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Data Engineer Skills
Data Engineering is the most in-demand skill for Data Engineer roles, asked for in 88% of 136 live Data Engineer listings. The most-requested skills are Data Engineering, Python, SQL, Machine Learning, and Airflow.
Ranked by live-role demand across active Data Engineer listings. Updated 1 day ago.
Most-requested skills
| Skill | Share of roles | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineering | 88% | 120 |
| Python | 79% | 107 |
| SQL | 62% | 84 |
| Machine Learning | 46% | 62 |
| Airflow | 40% | 55 |
| Spark | 38% | 51 |
| Snowflake | 36% | 49 |
| dbt | 35% | 47 |
| AWS | 34% | 46 |
| Data Science | 30% | 41 |
| Kafka | 24% | 33 |
| Azure | 21% | 28 |
| GCP | 20% | 27 |
| BigQuery | 19% | 26 |
| Agentic AI | 19% | 26 |
| Java | 18% | 25 |
| LLMs | 18% | 24 |
| Kubernetes | 18% | 24 |
| CI/CD | 17% | 23 |
| Databricks | 17% | 23 |
| Distributed Systems | 16% | 22 |
| Docker | 13% | 17 |
| PostgreSQL | 11% | 15 |
| Terraform | 10% | 13 |
| Scala | 10% | 13 |
| Generative AI | 7% | 10 |
| Go | 6% | 8 |
| GPU | 5% | 7 |
| Tableau | 5% | 7 |
| pandas | 5% | 7 |
| Rust | 4% | 6 |
| PyTorch | 4% | 5 |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 4% | 5 |
| Multimodal | 4% | 5 |
| Deep Learning | 4% | 5 |
| C++ | 4% | 5 |
| Robotics | 4% | 5 |
| MongoDB | 4% | 5 |
| MLOps | 3% | 4 |
| NumPy | 3% | 4 |
| Power BI | 3% | 4 |
| Prompt Engineering | 3% | 4 |
| Redis | 3% | 4 |
| Foundation Models | 3% | 4 |
| TypeScript | 3% | 4 |
| RAG | 2% | 3 |
| Vector Databases | 2% | 3 |
| Computer Vision | 2% | 3 |
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About this data
- What skills do Data Engineer roles need?
- Data Engineering is the most in-demand skill for Data Engineer roles, asked for in 88% of 136 live Data Engineer listings. The most-requested skills are Data Engineering, Python, SQL, Machine Learning, and Airflow.
- How is demand measured?
- We scan the title and description of every active Data Engineer listing for a curated vocabulary of skills, then rank each by the number of distinct live roles that mention it. Share is that count divided by all active Data Engineer roles.
- How current is it?
- It reflects live listings and updates as new roles are posted and old ones close.