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

As of 2026-09-30, Glue appears in 287 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Engineer has the most postings mentioning Glue, with demand share up 4.0% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
287
Demand vs prior month
up 4.0% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 42.9% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Pune

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Frequently asked questions about Glue

+Is Glue in demand in 2026?

Yes. Glue appears in 287 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Data Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Glue (42.9% of all postings mentioning Glue).

+What jobs require Glue?

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 Glue are Lead Data Engineer (6.7% of that role’s postings mention Glue), Data Science Analyst (2.9% of that role’s postings mention Glue), Data Engineering Director (2.8% of that role’s postings mention Glue).

+What skills are commonly paired with Glue?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Glue most often appears alongside AWS, Python, SQL, S3, Lambda.

+Where is Glue most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Glue are Pune, New York City, Bengaluru, Bogota, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Glue alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Glue content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Glue?

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 Glue — last 90 days

Career paths around Glue

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Glue

Before Gluepython → Glue: 52 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → Glue: 34 observed employer moves with this skill pairspark → Glue: 33 observed employer moves with this skill pairTableau → Glue: 29 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → Glue: 26 observed employer moves with this skill pairKafka → Glue: 26 observed employer moves with this skill pairPySpark → Glue: 25 observed employer moves with this skill pairS3 → Glue: 22 observed employer moves with this skill pairGluepython: 52 movespython52 movessql: 34 movessql34 movesspark: 33 movesspark33 movesTableau: 29 movesTableau29 movesPower BI: 26 movesPower BI26 movesKafka: 26 movesKafka26 movesPySpark: 25 movesPySpark25 movesS3: 22 movesS322 moves

Skills after Glue

After GlueGlue → Power BI: 21 observed employer moves with this skill pairGlue → snowflake: 21 observed employer moves with this skill pairGlue → databricks: 21 observed employer moves with this skill pairGlue → python: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairGlue → sql: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairGlue → PySpark: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairGlue → Azure Data Factory: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairGlue → AWS Glue: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairGluePower BI: 21 movesPower BI21 movessnowflake: 21 movessnowflake21 movesdatabricks: 21 movesdatabricks21 movespython: 20 movespython20 movessql: 20 movessql20 movesPySpark: 20 movesPySpark20 movesAzure Data Factory: 15 movesAzure Data Factory15 movesAWS Glue: 15 movesAWS Glue15 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: python52
Before: sql34
Before: spark33
Before: Tableau29
Before: Power BI26
Before: Kafka26
Before: PySpark25
Before: S322
After: Power BI21
After: snowflake21
After: databricks21
After: python20
After: sql20
After: PySpark20
After: Azure Data Factory15
After: AWS Glue15

Roles most likely to require Glue

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Lead Data Engineer56.7%
Data Science Analyst12.9%
Data Engineering Director22.8%
Cloud Solutions Architect22.5%
Data Engineer1232.0%
Data Engineering Manager41.7%
Engineering Lead21.7%
Python Developer11.4%
AI Data Engineer11.4%
Solution Engineer31.2%

Roles with the most Glue postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Data Engineer12342.9%
Software Engineer4214.6%
Data Scientist62.1%
DevOps Engineer62.1%
Lead Data Engineer51.7%
Data Engineering Manager41.4%
Data Practice Director41.4%
Data Platform Manager31.0%
DataOps Engineer31.0%
Engineering Manager31.0%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Glue

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring Glue
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Capital One44
Barclays16
PA Consulting7
Caylent6
Varicent6
Inetum6
Allianz5
Mastercard4
Experian4
G23

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 Glue

NamePostingsShare
Pune144.9%
New York City93.1%
Bengaluru72.4%
Bogota72.4%
Hyderabad62.1%
San Francisco51.7%
Belfast41.4%
Budapest41.4%
Chicago41.4%

Skills commonly paired with Glue

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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 Glue by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Glue postings by all Glue 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: 0.1% to 0.1%. 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 2,595 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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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index