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In short

SQL is required most often, in 4 of 4 lead analytics engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, then Business Intelligence (2) and Data Modeling (2). Among roles that state years, 3 of 3 ask for at least 5 years. We counted 4 roles, each at a different employer.

SQL
4 of 4
Required most often, of the roles we could read
5+ years
3 of 3
Of roles stating years
Remote roles
3 of 4
Of the roles we could read for it

What the postings ask for

Out of the 4 roles whose requirements we could read, of 4 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.

Required
SkillRoles asking
SQL
4 of 4
Business Intelligence
2 of 4
Data Modeling
2 of 4
Power BI
2 of 4
Project Management
2 of 4
Tableau
2 of 4
AI Tools
1 of 4
Airflow
1 of 4
BigQuery
1 of 4
Data Quality
1 of 4

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Preferred
SkillRoles asking
Anomaly Detection
1 of 4
Claude
1 of 4
LLMs
1 of 4
Performance Optimization
1 of 4
Python
1 of 4
Query Optimization
1 of 4
Root Cause Analysis
1 of 4
Scripting
1 of 4
Spark
1 of 4
Tableau
1 of 4

Experience

Asked most often: 5–7 years, 2 of 3.

Of the 3 roles that state years

Under 5 years
0 of 3
5–7 years
2 of 3
8–9 years
0 of 3
10+ years
1 of 3

Degree

1 of 4 requires a degree.

Of the 4 roles we could read for it

Required
1 of 4
Required, or experience instead
0 of 4
Preferred
0 of 4
Not mentioned
3 of 4

Pay and remote work

Of the 4 roles we could read for it

Roles stating pay
2 of 4
Remote roles
3 of 4

Analytics engineer pay

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How we count: 4 roles in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology