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Data Engineer: skills and learning path

Data engineers build the pipelines that move and model data for analysts and data scientists. SQL, Python, Spark and a cloud data warehouse are the core of most job posts.

Based on 3,000 job posts, Aug 2024 – Mar 2026 Typical experience asked: 3–7 years Data Engineer jobs

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What Data Engineer job posts ask for

The share of job posts that ask for each skill, rounded. Core skills are asked for in at least 15% of posts.

Learning path

The core skills in order, with a free course and practice on jobpe for each. Check your resume above to see only the skills you're missing.

  1. 1

    SQL

    Core skill · in about 65% of job posts
  2. 2

    ETL and data warehousing

    Core skill · in about 60% of job posts
  3. 3

    Python

    Core skill · in about 60% of job posts
  4. 4

    Spark and big data

    Core skill · in about 55% of job posts
  5. 5

    AWS

    Core skill · in about 25% of job posts
  6. 6

    Microsoft Azure

    Core skill · in about 25% of job posts

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