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 12,284 active job listings across 2,997 companies.
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This report covers 12,284 active tech and data job listings across 2,997 companies, with skill demand and salary ranges refreshed daily.
Source: Datamata Studios — methodology and update cadence.
Key findings
What the data shows right now
Full Stack Developer is the highest-paying role tracked — a median of $134,120 across 2,331 listings with disclosed pay.
Terraform demand is rising fastest — up 2.8 points in DevOps over the prior 7 days.
Python is the most-requested skill in Engineering, appearing in 18% of active Engineering listings.
Among Full Stack Developer listings, those mentioning Statistical Analysis show the highest median pay at $263,500.
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+0.7 pts
- AWS+1.1 pts
- Java+1.0 pts
- React+0.6 pts
Data
- SQL+1.1 pts
- Python+0.7 pts
- Stakeholder Mgmt+0.1 pts
- Machine Learning+0.5 pts
DevOps
- AWS+1.8 pts
- Kubernetes+1.2 pts
- CI/CD+0.7 pts
- Terraform+2.8 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.
- Full Stack Developer$134,120$134,120
- Research Scientist$129,861$129,861
- ML Engineer$125,000$125,000
- Product Manager$123,604$123,604
- Cloud Architect$122,984$122,984
- Product Designer$118,921$118,921
- Data Scientist$118,588$118,588
- Mobile Developer$117,658$117,658
- Data Architect$117,000$117,000
- Platform Engineer$113,874$113,874
- Systems Engineer$113,242$113,242
- QA Engineer$111,595$111,595
- Data Engineer$110,500$110,500
- Infrastructure Engineer$110,500$110,500
- Backend Engineer$110,110$110,110
- MLOps Engineer$110,000$110,000
- AI Engineer$108,843$108,843
- BI Engineer$107,347$107,347
- Security Engineer$105,000$105,000
- Site Reliability Engineer$97,736$97,736
- Analytics Engineer$95,000$95,000
- DevOps Engineer$95,000$95,000
- Data Governance$85,380$85,380
- SOC Analyst$84,840$84,840
- Frontend Engineer$82,500$82,500
- Data Analyst$70,929$70,929
25th–75th percentile rangeMedian
| Role | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Listings with disclosed pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Stack Developer | $90,000 | $134,120 | $187,000 | 2,331 |
| Research Scientist | $78,346 | $129,861 | $210,000 | 59 |
| ML Engineer | $79,906 | $125,000 | $190,000 | 342 |
| Product Manager | $70,000 | $123,604 | $195,000 | 325 |
| Cloud Architect | $87,500 | $122,984 | $155,863 | 79 |
| Product Designer | $104,449 | $118,921 | $155,297 | 112 |
| Data Scientist | $78,791 | $118,588 | $152,453 | 422 |
| Mobile Developer | $65,000 | $117,658 | $161,200 | 53 |
| Data Architect | $95,000 | $117,000 | $160,000 | 58 |
| Platform Engineer | $70,000 | $113,874 | $147,500 | 224 |
| Systems Engineer | $75,000 | $113,242 | $155,947 | 162 |
| QA Engineer | $64,316 | $111,595 | $147,455 | 99 |
| Data Engineer | $73,758 | $110,500 | $150,314 | 616 |
| Infrastructure Engineer | $82,517 | $110,500 | $165,000 | 59 |
| Backend Engineer | $74,104 | $110,110 | $145,270 | 220 |
| MLOps Engineer | $78,708 | $110,000 | $140,837 | 36 |
| AI Engineer | $76,741 | $108,843 | $161,698 | 350 |
| BI Engineer | $69,705 | $107,347 | $126,940 | 34 |
| Security Engineer | $60,000 | $105,000 | $150,000 | 234 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $68,780 | $97,736 | $164,822 | 77 |
| Analytics Engineer | $65,574 | $95,000 | $140,000 | 77 |
| DevOps Engineer | $70,000 | $95,000 | $136,300 | 351 |
| Data Governance | $53,525 | $85,380 | $135,200 | 42 |
| SOC Analyst | $51,447 | $84,840 | $140,426 | 30 |
| Frontend Engineer | $63,324 | $82,500 | $124,977 | 135 |
| Data Analyst | $47,163 | $70,929 | $106,178 | 632 |
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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