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 22,160 active job listings across 5,018 companies.
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This report covers 22,160 active tech and data job listings across 5,018 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 $150,005 across 111 listings with disclosed pay.
Azure demand is rising fastest — up 0.8 points in DevOps over the prior 7 days.
Python is the most-requested skill in Engineering, appearing in 16% of active Engineering listings.
Among Research Scientist listings, those mentioning AWS show the highest median pay at $245,564.
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
- React+0.6 pts
- SQL+0.2 pts
Data
- SQL+0.7 pts
- Python+0.5 pts
- Stakeholder Mgmt+0.1 pts
- ETL+0.4 pts
DevOps
- Azure+0.8 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.
- Research Scientist$150,005$150,005
- Full Stack Developer$146,333$146,333
- Product Manager$145,600$145,600
- Product Designer$142,296$142,296
- Frontend Engineer$135,200$135,200
- Infrastructure Engineer$131,808$131,808
- ML Engineer$130,337$130,337
- Cloud Architect$129,958$129,958
- AI Engineer$129,742$129,742
- Systems Engineer$125,000$125,000
- Data Architect$124,631$124,631
- Data Scientist$122,834$122,834
- Backend Engineer$122,489$122,489
- SOC Analyst$121,690$121,690
- MLOps Engineer$120,567$120,567
- Mobile Developer$117,748$117,748
- Site Reliability Engineer$113,071$113,071
- Platform Engineer$110,256$110,256
- Data Engineer$110,144$110,144
- BI Engineer$109,313$109,313
- Security Engineer$108,225$108,225
- Analytics Engineer$100,081$100,081
- DevOps Engineer$100,001$100,001
- QA Engineer$95,420$95,420
- Security Architect$90,581$90,581
- Data Governance$89,856$89,856
- Data Analyst$76,943$76,943
25th–75th percentile rangeMedian
| Role | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Listings with disclosed pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | $90,760 | $150,005 | $208,445 | 111 |
| Full Stack Developer | $94,017 | $146,333 | $186,622 | 4,329 |
| Product Manager | $76,907 | $145,600 | $200,724 | 669 |
| Product Designer | $85,000 | $142,296 | $185,512 | 122 |
| Frontend Engineer | $84,448 | $135,200 | $182,863 | 232 |
| Infrastructure Engineer | $62,500 | $131,808 | $203,115 | 185 |
| ML Engineer | $97,761 | $130,337 | $180,132 | 793 |
| Cloud Architect | $106,860 | $129,958 | $163,815 | 196 |
| AI Engineer | $97,680 | $129,742 | $171,741 | 721 |
| Systems Engineer | $80,392 | $125,000 | $165,000 | 331 |
| Data Architect | $85,000 | $124,631 | $167,733 | 166 |
| Data Scientist | $80,871 | $122,834 | $161,885 | 831 |
| Backend Engineer | $82,012 | $122,489 | $170,935 | 305 |
| SOC Analyst | $87,017 | $121,690 | $141,987 | 73 |
| MLOps Engineer | $85,412 | $120,567 | $155,714 | 96 |
| Mobile Developer | $80,000 | $117,748 | $157,823 | 80 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $80,000 | $113,071 | $171,200 | 205 |
| Platform Engineer | $75,693 | $110,256 | $157,612 | 320 |
| Data Engineer | $70,160 | $110,144 | $151,028 | 1,322 |
| BI Engineer | $77,154 | $109,313 | $131,580 | 42 |
| Security Engineer | $63,998 | $108,225 | $155,597 | 636 |
| Analytics Engineer | $70,000 | $100,081 | $145,000 | 96 |
| DevOps Engineer | $69,893 | $100,001 | $140,955 | 863 |
| QA Engineer | $65,000 | $95,420 | $135,160 | 230 |
| Security Architect | $73,000 | $90,581 | $172,750 | 57 |
| Data Governance | $55,000 | $89,856 | $133,013 | 59 |
| Data Analyst | $52,942 | $76,943 | $108,365 | 1,090 |
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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