Top skills for Data Engineer jobs

Based on 2,321 active Data Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.

Skills employers ask for

The share of Data Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.

  • Design78%
  • Data Engineering75%
  • Analytics65%
  • Data Quality59%
  • Business58%
  • Computer Science46%
  • Data Modeling41%
  • Datasets41%
  • Automation40%
  • CI/CD35%
  • DevOps28%
  • Data Integration27%
  • Big Data27%
  • Use Cases26%
  • Data Processing25%
  • Version Control25%
  • Metadata24%
  • Data Science23%
  • Scripting22%
  • Data Analytics22%
  • Finance21%
  • Innovation20%
  • Data Storage19%
  • Scrum19%
  • PySpark19%

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