Analytics Engineer jobs: skills and pay (October 2026)
370 open Analytics Engineer postings (2.8% of data & AI postings) as of October 18, 2026. Median published US pay: $175K (n=130).
Analytics Engineer pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | — | 1 |
| Senior | $184K | 55 |
| Staff / lead | $200K | 17 |
| Principal | — | 6 |
| Manager | — | 4 |
| Level not stated | $167K | 47 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
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Top skills in Analytics Engineer postings
Share of Analytics Engineer postings that mention each skill.
| # | Skill | Share of Analytics Engineer postings | Postings | Companies | Week over week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL language | 93.0% | 344 | 1,953 | needs more history | |
| 2 | dbt transformation | 71.9% | 266 | 890 | needs more history | |
| 3 | Python language | 71.4% | 264 | 2,580 | needs more history | |
| 4 | Data quality governance | 62.2% | 230 | 1,200 | needs more history | |
| 5 | Data modeling concept | 60.0% | 222 | 925 | needs more history | |
| 6 | Snowflake platform | 54.9% | 203 | 882 | needs more history | |
| 7 | Git infra | 38.9% | 144 | 980 | needs more history | |
| 8 | Data warehousing concept | 36.8% | 136 | 781 | needs more history | |
| 9 | Semantic layer concept | 36.8% | 136 | 382 | needs more history | |
| 10 | CI/CD infra | 34.9% | 129 | 1,178 | needs more history | |
| 11 | Apache Airflow orchestration | 34.9% | 129 | 805 | needs more history | |
| 12 | BigQuery platform | 34.6% | 128 | 576 | needs more history | |
| 13 | Looker / LookML bi | 33.2% | 123 | 514 | needs more history | |
| 14 | ETL / ELT concept | 32.7% | 121 | 823 | needs more history | |
| 15 | Data mesh / data products concept | 31.6% | 117 | 537 | needs more history | |
| 16 | APIs / REST infra | 24.1% | 89 | 1,554 | needs more history | |
| 17 | AI agents genai | 23.2% | 86 | 1,583 | needs more history | |
| 18 | LLMs genai | 21.6% | 80 | 1,791 | needs more history | |
| 19 | Tableau bi | 20.8% | 77 | 632 | needs more history | |
| 20 | Data catalog & lineage governance | 19.7% | 73 | 733 | needs more history | |
| 21 | AWS cloud | 19.5% | 72 | 1,452 | needs more history | |
| 22 | Privacy (GDPR/CCPA/PII) governance | 17.6% | 65 | 416 | needs more history | |
| 23 | Databricks platform | 17.3% | 64 | 601 | needs more history | |
| 24 | Amazon Redshift platform | 16.8% | 62 | 377 | needs more history | |
| 25 | Anthropic Claude genai | 15.7% | 58 | 869 | needs more history |