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In short

Of the 106 analytics engineer roles at tech companies in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, 52 are senior, more than at any other level. Data analyst roles share 9 of the 12 required skills listed for analytics engineer roles; no other role shares more.

Levels in order

Each level counts its own roles. A median shows only where 50 or more of that level’s roles state pay, and each is taken over a different set of roles.

LevelRolesMedian stated payAt least half ask for
Junior analytics engineer9 rolesNot shown2+ years, 5 of 8
Mid-level analytics engineer27 rolesNot shown3+ years, 25 of 26
Senior analytics engineer52 rolesNot shown5+ years, 34 of 45
Staff analytics engineer4 rolesNot shown5+ years, 4 of 4
Principal analytics engineer1 roleNot shown8+ years, 1 of 1
Lead analytics engineer4 rolesNot shown5+ years, 3 of 3

Lead titles say who leads a team, not a step above principal, so lead is listed last and not compared with the level before it.

What rises at the next level

No two neighbouring levels have 50 or more roles whose requirements we read, so no level is compared with the next yet.

Roles closest to analytics engineer, by shared skills

Compared over each role’s most-required skills, umbrella labels such as “Programming” left out. The more skills two roles share, the shorter the move between them.

  • Data analyst217 roles

    9 shared: SQL, Data Modeling, Python, Snowflake, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence, Tableau, Power BI, Looker

    Median stated pay: $115k a year

  • Data engineer364 roles

    6 shared: SQL, Data Modeling, Python, Snowflake, Data Warehousing, ETL

    Median stated pay: $165k a year

  • Data architect50 roles

    5 shared: SQL, Data Modeling, Python, Data Warehousing, ETL

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How we count: 106 roles from 96 employers in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology