CTO jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-19, Skillenai has indexed 43 job postings with the title “CTO” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is AI/ML, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-19
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+How many CTO jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 43 job postings with the title “CTO” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do CTO jobs require?
Across CTO postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, the skills mentioned most often are AI/ML, software engineering, computer vision, cloud architecture, Kubernetes.
+Which cities are hiring the most CTO?
As of 2026-09-19, CTO postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Herndon, Munich, Paris, Copenhagen.
+Is CTO a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 43 CTO postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in CTO postings is AI/ML, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly CTO postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for CTO
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AI/ML | 8 | 18.6% |
| software engineering | 6 | 14.0% |
| computer vision | 5 | 11.6% |
| cloud architecture | 4 | 9.3% |
| Kubernetes | 4 | 9.3% |
| Claude | 4 | 9.3% |
| AWS | 4 | 9.3% |
| Engineering leadership | 4 | 9.3% |
| embedded systems | 3 | 7.0% |
| Managed services | 3 | 7.0% |
| Product development | 3 | 7.0% |
| Docker | 3 | 7.0% |
| pre-sales | 3 | 7.0% |
| RAG | 3 | 7.0% |
| IoT | 3 | 7.0% |
Top metros hiring CTO
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 5 | 11.6% |
| Herndon | 2 | 4.7% |
| Munich | 2 | 4.7% |
| Paris | 2 | 4.7% |
| Copenhagen | 1 | 2.3% |
| Denmark | 1 | 2.3% |
| Falls Church | 1 | 2.3% |
| Helsinki | 1 | 2.3% |
| Lille | 1 | 2.3% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, matching postings whose canonical role is “CTO”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- CTO
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-19
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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