2022 Data Engineering Job Market: Analysis of 1,000 FAANG Job Postings

Recently, I was strongly considering the prospect of switching careers, so I set out to answer the question “What skills are in-demand for Data Engineers in 2022.” To do this, I manually collected data from LinkedIn, amassing 1,029 Data Engineer jobs at 15 top tech companies such as Meta, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google. While some of the findings were expected, such as heavy emphasis on SQL and Python, there were several insights that surprised me.