MogiData Engineer Job Postings Surge 77 Percent
New job postings for Data Engineers saw a significant increase in the last 28 days.
By Sofia Petrova, Mogi Research · Oct 13, 2026
Data Engineer job postings surged by seventy seven percent in the last twenty eight days, with new postings rising from one thousand six hundred and thirty four to two thousand eight hundred and ninety. This rapid increase may be driven by a growing demand for professionals who can manage and analyze large datasets. It could also reflect a strategic shift by companies to invest more in data infrastructure and capabilities.
Software Engineer postings rose by fifty three percent, and Product Manager postings increased by fifty four percent in the same period. Full Stack Engineer postings saw a sixty eight percent rise, and DevOps Engineer postings grew by sixty percent. These figures indicate a broad increase in demand for technology-related roles.
The surge in Data Engineer postings was particularly notable. Top employers adding postings included JPMorgan Chase, Chubb, and Genpact. Virginia, Texas, and Illinois were the states with the highest volume of new Data Engineer postings.
The numbers
Which role families have the highest volume of new postings across all countries?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 2,890 | 1,634 | +77% |
| Software Engineer | 13,912 | 9,085 | +53% |
| Product Manager | 4,889 | 3,173 | +54% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 3,685 | 2,198 | +68% |
| DevOps Engineer | 2,300 | 1,436 | +60% |
Top employers: JPMorgan Chase (136), Chubb (80), Genpact (75)
Top states: Virginia (100), Texas (90), Illinois (56)
Data Engineer jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-13 with the 28 days before them. Covers all countries, all states, all roles. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.
Written by Sofia Petrova of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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