MogiUS job postings for Data Engineer fall
New job postings for Data Engineers in the US fell by two percent last week.
By Jamal Pryce, Mogi Research · Oct 26, 2026
New job postings for Data Engineers in the US fell by two percent last week. There were one hundred seventy six new postings compared to one hundred seventy nine postings the week before. This could be due to seasonal hiring patterns or a temporary decrease in employer demand for this role.
Software Engineer postings rose by eight percent, from one thousand twenty eight to one thousand one hundred eleven. Product Manager postings fell by sixteen percent, from five hundred twenty nine to four hundred forty three. Full Stack Engineer postings surged by one hundred four percent, adding two hundred twenty seven new postings.
Data Scientist roles saw an eight percent rise in new job postings. These changes reflect the dynamic nature of the job market and could be influenced by the current project needs of various companies.
The numbers
What are the top 5 roles with the most new postings in the US last week?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 176 | 179 | -2% |
| Software Engineer | 1,111 | 1,028 | +8% |
| Product Manager | 443 | 529 | -16% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 373 | 183 | +104% |
| Data Scientist | 161 | 149 | +8% |
Top employers: Booz Allen Hamilton (5), General Dynamics Information Technology (5), Peraton (4)
Top states: Texas (14), California (11), Illinois (10)
Data Engineer jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-26 with the 7 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 Jamal Pryce of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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