Data engineering company statistics
Compiled directory data · Generated 2026-10-06
A reproducible summary of 86 company records in the Data Engineering Companies Index. These figures describe this directory, not the entire data engineering market.
- Company records
- 86
- Median hourly lower bound
- $100
- Median stated team size
- 500
- Median project minimum
- $32.5K
Listed hourly rate estimates
Buckets use the lower bound of each firm's listed rate estimate in the Index. These are unverified directory estimates, not published, realized, or market-average rates.
| Hourly lower bound | Firms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $75/hr | 26 | 30% |
| $75-99/hr | 9 | 10% |
| $100-124/hr | 10 | 12% |
| $125-149/hr | 12 | 14% |
| $150-174/hr | 16 | 19% |
| $175-199/hr | 6 | 7% |
| $200+/hr | 7 | 8% |
Team size distribution
Team counts use the Index's compiled numeric company-size field. Large global consultancies make the upper end unusually wide.
| Stated team size | Firms |
|---|---|
| Under 50 | 3 |
| 50-99 | 11 |
| 100-499 | 23 |
| 500-999 | 12 |
| 1,000-4,999 | 20 |
| 5,000+ | 17 |
Platform coverage
Platform tags overlap. A company tagged for Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS is counted once in each relevant row.
- AWS
- 76
- Azure
- 70
- Databricks
- 64
- GCP
- 56
- Snowflake
- 66
Minimum project bands
Minimums are the thresholds stored in each directory record. They help qualify firms; they do not predict the final project total.
| Minimum | Firms |
|---|---|
| $10,000+ | 5 |
| $15,000+ | 3 |
| $20,000+ | 4 |
| $25,000+ | 28 |
| $30,000+ | 3 |
| $35,000+ | 2 |
| $40,000+ | 3 |
| $50,000+ | 20 |
| $80,000+ | 1 |
| $90,000+ | 1 |
| $100,000+ | 10 |
| $150,000+ | 1 |
| $200,000+ | 2 |
| $400,000+ | 1 |
| $500,000+ | 2 |