Data Scientist Job Postings Surge 55 Percent
Job postings for Data Scientists increased by 55 percent in the US over the last 28 days.
By Owen Gallagher, Mogi Research · Oct 14, 2026
Job postings for Data Scientists in the US rose by fifty-five percent in the last twenty-eight days, reaching eight hundred nineteen postings. This is a surge of fifty-five percent compared to the previous twenty-eight day period. The overall volume of new job postings across all roles increased by forty-two percent.
This rise may be attributed to several factors. One possibility is increased demand for data analysis skills. Another is the growing need for professionals who can manage and interpret large datasets. It is also likely that employers are actively seeking to fill roles requiring specialized data science expertise.
In the same period, Software Engineer postings saw a twenty-nine percent rise and Product Manager postings increased by forty percent. Full Stack Engineer postings grew by eighty-one percent and Data Engineer postings surged by one hundred twenty percent.
The numbers
What are the top 5 roles by job volume in the US in the last 28 days?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 819 | 528 | +55% |
| Software Engineer | 6,869 | 5,321 | +29% |
| Product Manager | 2,635 | 1,879 | +40% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 1,572 | 868 | +81% |
| Data Engineer | 1,055 | 480 | +120% |
Top employers: Howmet Aerospace (53), JPMorgan Chase (49), Booz Allen Hamilton (42)
Top states: Virginia (85), Michigan (65), Texas (43)
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 2026-10-14 with the 28 days before them. Covers US, 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 Owen Gallagher of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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