Most In-Demand Data Engineering Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Data Engineering roles right now are sql, python, cloud — ranked across 118279 open postings.
Updated July 16, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sql | 6,789 | +5,163 |
| 2 | python | 6,640 | +5,008 |
| 3 | cloud | 5,847 | +4,619 |
| 4 | data-engineering | 5,642 | +4,267 |
| 5 | data-pipelines | 5,368 | +4,022 |
| 6 | analytics | 5,094 | +3,831 |
| 7 | etl | 4,849 | +3,727 |
| 8 | aws | 4,115 | +3,185 |
| 9 | ai | 4,064 | +3,152 |
| 10 | data-quality | 3,956 | +2,916 |
| 11 | azure | 3,712 | +2,847 |
| 12 | spark | 3,381 | +2,605 |
| 13 | ci-cd | 3,301 | +2,671 |
| 14 | data-modeling | 3,145 | +2,300 |
| 15 | machine-learning | 3,084 | +2,197 |
| 16 | data-warehousing | 2,848 | +2,026 |
| 17 | elt | 2,839 | +2,297 |
| 18 | databricks | 2,741 | +2,136 |
| 19 | snowflake | 2,672 | +2,042 |
| 20 | airflow | 2,644 | +2,034 |
| 21 | gcp | 2,567 | +2,037 |
| 22 | data-governance | 2,457 | +1,804 |
| 23 | api | 2,368 | +1,733 |
| 24 | agile | 2,315 | +1,652 |
| 25 | automation | 2,285 | +1,797 |
| 26 | kafka | 1,975 | +1,519 |
| 27 | dbt | 1,919 | +1,466 |
| 28 | devops | 1,907 | +1,344 |
| 29 | data-science | 1,906 | +1,360 |
| 30 | pyspark | 1,902 | +1,347 |
| 31 | git | 1,838 | +1,374 |
| 32 | powerbi | 1,592 | +1,131 |
| 33 | java | 1,504 | +1,137 |
| 34 | observability | 1,449 | +1,109 |
| 35 | scala | 1,391 | +1,051 |
| 36 | bigquery | 1,311 | +1,027 |
| 37 | terraform | 1,245 | +983 |
| 38 | data-ingestion | 1,235 | +936 |
| 39 | redshift | 1,193 | +874 |
| 40 | lakehouse | 1,189 | +933 |