Career moves · 231,145 postings · 163 markets · 2026-07-16
Where can your career go next?
Search the role you're in. We count what employers ask for across 231,145 active postings, then show you the markets one step away: how big each one is, and exactly which skills you'd need to add.
What this is and isn't
Markets sit close together when employers on both sides ask for the same skills, measured across 350 normalized skills. This is not a record of people moving between them. That would need career histories we don't have. A close market also isn't automatically a good move. Skills counted are the ones postings list explicitly, so every figure is a floor.
You are here
Data Engineer
1,136 open jobs·721 employers
10 markets are one step away
These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Data Engineer. Bigger circles mean more openings; careers closer to the center require fewer new skills.
Among nearby careers, Software Engineer has the most openings (7,054), while Analytics Engineer requires the fewest new skills.
Skill transition
How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.
- Very close1
- Close9
Larger circles = more open jobs, from 112 to 7,054 here.
TapSelect a market to put it at the center.
Analytics Engineer
from Data Engineer
Excellent match
Very close
The closest move to Data Engineer we can see.
112
openings in Analytics Engineer
6
skills you already have
4
skills to learn
4
skills to strengthen
You already have
Data EngineerAnalytics Engineershare of postingsdata engineering
85%70%
data quality
43%54%
snowflake
24%49%
data modeling
33%43%
data warehouse
33%38%
etl
54%32%
You'll need to learn
- dashboardsasked for in 68% of Analytics Engineer postings
- metricsasked for in 39% of Analytics Engineer postings
- decision makingasked for in 37% of Analytics Engineer postings
- statistical analysisasked for in 27% of Analytics Engineer postings
Strengthen what you have
- data quality43% → 54%
- data modeling33% → 43%
- snowflake24% → 49%
- data warehouse33% → 38%
How much work is out there
Data Engineer1,136Analytics Engineer112This market has 10x fewer postings than yours.
Smaller than the market you're in, but 6 of the skills it asks for are ones you already have.
What to do next
1 · Learn
dashboards
Asked for in 68% of Analytics Engineer postings, and 3 other new skills.
2 · Strengthen
data quality
43% of Data Engineer postings ask for it, against 54% of Analytics Engineer.
3 · Look at the work
112 Analytics Engineer postings
Observed active in this snapshot.
1,136 Data Engineer postings · 112 Analytics Engineer postings · 350 normalized skills · snapshot 2026-07-16
Methodology
What is this based on?
231,145 live job postings from 28,870 employers across 163 markets, captured 2026-07-16. Skills come from each posting's stated requirements.
How is distance calculated?
Each market becomes a profile of the skills its postings request, and markets are compared by how much those profiles overlap (an IDF-weighted cosine similarity, so skills that appear in almost every role count for less). The closest markets sit nearest the center, grouped into five bands from Very close to Different field.
What do the skill lists mean?
Shared skills are the ones both roles commonly ask for. Skills to learn are the ones the target market asks for that your current role doesn't, ranked by how much more often they come up.
What isn't included?
Years of experience, seniority, salary, portfolio or certification requirements, or how competitive a role is to land. Skill overlap is one axis of a move, not the whole picture.
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