What Principal Data Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 114 open Principal Data Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are sql, data-quality, python.
Updated November 1, 2026
114 open Principal Data Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 114 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| sql | 71% |
| data-quality | 63% |
| python | 57% |
| data-engineering | 47% |
| powerbi | 46% |
| ai | 42% |
| analytics | 41% |
| data-pipelines | 40% |
| databricks | 38% |
| snowflake | 35% |
| agile | 33% |
| cloud | 33% |
| data-warehousing | 32% |
| data-modeling | 31% |
| data-governance | 30% |
| airflow | 28% |
| azure | 28% |
| ci-cd | 28% |
| dbt | 28% |
| spark | 27% |
| api | 24% |
| automation | 24% |
| test-automation | 23% |
| gdpr | 22% |
| observability | 20% |
| vault | 19% |
| tableau | 18% |
| claude-code | 18% |
| pyspark | 18% |
| lakehouse | 17% |
| aws | 16% |
| java | 16% |
| prototyping | 16% |
| acceptance-criteria | 15% |
| confluence | 15% |
| jest | 15% |
| jira | 15% |
| sap | 15% |
| sap-s4hana | 15% |
| user-stories | 15% |
"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