Data · India 2026

Data Engineering — demand is surging.

Data engineering (Spark, dbt, Airflow, Kafka) is one of the fastest-growing discipline clusters in Indian tech hiring.

Jan–Apr 2026 · 227,000+ JD corpus · k≥12 floor · India

4,178

Active JDs · India

+29%

YoY demand change

₹26–38 LPA

p50 salary range

+17%

vs. median for role

Top hiring cities

Bangalore Hyderabad Pune

Salary for this skill's roles

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