What Junior Data Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 63 open Junior Data Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are python, sql, data-engineering.
Updated November 1, 2026
63 open Junior Data Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 63 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| python | 76% |
| sql | 76% |
| data-engineering | 57% |
| analytics | 54% |
| cloud | 54% |
| ai | 51% |
| azure | 51% |
| etl | 49% |
| data-pipelines | 46% |
| api | 38% |
| spark | 35% |
| aws | 33% |
| automation | 32% |
| data-quality | 32% |
| powerbi | 32% |
| databricks | 29% |
| pyspark | 27% |
| data-governance | 25% |
| ci-cd | 22% |
| data-modeling | 22% |
| gcp | 22% |
| data-science | 21% |
| data-warehousing | 21% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 21% |
| sql-server | 21% |
| azure-data-factory | 19% |
| elt | 19% |
| java | 19% |
| machine-learning | 19% |
| airflow | 17% |
| lakehouse | 17% |
| agile | 16% |
| devops | 16% |
| snowflake | 16% |
| git | 14% |
| data-ingestion | 13% |
| data-lake | 13% |
| data-lineage | 13% |
| microsoft-fabric | 13% |
| root-cause-analysis | 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 2,722
- python 2,553
- cloud 2,200
- data-engineering 2,118
- ai 1,881
- analytics 1,694
- data-pipelines 1,573
- etl 1,540
- azure 1,491
- data-quality 1,393
- ci-cd 1,367
- databricks 1,356