Which roles ask for SQL at tech companies · 400 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
400 roles counted that list SQL, one per company, title and level; 604 postings in the window.
In short
SQL: listed in 400 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 365 and preferred in 35. The largest group is software engineer roles: 126 of 400 (32%).
- Required
- 365 of 400 (91%)
- Of the roles that list SQL
- Preferred
- 35 of 400 (9%)
- Of the roles that list SQL
- Largest group
- 126 of 400 (32%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for SQL
Roles listing SQL, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 126 | 126 of 719 (18%) |
| Data engineer | 78 | 78 of 99 (79%) |
| Data scientist | 77 | 77 of 112 (69%) |
| Data analyst | 36 | 36 of 47 |
| Analytics engineer | 21 | 21 of 28 |
| Machine learning engineer | 12 | 12 of 79 (15%) |
| QA engineer | 11 | 11 of 63 (17%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 8 | 8 of 63 (13%) |
| AI engineer | 6 | 6 of 70 (9%) |
| Data architect | 5 | 5 of 11 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Stripe12 roles
- Airbnb8 roles
- Anthropic6 roles
- Okta6 roles
- Socure6 roles
- Spotify6 roles
- Black Financial Consult5 roles
- ElevenLabs5 roles
- George Bernard Consulting5 roles
- mercor5 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 400 SQL roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 245 of 400 (61%) |
| Data Modeling | 91 of 400 (23%) |
| AWS | 82 of 400 (21%) |
| CI/CD | 75 of 400 (19%) |
| Git | 74 of 400 (19%) |
| AI | 65 of 400 (16%) |
| Machine Learning | 61 of 400 (15%) |
| Statistics | 61 of 400 (15%) |
| REST | 58 of 400 (15%) |
| Java | 56 of 400 (14%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| LLMs | 42 of 400 (11%) |
| AWS | 39 of 400 (10%) |
| CI/CD | 38 of 400 (10%) |
| AI | 37 of 400 (9%) |
| Machine Learning | 34 of 400 (9%) |
| Python | 33 of 400 (8%) |
| Azure | 31 of 400 (8%) |
| Data Pipelines | 29 of 400 (7%) |
| Docker | 28 of 400 (7%) |
| dbt | 28 of 400 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 208 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 206 of 208 (99%)
- 2+ years
- 201 of 208 (97%)
- 3+ years
- 184 of 208 (88%)
- 5+ years
- 125 of 208 (60%)
- 8+ years
- 34 of 208 (16%)
- 10+ years
- 12 of 208 (6%)
Degree
Of the 263 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 52 of 263 (20%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 51 of 263 (19%)
- Preferred
- 13 of 263 (5%)
- Not mentioned
- 147 of 263 (56%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 400 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $152k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 176 of 400 (44%)
- Remote roles
- 293 of 400 (73%)
How we count: 400 roles from 265 employers 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