DataJobs.io Hiring Report — 2026 Q3

DataJobs.io’s report for 2026-q3 tracks job postings published on the board during the quarter. In total, 3,541 postings were published across the period.

The quarter paired much heavier hiring volume with a softer remote share and a salary midpoint that stayed in the same broad band as the prior quarter.

Compared with 2026-q2, posting volume increased by 289.1%, rising from 910 to 3,541 published roles. Over the same comparison, the median advertised salary moved down from $151,800 to $147,718, a change of -2.7%, while the remote share fell from 16.6% to 11.8%. Within the quarter, monthly posting volume was fairly even at 1,177 in July, 1,165 in August, and 1,199 in September, but the remote share moved unevenly across those months: 15.1% in July, 17.9% in August, then 2.7% in September.

The salary distribution shows a broad middle of the market rather than a tight cluster: the lower quartile sat at $115,000, the median at $147,718, and the upper quartile at $186,850, with advertised salaries extending from $32,500 to $525,000 across the 2,203 postings that included pay. By work arrangement, onsite listings were the largest group, with hybrid also substantial and remote the smallest of the three. Among postings that stated a job type, full-time was by far the most common, with much smaller counts for contract, part-time, internship, and freelance. The tag mix also points to a market centered on analytics and data infrastructure skills, with Data Analysis, Data Analytics, Data Processing, and SQL all appearing frequently.