Engineering Lead jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-16, Skillenai has indexed 103 job postings with the title “Engineering Lead” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Java, with demand down 37% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-16
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+How many Engineering Lead jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 103 job postings with the title “Engineering Lead” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, with demand down 37% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Engineering Lead jobs require?
Across Engineering Lead postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, the skills mentioned most often are Java, Distributed systems, microservices, TypeScript, CI/CD.
+Which cities are hiring the most Engineering Lead?
As of 2026-09-16, Engineering Lead postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in London, Tallinn, Pune, San Francisco, Chennai.
+Is Engineering Lead a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 103 Engineering Lead postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, with demand down 37% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Engineering Lead postings is Java, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Engineering Lead postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Engineering Lead
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Java | 38 | 36.9% |
| Distributed systems | 36 | 35.0% |
| microservices | 31 | 30.1% |
| TypeScript | 31 | 30.1% |
| CI/CD | 27 | 26.2% |
| Python | 25 | 24.3% |
| AWS | 24 | 23.3% |
| React | 23 | 22.3% |
| code reviews | 22 | 21.4% |
| observability | 22 | 21.4% |
| Kubernetes | 17 | 16.5% |
| continuous delivery | 15 | 14.6% |
| Relational databases | 14 | 13.6% |
| Spring Boot | 14 | 13.6% |
| Node.js | 13 | 12.6% |
Top metros hiring Engineering Lead
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 34 | 33.0% |
| Tallinn | 5 | 4.9% |
| Pune | 3 | 2.9% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 2.9% |
| Chennai | 2 | 1.9% |
| Gurugram | 2 | 1.9% |
| Stockholm | 2 | 1.9% |
| Aachen | 1 | 1.0% |
| Bristol | 1 | 1.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, matching postings whose canonical role is “Engineering Lead”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Engineering Lead
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-16
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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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