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September 2026 · v1.11
What the market is actually hiring data people to do
Six job markets under one title, what actually moves pay, where the entry doors are, and what AI is really doing to the field — read from 45,458 data, analytics and AI postings.
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Bite-size findings
Within-employer pay effect by the skills a posting pairs Python with, 45K data/AI postings
AI-builder demand by level + entry-share check on a fixed 404-employer panel, 45K data/AI postings
Median published entry pay by function, 11K priced entry postings
Level mix of 214K levelled postings across the six largest industries
Level mix of 250K levelled postings by job function, sorted by entry share
Change in asks from entry to staff-level ICs, 45K data/AI postings
Employer-type split of 40K data/AI postings; entry rates 10.9% vs 10.5%
Certification mentions across 40K data/AI postings
Within-company skill pay effects across 320 priced employers, split into pay halves
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