What Senior Data Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 2,940 open Senior Data Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are sql, python, cloud.
Updated October 28, 2026
2,955 open Senior Data Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 2,940 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| sql | 74% |
| python | 72% |
| cloud | 67% |
| data-engineering | 65% |
| analytics | 57% |
| ai | 55% |
| data-pipelines | 53% |
| ci-cd | 45% |
| data-quality | 44% |
| aws | 44% |
| etl | 44% |
| azure | 42% |
| databricks | 38% |
| spark | 37% |
| data-modeling | 34% |
| airflow | 33% |
| elt | 33% |
| snowflake | 33% |
| data-warehousing | 31% |
| machine-learning | 31% |
| dbt | 30% |
| api | 28% |
| automation | 28% |
| data-governance | 27% |
| gcp | 27% |
| kafka | 24% |
| observability | 23% |
| git | 21% |
| devops | 20% |
| agile | 20% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 20% |
| lakehouse | 20% |
| data-lake | 19% |
| terraform | 18% |
| data-science | 18% |
| pyspark | 17% |
| bigquery | 17% |
| kubernetes | 14% |
| powerbi | 14% |
| big-data | 14% |
"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