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Analytics Engineer Career Market Report 2026

591 active jobs. 335 companies. Median salary $145K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

591
Active Job Openings
335
Companies Hiring
$145K
Median Salary (US)
85%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Analytics Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 85% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $145K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $110K to $225K.

SQL is the most-demanded skill at 76%

SQL demand rose +16.3pp — fastest-growing skill

Netflix leads hiring with 12 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Staff (+$65K, +43%)

Salary increase: +$65K · Sample: Senior → Staff

AI automation risk: low (score 30/100)

Score: 30/100 · AI/LLM demand: 112% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior44$110K$150K$196K
Mid-Level18$100K$125K$150K
Staff13$170K$215K$330K
Manager5$110K$150K$150K
Junior4$100K$104K$123K
Lead3$98K$98K$122K
Director3$159K$160K$240K

What jumps out

Senior → Staff: +$65K (43%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States50$147KUSD
Remote23$140KUSD
Canada5$120KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.7%
Remote22.3%
Hybrid5.8%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

SQL
76%
Python
56%
AI/LLM
56%
dbt
54%
Snowflake
37%
Data Pipeline
31%
Airflow
30%
Data Analysis
29%
BigQuery
24%
CI/CD
21%
AWS
19%
Redshift
16%

Skills on the Rise

SQL ↑+16.3ppdbt ↑+13.0ppSpark ↑+11.3ppAI/LLM ↑+10.2ppPython ↑+10.1pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-36.6pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Netflix122.0%
Aboutyougmbh122.0%
Toss91.5%
Scopely61.0%
Metropolis61.0%
Nubank61.0%
Preply61.0%
Andurilindustries50.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States140
Remote63
United Kingdom35
Germany25
India22
Canada19
France14
Spain12

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree59.5%300
Master's Degree15.5%78
Bachelor's Degree4.8%24
PhD / Doctorate0.4%2

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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