Which roles ask for Big Data at tech companies · 26 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
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26 roles counted that list Big Data, one per company, title and level; 41 postings in the window.
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In short
Big Data: listed in 26 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 13 and preferred in 13. The largest group is data engineer roles: 9 of 26.
- Required
- 13 of 26
- Of the roles that list Big Data
- Preferred
- 13 of 26
- Of the roles that list Big Data
- Largest group
- 9 of 26
- Data engineer
Roles that ask for Big Data
Roles listing Big Data, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Data engineer | 9 | 9 of 99 |
| Software engineer | 6 | 6 of 719 |
| Data scientist | 5 | 5 of 112 |
| Analytics engineer | 1 | 1 of 28 |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| Forward deployed engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 |
| Machine learning engineer | 1 | 1 of 79 |
| QA engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 |
| Research scientist | 1 | 1 of 39 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Be | Shaping the Future1 role
- Cloudera1 role
- Coalition, Inc.1 role
- Databricks1 role
- FocusKPI1 role
- Joyful Craftsmen AG1 role
- Keyrus1 role
- Matrix Global1 role
- Productiv Team1 role
- Quincus1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 26 Big Data roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| SQL | 15 of 26 |
| Python | 14 of 26 |
| Spark | 7 of 26 |
| Machine Learning | 6 of 26 |
| AWS | 5 of 26 |
| Data Modeling | 5 of 26 |
| PySpark | 5 of 26 |
| Statistics | 5 of 26 |
| Cybersecurity | 4 of 26 |
| Data Pipelines | 4 of 26 |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Azure | 6 of 26 |
| AWS | 5 of 26 |
| GCP | 5 of 26 |
| CI/CD | 4 of 26 |
| Machine Learning | 4 of 26 |
| AI | 3 of 26 |
| Advanced Analytics | 3 of 26 |
| Airflow | 3 of 26 |
| Data Infrastructure | 3 of 26 |
| Data Pipelines | 3 of 26 |
Experience
Of the 13 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 13 of 13
- 2+ years
- 13 of 13
- 3+ years
- 10 of 13
- 5+ years
- 7 of 13
- 8+ years
- 0 of 13
- 10+ years
- 0 of 13
Degree
Of the 15 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 3 of 15
- Required, or experience instead
- 3 of 15
- Preferred
- 1 of 15
- Not mentioned
- 8 of 15
Pay and remote work
Of the 26 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 7 of 26
- Remote roles
- 20 of 26
How we count: 26 roles in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology