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 10,708 active job listings across 3,603 companies.
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Key findings
What the data shows right now
Data Scientist is the highest-paying role tracked — a median of $121,500 across 448 listings with disclosed pay.
Scala demand is rising fastest — up 2.6 points in DevOps over the prior 7 days.
Scala is the most-requested skill in Engineering, appearing in 21% of active Engineering listings.
Among Data Scientist listings, those mentioning ETL show the highest median pay at $170,000.
Market coverage
Active listing volume by category
Engineering
4,120
active listings · 60 skills tracked
View trendsData
2,562
active listings · 60 skills tracked
View trendsDevOps
1,410
active listings · 60 skills tracked
View trendsAI / ML
1,168
active listings · 60 skills tracked
View trendsProduct
817
active listings · 60 skills tracked
View trendsSecurity
631
active listings · 60 skills tracked
View trendsFastest-moving skills
7-day demand movers by category
Engineering
- Scala+1.2 pts
- Stakeholder Mgmt+0.6 pts
Data
- Stakeholder Mgmt+0.1 pts
- Scala+0.6 pts
DevOps
- Scala+2.6 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.
- Data ScientistP25 $85,000$121,500P75 $157,250448
- AI EngineerP25 $75,000$115,382P75 $162,500320
- ML EngineerP25 $72,770$113,566P75 $168,842403
- Data EngineerP25 $66,052$103,962P75 $146,637523
- Analytics EngineerP25 $61,829$85,000P75 $137,80061
- Data ArchitectP25 $73,012$85,000P75 $120,15378
- Data AnalystP25 $49,732$67,172P75 $105,300586
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
Live skill rankings
Week-over-week demand across all categories
Salary intelligence
Category breakdowns with skill premiums
Hiring companies
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