Illinois data job market
82 open data jobs in Illinois from 69 employers, as listed on Data First Jobs on November 13, 2026. SQL appears in 44% of them.
- Open listings
- 82
- Employers
- 69
- Remote
- 12%
- 10 listings
- Most listed skill
- SQL
- 44% of listings
New listings per week
Listings first posted in each of the last 4 full weeks, among those still open today.
| Week starting | New listings |
|---|---|
| Oct 12 | 17 |
| Oct 19 | 28 |
| Oct 26 | 19 |
| Nov 2 | 3 |
Role families
Every listing is assigned one role family from its title.
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Analysts | 42 | 51% |
| Engineers | 17 | 21% |
| Other Positions | 17 | 21% |
| Data Scientists | 6 | 7% |
Most listed job titles
Exact title matches only; most listings use other titles.
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 10 | 12% |
| Data Analyst | 7 | 9% |
| Data Scientist | 5 | 6% |
Skills in demand
Share of open listings that mention each skill or cloud platform.
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 36 | 44% |
| Python | 26 | 32% |
| Excel | 20 | 24% |
| Azure | 13 | 16% |
| AWS | 12 | 15% |
| Power BI | 11 | 13% |
| Snowflake | 11 | 13% |
| Tableau | 11 | 13% |
| R | 7 | 9% |
| Spark | 7 | 9% |
Industry tags
Keyword tags matched in each listing, not the employer's industry. A listing can carry several, so shares add up to more than 100%.
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 46 | 56% |
| Services | 38 | 46% |
| AI | 33 | 40% |
| Product | 26 | 32% |
| Growth | 25 | 30% |
| Research | 20 | 24% |
| Finance | 18 | 22% |
| Marketing | 14 | 17% |
Employers with the most listings
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 4 | 5% |
| Equity Residential | 3 | 4% |
| Wix | 3 | 4% |
Cities
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 47 | 57% |
| Naperville | 3 | 4% |
| North Chicago | 3 | 4% |
Seniority
Read from the job title; titles without a level count as mid level.
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mid level | 53 | 65% |
| Senior | 17 | 21% |
| Manager | 3 | 4% |
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Method and sample
These figures come only from jobs listed on Data First Jobs. We are looking into additional datasets for more accuracy.
Counts cover the 82 data job listings located in Illinois and open on Data First Jobs on November 13, 2026. Listings close 30 days after posting, or earlier when the source withdraws them.
Rows with fewer than 3 listings are not shown. Role families, titles, skills and industry tags come from tags matched in each listing. Weekly counts use the date a listing was first posted.
Sources: LinkedIn 64 (78%), Techmap 12 (15%), MoAI Jobs 4 (5%), TeamWork Online 2 (2%).
This page is indexed by search engines while Illinois has had at least 50 open listings on any of the last 7 days.