Skills in data job listings
Python appears in 41% and SQL in 37% of 2,999 open data jobs on Data First Jobs, as of November 13, 2026.
- Open listings
- 2,999
- Skills tracked
- 28
- Most listed pair
- Python + SQL
- 796 listings
Demand by skill
Share of open listings that mention each skill or cloud platform.
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 1,221 | 41% |
| SQL | 1,112 | 37% |
| Excel | 585 | 20% |
| AWS | 462 | 15% |
| Azure | 442 | 15% |
| Power BI | 392 | 13% |
| Tableau | 340 | 11% |
| R | 308 | 10% |
| Spark | 303 | 10% |
| Snowflake | 276 | 9% |
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Airflow | 175 | 6% |
| GCP | 168 | 6% |
| DBT | 159 | 5% |
| SAP | 143 | 5% |
| Kubernetes | 139 | 5% |
| Oracle | 131 | 4% |
| Docker | 118 | 4% |
| Kafka | 108 | 4% |
| Redshift | 90 | 3% |
| Looker | 86 | 3% |
Skills by role
Share of each role's open listings that mention the skill.
| Skill | Data Engineern=326 | Data Analystn=212 | Data Scientistn=216 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 88% | 52% | 88% |
| SQL | 87% | 74% | 67% |
| Excel | 3% | 29% | 4% |
| AWS | 43% | 11% | 19% |
| Azure | 44% | 10% | 16% |
| Power BI | 14% | 42% | 12% |
| Tableau | 11% | 36% | 18% |
| R | 3% | 24% | 41% |
| Spark | 46% | 7% | 19% |
| Snowflake | 35% | 16% | 6% |
Skills by state and province
The largest states and provinces with a report, each with at least 50 open listings.
| Skill | Californian=214 | Virginian=167 | New Yorkn=152 | Texasn=143 | Ontarion=141 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 57% | 29% | 41% | 36% | 50% |
| SQL | 34% | 26% | 38% | 38% | 43% |
| Excel | 16% | 17% | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| AWS | 12% | 20% | 17% | 13% | 20% |
| Azure | 13% | 15% | 11% | 17% | 21% |
| Power BI | 11% | 10% | 14% | 13% | 13% |
| Tableau | 12% | 12% | 16% | 8% | 9% |
| R | 12% | 19% | 9% | 8% | 4% |
| Spark | 8% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 16% |
| Snowflake | 11% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 13% |
Skills listed together
For each of the six most listed skills, the skills that most often appear in the same listing. Pairs with fewer than 5 listings are not shown.
With Python (1,221 listings)
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 796 | 65% |
| AWS | 371 | 30% |
| Azure | 316 | 26% |
| Spark | 269 | 22% |
With SQL (1,112 listings)
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 796 | 72% |
| AWS | 292 | 26% |
| Power BI | 290 | 26% |
| Azure | 282 | 25% |
With Excel (585 listings)
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 207 | 35% |
| Power BI | 162 | 28% |
| Tableau | 141 | 24% |
| Python | 124 | 21% |
With AWS (462 listings)
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 371 | 80% |
| SQL | 292 | 63% |
| Azure | 256 | 55% |
| Spark | 143 | 31% |
With Azure (442 listings)
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 316 | 71% |
| SQL | 282 | 64% |
| AWS | 256 | 58% |
| Spark | 145 | 33% |
With Power BI (392 listings)
| Name | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 290 | 74% |
| Tableau | 218 | 56% |
| Python | 201 | 51% |
| Excel | 162 | 41% |
Weekly share of new listings
Share of listings first posted in each of the last 4 full weeks that mention the skill, among those still open today.
| Skill | Oct 12n=548 | Oct 19n=814 | Oct 26n=821 | Nov 2n=205 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 31% | 32% | 31% | 53% |
| SQL | 32% | 31% | 32% | 32% |
| Excel | 23% | 23% | 22% | 15% |
| AWS | 11% | 11% | 13% | 17% |
| Azure | 11% | 11% | 10% | 13% |
| Power BI | 14% | 13% | 12% | 9% |
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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 2,999 data job listings open on Data First Jobs on November 13, 2026. A listing counts for a skill when the skill is tagged from its title or description. Skills tagged on fewer than 3 listings are not shown.
Role columns use exact job-title tags. State and province columns use the listing's stated location; remote listings without one are left out there. Weekly shares use the date a listing was first posted.
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