Job market reports · Skill · October 2026
looker
269 live US technical postings name looker in October 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 269 postings naming looker that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Data Engineer38.7%
- 2Data Analyst30.1%
- 3Data Scientist20.1%
- 4Software Engineer5.6%
- 5AI Engineer2.6%
- 6Security Engineer1.1%
What postings asking for it pay
Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1Remote19.7%
- 2New York, NY19%
- 3San Francisco, CA17.1%
- 4Silicon Valley, CA4.8%
- 5Washington, DC3%
- 6Boston, MA2.2%
- 7Denver, CO2.2%
- 8Los Angeles, CA2.2%
How we counted
967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.