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Data engineering

4 years
You study
Databases, Data pipelines
Jobs
Data engineer
Average for the ICT field · Age 25–29
Sample too small

For the ICT field in the Labour Force Survey3.

Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Database analysts and data administrators: leaning to growth (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026 (Safar – Rabi' al-Awwal 1448 AH); Employment and Social Development Canada, June 2025 · Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 – Muharram 1447 AH)1,2. They are not a forecast for the Saudi market, nor by DataPulse.

Where is Data engineering taught?

Taught at 1 university: 1 government and 0 private.

Eastern Province

From university pages, admission guides and the Ministry’s Study in Saudi platform4. Gender is tagged where the university publishes it per programme.

What do Data engineering students learn?

Build the systems that collect, clean and store big data for analysts and AI to use.

  • Databases
  • Data pipelines
  • Distributed computing
  • Data quality

In Arabic: هندسة البيانات

How many years is Data engineering?

4 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.

What jobs do Data engineering graduates do?

Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:

  • Data engineer
  • Data warehouse engineer
  • Data platform engineer
  • Machine learning operations engineer

What do Data engineering graduates earn?

GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Information and communication technology” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.

Age 25–29Sample too small
Age 35–44Sample too small

What is unemployment in the ICT field?

Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)3:

  • 20211442–1443 AH16.2%
  • 20221443–1444 AH13.7%
  • 20231444–1445 AH10.7%
  • 20241445–1446 AH10.8%

For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.

Why is Data engineering listed?

Example programmes abroad

  • Big data specialists top the list of fastest-growing jobs to 2030 (1451–1452 AH), and data warehousing specialists are on the same list.5

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References

  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Database architects” (BLS 15-1243), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
  2. Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Database analysts and data administrators” (COPS 21223), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
  3. General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Information and communication technology”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
  4. Programme pages on university websites, last checked 26 October 2026 (15 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
  5. World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report, January 2025 (Rajab – Sha'ban 1446 AH).