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 26,367 active job listings across 5,378 companies.
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This report covers 26,367 active tech and data job listings across 5,378 companies, with skill demand and salary ranges refreshed daily.
Source: Datamata Studios — methodology and update cadence.
Key findings
What the data shows right now
ML Engineer is the highest-paying role tracked — a median of $147,457 across 1,276 listings with disclosed pay.
Azure demand is rising fastest — up 0.3 points in DevOps over the prior 7 days.
Java is the most-requested skill in Engineering, appearing in 10% of active Engineering listings.
Among ML Engineer listings, those mentioning Hugging Face show the highest median pay at $239,000.
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
DevOps
- Azure+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.
- ML Engineer$147,457$147,457
- Full Stack Developer$140,549$140,549
- Research Scientist$137,648$137,648
- Backend Engineer$129,618$129,618
- Product Manager$128,891$128,891
- Cloud Architect$128,851$128,851
- Site Reliability Engineer$128,544$128,544
- Data Scientist$126,134$126,134
- AI Engineer$125,000$125,000
- MLOps Engineer$125,000$125,000
- Systems Engineer$124,041$124,041
- Frontend Engineer$123,090$123,090
- Data Architect$113,836$113,836
- Data Engineer$109,727$109,727
- Infrastructure Engineer$106,106$106,106
- Platform Engineer$105,000$105,000
- Product Designer$103,419$103,419
- Mobile Developer$103,113$103,113
- QA Engineer$102,534$102,534
- DevOps Engineer$102,151$102,151
- Analytics Engineer$101,366$101,366
- Security Engineer$94,989$94,989
- Security Architect$92,436$92,436
- BI Engineer$85,999$85,999
- Data Governance$82,882$82,882
- SOC Analyst$82,409$82,409
- Data Analyst$72,500$72,500
25th–75th percentile rangeMedian
| Role | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Listings with disclosed pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ML Engineer | $95,637 | $147,457 | $196,917 | 1,276 |
| Full Stack Developer | $88,000 | $140,549 | $183,381 | 6,730 |
| Research Scientist | $98,968 | $137,648 | $187,500 | 229 |
| Backend Engineer | $80,413 | $129,618 | $175,000 | 667 |
| Product Manager | $72,936 | $128,891 | $184,991 | 861 |
| Cloud Architect | $92,500 | $128,851 | $158,525 | 306 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $80,000 | $128,544 | $154,286 | 310 |
| Data Scientist | $81,892 | $126,134 | $161,725 | 1,356 |
| AI Engineer | $80,000 | $125,000 | $162,939 | 814 |
| MLOps Engineer | $91,094 | $125,000 | $162,100 | 107 |
| Systems Engineer | $82,000 | $124,041 | $157,048 | 490 |
| Frontend Engineer | $68,672 | $123,090 | $167,713 | 249 |
| Data Architect | $78,500 | $113,836 | $145,600 | 193 |
| Data Engineer | $70,000 | $109,727 | $143,858 | 1,577 |
| Infrastructure Engineer | $60,000 | $106,106 | $152,500 | 207 |
| Platform Engineer | $70,682 | $105,000 | $145,600 | 443 |
| Product Designer | $64,386 | $103,419 | $152,380 | 196 |
| Mobile Developer | $64,212 | $103,113 | $156,000 | 106 |
| QA Engineer | $73,336 | $102,534 | $132,239 | 333 |
| DevOps Engineer | $75,000 | $102,151 | $141,700 | 1,260 |
| Analytics Engineer | $64,500 | $101,366 | $155,656 | 196 |
| Security Engineer | $57,500 | $94,989 | $142,304 | 996 |
| Security Architect | $63,467 | $92,436 | $160,000 | 114 |
| BI Engineer | $71,565 | $85,999 | $115,939 | 85 |
| Data Governance | $53,065 | $82,882 | $115,991 | 152 |
| SOC Analyst | $58,600 | $82,409 | $132,568 | 106 |
| Data Analyst | $49,653 | $72,500 | $104,031 | 1,763 |
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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