What Middle Data Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 501 open Middle Data Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are sql, python, data-engineering.
Updated November 1, 2026
502 open Middle Data Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 501 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| sql | 86% |
| python | 70% |
| data-engineering | 52% |
| cloud | 50% |
| azure | 46% |
| ci-cd | 43% |
| etl | 38% |
| spark | 38% |
| data-quality | 38% |
| databricks | 34% |
| dbt | 34% |
| kafka | 34% |
| analytics | 32% |
| ai | 30% |
| gcp | 29% |
| git | 29% |
| data-pipelines | 28% |
| data-governance | 27% |
| airflow | 27% |
| aws | 27% |
| elt | 27% |
| data-modeling | 24% |
| data-warehousing | 24% |
| snowflake | 23% |
| bigquery | 20% |
| powerbi | 20% |
| kubernetes | 19% |
| api | 19% |
| lakehouse | 18% |
| agile | 17% |
| pyspark | 17% |
| terraform | 17% |
| devops | 17% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 17% |
| docker | 16% |
| machine-learning | 14% |
| llm | 13% |
| scala | 13% |
| delta-lake | 13% |
| rest | 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