What Middle Data Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 226 open Middle Data Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are sql, python, data-engineering.
Updated October 28, 2026
227 open Middle Data Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 226 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| sql | 79% |
| python | 73% |
| data-engineering | 69% |
| cloud | 67% |
| ai | 60% |
| aws | 55% |
| analytics | 52% |
| data-pipelines | 52% |
| etl | 49% |
| ci-cd | 45% |
| data-quality | 42% |
| machine-learning | 41% |
| data-governance | 40% |
| spark | 37% |
| azure | 30% |
| data-modeling | 29% |
| elt | 28% |
| devops | 28% |
| databricks | 26% |
| docker | 25% |
| snowflake | 25% |
| data-warehousing | 24% |
| airflow | 23% |
| automation | 22% |
| gcp | 22% |
| agile | 20% |
| api | 20% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 20% |
| git | 19% |
| pyspark | 19% |
| kafka | 19% |
| observability | 19% |
| dbt | 18% |
| gdpr | 18% |
| business-intelligence | 16% |
| data-science | 16% |
| big-data | 14% |
| java | 14% |
| powerbi | 14% |
| kubernetes | 13% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Data Engineering levels
Most Data Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- sql 6,613
- python 6,359
- cloud 5,938
- data-engineering 5,477
- analytics 5,027
- ai 4,969
- data-pipelines 4,358
- data-quality 3,986
- etl 3,910
- aws 3,820
- ci-cd 3,572
- azure 3,568