January 2026
This report analyzes 230 Data & Analytics job postings from 110+ companies tracked via direct employer career pages and job board aggregators. Our coverage skews toward tech-forward and scaling companies; large enterprises using enterprise hiring platforms may be underrepresented. Coverage varies by section and is noted throughout.
62% of roles with industry data
Biggest Gainer
hardware
+10pp
Biggest Decline
Crypto & Web3
-13pp
Professional Services and Fintech together account for over a third of data hiring in Singapore, reflecting the city-state's strength in consulting and financial technology. Hardware's 8 percentage point gain suggests growing investment in semiconductor and electronics sectors, while Crypto and Web3's 10 percentage point decline may indicate market consolidation in that space.
60% of roles with company age data
Mature companies (15+ years) represent the largest share of Singapore's data hiring at 52%, with Growth-stage firms (6-15 years) contributing another 35%. This distribution reflects Singapore's established corporate presence while leaving meaningful opportunity at younger companies for candidates seeking early-stage experience.
61% of roles with ownership data
Private companies lead hiring at 49%, followed by public companies at 33% and subsidiaries at 18%. The substantial subsidiary presence reflects Singapore's role as an APAC headquarters location for multinational corporations.
59% of roles with company size data
Enterprise employers (1,000+ employees) account for 63% of data roles, with startups and scale-ups splitting the remainder. This concentration at larger firms may offer candidates structured career paths and comprehensive benefits, while smaller employers may provide broader role scope and faster advancement.
New This Month
NCS, Micron, Plaud
Biggest Decline
Nanyang Technological University
-2pp
Market interpretation: NCS leads Singapore's data hiring with 8 roles, followed by Airwallex with 6. The entry of NCS, Micron, and Plaud as new top employers this month diversifies the hiring landscape across IT services, semiconductors, and consumer hardware.
Biggest Gainer
Data Scientist
+4pp
Biggest Decline
Product Analytics
-3pp
ML Engineers lead demand at 25%, reflecting Singapore's focus on AI applications in finance, logistics, and health-tech. Data Scientists, Data Analysts, and Data Engineers each comprise 18-19% of roles, showing balanced demand across the data function. Data Scientist roles gained 3 percentage points month-over-month while Product Analytics declined by 3 percentage points.
Junior: 0-2 years | Mid-Level: 3-5 years | Senior: 6-10 years | Staff/Principal: 11+ years (IC track) | Director+: Management track
Biggest Gainer
Junior
+5pp
Biggest Decline
Senior
-8pp
Senior-to-Junior Ratio
3:1
Senior+ roles per Junior role
Entry Accessibility Rate
31%
Junior + Mid-Level roles combined
Senior roles comprise 42% of openings, with a 3:1 senior-to-junior ratio that suggests moderate entry-level accessibility. Junior roles gained 7 percentage points this month while Senior declined by 9 percentage points, potentially indicating employers are building out their talent pipelines. The 30% entry accessibility rate includes both Junior and Mid-Level positions.
Individual contributor roles account for 89%, with management positions at 11%. This IC-focused distribution is typical for technical data functions where deep expertise often matters more than team leadership.
Onsite: office full-time | Hybrid: mix of office and remote | Remote: work from anywhere | Flexible: employee chooses arrangement
82% of roles with known working arrangement
Working arrangement data is not displayed for this market due to insufficient ATS-sourced sample size (44 roles). A minimum of 100 ATS-sourced roles is needed for reliable working arrangement analysis.
Compensation data excluded due to low disclosure rates in markets without pay transparency legislation.
41% of roles with skills data
Skills insight: Python (38%) and SQL (28%) remain foundational requirements, appearing together in 20% of roles. Cloud skills focus on AWS at 13%, while emerging AI capabilities including LLMs (11%) and RAG (7%) reflect growing demand for AI engineers who can build production ML pipelines. The modern data stack (dbt, Airflow, Spark, Databricks) features prominently across infrastructure roles.
2.09
Jobs per employer
Average open roles per hiring company
Among tracked employers
27%
Top 5 concentration
Combined share of tracked postings by top 5 employers
Among tracked employers
43%
Top 15 concentration
Combined share of tracked postings by top 15 employers
Among tracked employers
3:1
Senior-to-Junior ratio
Senior+ roles for every junior role
Accessible entry market
31%
Entry accessibility
Roles open to candidates with <3 years experience
Moderate entry market
11%
Management opportunity
Roles on the people management track
IC-focused
39%
Remote availability
Roles offering fully remote work
High flexibility
This report analyzes direct employer job postings for Data & Analytics roles in Singapore during January 2026.
73%
Seniority coverage
Roles with seniority level classified
82%
Arrangement coverage
Roles with working arrangement known
41%
Skills coverage
Roles with skills extracted from description
66%
Employer metadata
Roles with enriched company data
This report was created by Rich Jacobs, Data product manager focused on hiring market intelligence. Want the data? rich@richjacobs.me