MogiData Scientist Role Postings Rise 80%
New job postings for Data Scientists saw significant growth in the last 28 days.
By Ethan Walsh, Mogi Research · Oct 13, 2026
Are Data Scientist roles seeing increased demand? In the last 28 days, new job postings for Data Scientists rose eighty percent, from nine hundred twenty nine to one thousand six hundred sixty eight. This is part of a broader increase in new job postings across several data focused roles.
What could be driving this increase? The surge in Data Scientist postings may be linked to the growing need for advanced data analysis and predictive modeling in various industries. It could also reflect an increased focus on leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
Other data roles also saw substantial growth. Analytics Engineers experienced a ninety seven percent rise in postings, while Machine Learning Engineers saw a seventy eight percent increase. Data Engineers and Data Analysts also posted gains of seventy seven percent each.
The numbers
Which role families have the highest growth in new postings in the last 28 days?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 1,668 | 929 | +80% |
| Analytics Engineer | 300 | 152 | +97% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 816 | 458 | +78% |
| Data Engineer | 2,890 | 1,634 | +77% |
| Data Analyst | 1,516 | 857 | +77% |
Top employers: JPMorgan Chase (80), Howmet Aerospace (53), Booz Allen Hamilton (45)
Top states: Virginia (91), Michigan (65), California (47)
Data Scientist 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 Ethan Walsh of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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