Tech & Data Jobs
Market Report 2026
Skills employers are actually hiring for, salary ranges from disclosed postings and demand trends across data, engineering, AI, DevOps, product and security — drawn from 22,953 active job listings across 4,746 companies.
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This report covers 22,953 active tech and data job listings across 4,746 companies, with skill demand and salary ranges refreshed daily.
Source: Datamata Studios — methodology and update cadence.
Key findings
What the data shows right now
Research Scientist is the highest-paying role tracked — a median of $148,623 across 137 listings with disclosed pay.
Java demand is rising fastest — up 0.8 points in Engineering over the prior 7 days.
Python is the most-requested skill in Engineering, appearing in 17% of active Engineering listings.
Among Research Scientist listings, those mentioning Deep Learning show the highest median pay at $197,900.
Market coverage
Active listing volume by category
Live count of active postings in each tracked category. Tap any bar for week-over-week skill trends.
Fastest-moving skills
7-day demand movers by category
Engineering
- Python+0.3 pts
- Java+0.8 pts
- React+0.6 pts
- TypeScript+0.1 pts
Data
- Machine Learning+0.1 pts
DevOps
- AWS+0.3 pts
- CI/CD+0.6 pts
- Azure+0.7 pts
- Python+0.3 pts
Percentage-point change in demand share over the prior 7-day window. See live skill trends for the full table.
Compensation
Salary ranges from employer-disclosed postings
Median with 25th–75th percentile range, computed from the midpoint of disclosed salary_min and salary_max. Only roles with at least 30 disclosed-salary listings are shown. See the salary intelligence hub for category breakdowns and skill premiums.
- Research Scientist$148,623$148,623
- Full Stack Developer$147,146$147,146
- Product Manager$145,000$145,000
- Data Architect$136,797$136,797
- ML Engineer$135,000$135,000
- Frontend Engineer$133,347$133,347
- Site Reliability Engineer$130,500$130,500
- AI Engineer$126,848$126,848
- Mobile Developer$126,211$126,211
- Infrastructure Engineer$125,000$125,000
- Backend Engineer$121,883$121,883
- Cloud Architect$121,099$121,099
- Data Scientist$119,721$119,721
- Systems Engineer$118,287$118,287
- Product Designer$117,244$117,244
- Security Engineer$114,653$114,653
- BI Engineer$112,500$112,500
- MLOps Engineer$112,058$112,058
- Security Architect$111,813$111,813
- Data Engineer$111,800$111,800
- Analytics Engineer$111,328$111,328
- Platform Engineer$110,721$110,721
- DevOps Engineer$102,576$102,576
- QA Engineer$100,951$100,951
- SOC Analyst$100,000$100,000
- Data Governance$90,452$90,452
- Data Analyst$76,740$76,740
25th–75th percentile rangeMedian
| Role | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Listings with disclosed pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | $97,289 | $148,623 | $185,000 | 137 |
| Full Stack Developer | $100,808 | $147,146 | $186,638 | 4,609 |
| Product Manager | $76,907 | $145,000 | $194,902 | 694 |
| Data Architect | $80,627 | $136,797 | $179,514 | 190 |
| ML Engineer | $99,024 | $135,000 | $183,300 | 890 |
| Frontend Engineer | $89,024 | $133,347 | $172,283 | 237 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $77,933 | $130,500 | $178,500 | 167 |
| AI Engineer | $89,662 | $126,848 | $166,036 | 679 |
| Mobile Developer | $95,735 | $126,211 | $150,237 | 74 |
| Infrastructure Engineer | $67,000 | $125,000 | $169,388 | 154 |
| Backend Engineer | $91,768 | $121,883 | $160,649 | 354 |
| Cloud Architect | $87,500 | $121,099 | $150,682 | 173 |
| Data Scientist | $82,022 | $119,721 | $162,000 | 854 |
| Systems Engineer | $69,022 | $118,287 | $164,707 | 396 |
| Product Designer | $69,455 | $117,244 | $166,386 | 108 |
| Security Engineer | $63,351 | $114,653 | $156,000 | 669 |
| BI Engineer | $81,483 | $112,500 | $138,245 | 42 |
| MLOps Engineer | $82,000 | $112,058 | $150,609 | 94 |
| Security Architect | $80,000 | $111,813 | $140,558 | 81 |
| Data Engineer | $72,133 | $111,800 | $148,029 | 1,338 |
| Analytics Engineer | $70,000 | $111,328 | $140,856 | 119 |
| Platform Engineer | $75,000 | $110,721 | $153,201 | 311 |
| DevOps Engineer | $71,933 | $102,576 | $139,360 | 857 |
| QA Engineer | $70,542 | $100,951 | $130,064 | 273 |
| SOC Analyst | $71,571 | $100,000 | $135,000 | 72 |
| Data Governance | $60,000 | $90,452 | $127,775 | 69 |
| Data Analyst | $55,000 | $76,740 | $105,934 | 1,168 |
Figures reflect current active listings with disclosed pay and update on each refresh. Per-skill premiums and percentile detail are in the salary hub.
Methodology & citation
All data is derived from active job postings scraped and normalized by Datamata Studios. Skill demand is measured as the share of active listings in a category that mention a given skill. Salary figures use the midpoint of employer-disclosed salary_min and salary_max fields — self-reported surveys are not used. Data is refreshed daily. Full methodology is documented at datamatastudios.com/methodology.
To cite this report
Datamata Studios. (2026). Tech & Data Jobs Market Report 2026. Retrieved from https://www.datamatastudios.com/data-jobs-report
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