-Sql | #115 | #110 | 5 spots |
| Backend | #127 | #111 | 16 spots |
| Cloud Computing | #103 | #112 | 9 spots |
| Dataflow | #108 | #113 | 5 spots |
| Cloud Infrastructure | #124 | #114 | 10 spots |
| Ec2 | #106 | #115 | 9 spots |
| Talend | #111 | #116 | 5 spots |
| SDLC | #129 | #117 | 12 spots |
| Flink | #133 | #118 | 15 spots |
| Dynamodb | #112 | #119 | 7 spots |
| Metadata Management | #168 | #120 | 48 spots |
| Data Access | #143 | #121 | 22 spots |
| Continuous Integration | #99 | #122 | 23 spots |
| Data Migration | #110 | #123 | 13 spots |
| ERP | #180 | #124 | 56 spots |
| Microsoft Office | #172 | #125 | 47 spots |
| XML | #113 | #126 | 13 spots |
| Mssql | #139 | #127 | 12 spots |
| CRM | #186 | #128 | 58 spots |
| Mlops | #192 | #129 | 63 spots |
| Microsoft Fabric | #199 | #130 | 69 spots |
| Salesforce | #148 | #131 | 17 spots |
| Root Cause Analysis | #114 | #132 | 18 spots |
| Technical Documentation | #137 | #133 | 4 spots |
| Word | #147 | #134 | 13 spots |
| Cloud Storage | #165 | #135 | 30 spots |
| Github Actions | #191 | #136 | 55 spots |
| Bash | #146 | #137 | 9 spots |
| Unity | #200 | #138 | 62 spots |
| GDPR | #197 | #139 | 58 spots |
| Pl/Sql | #130 | #140 | 10 spots |
| Database Design | #116 | #141 | 25 spots |
| Business Objectives | #138 | #142 | 4 spots |
| Cloudformation | #185 | #143 | 42 spots |
| Synapse Analytics | #140 | #144 | 4 spots |
| Relational Database | #134 | #145 | 11 spots |
| Access Control | #201 | #146 | 55 spots |
| Unit Testing | #142 | #147 | 5 spots |
| Confluence | #136 | #148 | 12 spots |
| Automated Testing | #162 | #149 | 13 spots |
| Saas | #150 | #150 | No Change |
| C++ | #120 | #151 | 31 spots |
| SCI | #128 | #152 | 24 spots |
| Gitlab | #152 | #153 | 1 spot |
| Bachelors Degree | #155 | #154 | 1 spot |
| Teradata | #121 | #155 | 34 spots |
| Vault | #179 | #156 | 23 spots |
| Data Collection | #119 | #157 | 38 spots |
| Data Movement | #164 | #158 | 6 spots |
| Design Patterns | #141 | #159 | 18 spots |
| Serverless | #157 | #160 | 3 spots |
| Elasticsearch | #118 | #161 | 43 spots |
| Resolve Issue | #161 | #162 | 1 spot |
| Numpy | #169 | #163 | 6 spots |
| Elt Tools | #193 | #164 | 29 spots |
| HDFS | #123 | #165 | 42 spots |
| Stream Processing | #158 | #166 | 8 spots |
| Data Development | #198 | #167 | 31 spots |
| Data Reliability | #182 | #168 | 14 spots |
| Google Bigquery | #190 | #169 | 21 spots |
| Data Applications | #159 | #170 | 11 spots |
| Data Strategy | #156 | #171 | 15 spots |
| SSAS | #187 | #172 | 15 spots |
| Powershell | #151 | #173 | 22 spots |
| Data Cleansing | #109 | #174 | 65 spots |
| Data Profiling | #149 | #175 | 26 spots |
| Data Lifecycle | #181 | #176 | 5 spots |
| Cloudwatch | #184 | #177 | 7 spots |
| Kanban | #170 | #178 | 8 spots |
| Business Analytics | #126 | #179 | 53 spots |
| Dataproc | #163 | #180 | 17 spots |
| Maintain Documentation | #132 | #181 | 49 spots |
| Data Pipelines | #183 | #182 | 1 spot |
| OLAP | #167 | #183 | 16 spots |
| Powerpoint | #196 | #184 | 12 spots |
| Qlik | #144 | #185 | 41 spots |
| Amazon Web | #135 | #186 | 51 spots |
| Technical Support | #173 | #187 | 14 spots |
| Bitbucket | #177 | #188 | 11 spots |
| Tensorflow | #178 | #189 | 11 spots |
| SQS | #160 | #190 | 30 spots |
| Production Support | #171 | #191 | 20 spots |
| Windows | #175 | #192 | 17 spots |
| Api Development | #176 | #193 | 17 spots |
| Scripting Language | #194 | #194 | No Change |
| Scalable Solutions | #189 | #195 | 6 spots |
| GIT | #153 | #196 | 43 spots |
| Restful Api | #188 | #197 | 9 spots |
| CICD | #174 | #198 | 24 spots |
| Hbase | #166 | #199 | 33 spots |
| End To End | #145 | #200 | 55 spots |
| Workload Management | #154 | #201 | 47 spots |
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2024 vs 2025 Market Comparison
Rank and demand shifts based on latest job description for Data Engineer
| communication | #1 | #1 | No Change |
| collaboration | #2 | #2 | No Change |
| collaborative | #9 | #3 | 6 spots |
| problem-solving | #10 | #4 | 6 spots |
| problem-solving skills | #4 | #5 | 1 spot |
| attention to detail | #7 | #6 | 1 spot |
| innovative | #5 | #7 | 2 spots |
| organizational | #12 | #8 | 4 spots |
| ability to work independently | #13 | #9 | 4 spots |
| passionate | #3 | #10 | 7 spots |
| collaborating | #15 | #11 | 4 spots |
| collaboration skills | #14 | #12 | 2 spots |
| decision-making | #20 | #13 | 7 spots |
| proactive | #8 | #14 | 6 spots |
| communication skills | #18 | #15 | 3 spots |
| work effectively | #17 | #16 | 1 spot |
| consistent | #19 | #17 | 2 spots |
| analytical and problem-solving skills | #16 | #18 | 2 spots |
| team player | #6 | #19 | 13 spots |
| problem solver | #11 | #20 | 9 spots |
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