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In short

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

Data Modeling, SQL and 1 other
3 of 4
Each required this often, tied for most
5+ years
4 of 4
Of roles stating years
Remote roles
2 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
Data Modeling
3 of 4
SQL
3 of 4
dbt
3 of 4
Business Intelligence
2 of 4
Data Governance
2 of 4
Looker
2 of 4
Snowflake
2 of 4
AI Coding Tools
1 of 4
Claude
1 of 4
Dagster
1 of 4

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Preferred
SkillRoles asking
AWS
1 of 4
Amazon Athena
1 of 4
Business Intelligence
1 of 4
Change Data Capture
1 of 4
ETL
1 of 4
Experimentation
1 of 4
Flyte
1 of 4
HIPAA
1 of 4
Iceberg
1 of 4
Python
1 of 4

Experience

Asked most often: 5–7 years, 3 of 4.

Of the 4 roles that state years

Under 5 years
0 of 4
5–7 years
3 of 4
8–9 years
1 of 4
10+ years
0 of 4

Degree

1 of 4 requires a degree or experience instead.

Of the 4 roles we could read for it

Required
0 of 4
Required, or experience instead
1 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
3 of 4
Remote roles
2 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