BigQuery jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, BigQuery appears in 3,390 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning BigQuery, with demand share up 3.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
3,390
Demand vs prior month
up 3.4% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 17.9% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about BigQuery

+Is BigQuery in demand in 2026?

Yes. BigQuery appears in 3,390 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning BigQuery (17.9% of all postings mentioning BigQuery).

+What jobs require BigQuery?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning BigQuery are Analytics Engineering Director (30.0% of that role’s postings mention BigQuery), Agent Product Manager (20.9% of that role’s postings mention BigQuery), Analytics Engineer (20.5% of that role’s postings mention BigQuery).

+What skills are commonly paired with BigQuery?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), BigQuery most often appears alongside SQL, Python, Snowflake, DBT, data modeling.

+Where is BigQuery most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring BigQuery are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Berlin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new BigQuery content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after BigQuery?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring BigQuery — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around BigQuery

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before BigQuery

Before BigQuerypython → BigQuery: 132 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → BigQuery: 69 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → BigQuery: 47 observed employer moves with this skill pairTableau → BigQuery: 46 observed employer moves with this skill pairPySpark → BigQuery: 44 observed employer moves with this skill pairspark → BigQuery: 41 observed employer moves with this skill pairsnowflake → BigQuery: 39 observed employer moves with this skill pairHive → BigQuery: 35 observed employer moves with this skill pairBigQuerypython: 132 movespython132 movessql: 69 movessql69 movesPower BI: 47 movesPower BI47 movesTableau: 46 movesTableau46 movesPySpark: 44 movesPySpark44 movesspark: 41 movesspark41 movessnowflake: 39 movessnowflake39 movesHive: 35 movesHive35 moves

Skills after BigQuery

After BigQueryBigQuery → python: 38 observed employer moves with this skill pairBigQuery → Power BI: 35 observed employer moves with this skill pairBigQuery → PySpark: 34 observed employer moves with this skill pairBigQuery → Redshift: 33 observed employer moves with this skill pairBigQuery → AWS Glue: 29 observed employer moves with this skill pairBigQuery → airflow: 28 observed employer moves with this skill pairBigQuery → snowflake: 27 observed employer moves with this skill pairBigQuery → sql: 26 observed employer moves with this skill pairBigQuerypython: 38 movespython38 movesPower BI: 35 movesPower BI35 movesPySpark: 34 movesPySpark34 movesRedshift: 33 movesRedshift33 movesAWS Glue: 29 movesAWS Glue29 movesairflow: 28 movesairflow28 movessnowflake: 27 movessnowflake27 movessql: 26 movessql26 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python132
Before: sql69
Before: Power BI47
Before: Tableau46
Before: PySpark44
Before: spark41
Before: snowflake39
Before: Hive35
After: python38
After: Power BI35
After: PySpark34
After: Redshift33
After: AWS Glue29
After: airflow28
After: snowflake27
After: sql26

Roles most likely to require BigQuery

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Analytics Engineering Director630.0%
Agent Product Manager920.9%
Analytics Engineer15120.5%
Marketing Data Analyst1420.3%
Data & Analytics Engineer419.0%
Marketing Data Scientist419.0%
AI Data Engineer1318.1%
Data Engineering Director1216.9%
Data Infrastructure Engineer413.8%
Customer Solutions Architect313.6%

Roles with the most BigQuery postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Data Engineer60817.9%
Software Engineer37411.0%
Data Analyst2076.1%
Data Scientist1725.1%
Analytics Engineer1514.5%
Backend Engineer682.0%
Engineering Manager431.3%
Product Manager421.2%
Cloud Engineer391.2%
Machine Learning Engineer381.1%

Top companies posting jobs requiring BigQuery

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring BigQuery
CompanyPostings · 90 days
LightFeather59
WPP54
Ebury50
Delivery Hero45
CLERA42
Devoteam36
Fivetran35
Lovable34
Reddit34
66degrees26

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for BigQuery

NamePostingsShare
New York City1514.5%
San Francisco1283.8%
London1002.9%
Bengaluru782.3%
Berlin631.9%
Washington631.9%
Paris571.7%
Stockholm431.3%
Madrid411.2%

Skills commonly paired with BigQuery

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning BigQuery by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s BigQuery postings by all BigQuery postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 1.5% to 1.5%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
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window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index