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

As of 2026-09-30, pipelines appears in 312 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning pipelines, with demand share up 4.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
312
Demand vs prior month
up 4.8% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 16.0% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about pipelines

+Is pipelines in demand in 2026?

Yes. pipelines appears in 312 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning pipelines (16.0% of all postings mentioning pipelines).

+What jobs require pipelines?

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 pipelines are AI Strategist (12.9% of that role’s postings mention pipelines), Analytics Engineering Manager (8.3% of that role’s postings mention pipelines), Cloud Systems Engineer (6.2% of that role’s postings mention pipelines).

+What skills are commonly paired with pipelines?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), pipelines most often appears alongside Python, SQL, CI/CD, AWS, APIs.

+Where is pipelines most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring pipelines are San Francisco, New York City, Bangkok, Mountain View, Madrid, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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+Which skills come before and after pipelines?

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 pipelines — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around pipelines

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before pipelines

Before pipelinesJenkins → pipelines: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → pipelines: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → pipelines: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → pipelines: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → pipelines: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure DevOps → pipelines: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → pipelines: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairJira → pipelines: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairpipelinesJenkins: 8 movesJenkins8 movespython: 7 movespython7 movessql: 7 movessql7 moveskubernetes: 5 moveskubernetes5 movesterraform: 5 movesterraform5 movesAzure DevOps: 4 movesAzure DevOps4 movesdocker: 4 movesdocker4 movesJira: 4 movesJira4 moves

Skills after pipelines

After pipelinespipelines → python: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairpipelines → Tableau: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairpipelines → sql: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairpipelines → data pipelines: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairpipelines → Azure DevOps: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairpipelines → Excel: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairpipelines → Jenkins: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairpipelines → kubernetes: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairpipelinespython: 9 movespython9 movesTableau: 4 movesTableau4 movessql: 4 movessql4 movesdata pipelines: 3 movesdata pipelines3 movesAzure DevOps: 2 movesAzure DevOps2 movesExcel: 2 movesExcel2 movesJenkins: 2 movesJenkins2 moveskubernetes: 2 moveskubernetes2 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: Jenkins8
Before: python7
Before: sql7
Before: kubernetes5
Before: terraform5
Before: Azure DevOps4
Before: docker4
Before: Jira4
After: python9
After: Tableau4
After: sql4
After: data pipelines3
After: Azure DevOps2
After: Excel2
After: Jenkins2
After: kubernetes2

Roles most likely to require pipelines

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
AI Strategist412.9%
Analytics Engineering Manager28.3%
Cloud Systems Engineer26.2%
Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer26.2%
Master Data Analyst15.0%
AI Deployment Lead14.3%
Prompt Engineer23.6%
Business Analytics Manager23.6%
Performance Test Engineer13.1%
Deep Learning Engineer13.0%

Roles with the most pipelines postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer5016.0%
Data Engineer206.4%
Data Scientist123.8%
Machine Learning Engineer113.5%
DevOps Engineer92.9%
Engineering Manager82.6%
Product Manager82.6%
Research Engineer72.2%
AI Engineer61.9%
Analytics Engineer51.6%

Top companies posting jobs requiring pipelines

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring pipelines
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Sertis9
Anthropic7
DevRev6
New Relic5
Waymo5
ING5
Sentry4
Discord4
Autodesk3
Google3

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 pipelines

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco227.1%
New York City154.8%
Bangkok103.2%
Mountain View61.9%
Madrid51.6%
London41.3%
Montréal41.3%
Pune41.3%
San Jose41.3%

Skills commonly paired with pipelines

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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 pipelines by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s pipelines postings by all pipelines 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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
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data_as_of
2026-09-30
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index