MogiVirginia Data Engineer Job Postings Fall
Virginia saw the largest percentage drop in data engineer job postings over the last seven days.
By Isabel Moreau, Mogi Research · Oct 14, 2026
Virginia experienced a significant fall in data engineer job postings in the last seven days. Postings fell by seventy-three percent, from forty-one to eleven.
This drop may be linked to a broader decrease in new data engineer jobs posted nationally. Nationally, new data engineer jobs posted in the last seven days fell by fifty-four percent, from two hundred thirty-seven to one hundred ten.
Other states also saw changes. California added fifteen job postings, a rise of fifteen percent. Illinois saw a fall of fifty-five percent in postings, from eleven to five. Texas postings fell by sixty-nine percent, from thirty-five to eleven.
The numbers
Which state saw the biggest jump in data engineer roles (last 7 days)?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 11 | 41 | -73% |
| California | 15 | 13 | +15% |
| Illinois | 5 | 11 | -55% |
| New York | 9 | 18 | -50% |
| Texas | 11 | 35 | -69% |
Top roles: Data Engineer (11)
Top employers: Booz Allen Hamilton (2), ICF Next (2), Infinitive Inc (2)
Virginia jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-14 with the 7 days before them. Covers US, all states, Data Engineer. 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 Isabel Moreau of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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