A practical reading of role descriptions and qualifications in the visible Remote Data Roles directory, including AI skills. Each signal summarizes the work described and links to example roles.
Current directory baseline
Latest listing check in this sample: October 5, 2026. This page reflects current visible listings, not a completed calendar month.
These are specific ways employers describe using or building with AI. We count a capability only when the listing ties it to work or experience; an employer merely selling an AI product is not enough. A signal needs mentions from at least three roles and three employers before we treat it as a ranked skill.
What the listings describe: Use AI or LLM workflows to accelerate analysis and operational triage while checking accuracy and choosing suitable automation.
21.4% of roles with substantive text in this board.
The sentences below summarize work described in matching listings; they do not apply to every role. A role counts once for a skill even if its text mentions it several times. Percentages use the 28 roles with substantive role descriptions or qualifications as the denominator. Mentions can describe responsibilities, required experience or preferred experience.
89.3% of sampled roles
25 roles · 14 employers
What the listings describe: Write and tune SQL for large datasets, validate pipeline outputs, and own the logic behind reported numbers.
57.1% of sampled roles
16 roles · 11 employers
What the listings describe: Analyze data or build production pipelines in Python, depending on the role and its data volume.
39.3% of sampled roles
11 roles · 9 employers
What the listings describe: Work with Snowflake or comparable warehouses as part of analytics pipelines and data delivery.
35.7% of sampled roles
10 roles · 8 employers
What the listings describe: Develop or support predictive models, from statistical foundations to the pipelines that power product use.
28.6% of sampled roles
8 roles · 5 employers
What the listings describe: Own analytical transformations and reported metrics, with testing, documentation, and clear data lineage.
10.7% of sampled roles
3 roles · 3 employers
What the listings describe: Build and operate batch or incremental pipelines with reliability, observability, and recovery in mind.
We preserve dated captures so future readers can inspect the same skill definitions over time. Each capture describes visible inventory at its capture time, not all jobs posted during that month.
One comparable capture is available so far. We will show a side-by-side observation once two captures using the same definitions are at least four weeks apart.
The summaries describe work named in the sampled listings. Open the linked roles for the employer’s full wording and to see whether a skill is a core responsibility, required experience, or a preference. The same skill can mean different work in different teams.
A mention is not proof that a skill is mandatory, that candidates without it are excluded, or that demand is rising across the wider labor market. The directory is a selected sample of employers. We do not yet label skills “rising” because the older skills history used a different classification method.