Engineering Manager jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-08, Skillenai has indexed 3,559 job postings with the title “Engineering Manager” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Distributed systems, with demand down 16% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-08
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+How many Engineering Manager jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 3,559 job postings with the title “Engineering Manager” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-08, with demand down 16% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Engineering Manager jobs require?
Across Engineering Manager postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-08, the skills mentioned most often are Distributed systems, observability, AWS, CI/CD, Python.
+Which cities are hiring the most Engineering Manager?
As of 2026-09-08, Engineering Manager postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Berlin.
+Is Engineering Manager a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 3,559 Engineering Manager postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-08, with demand down 16% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Engineering Manager postings is Distributed systems, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Engineering Manager postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Skills most often required for Engineering Manager
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Distributed systems | 729 | 20.5% |
| observability | 630 | 17.7% |
| AWS | 587 | 16.5% |
| CI/CD | 507 | 14.2% |
| Python | 506 | 14.2% |
| Kubernetes | 459 | 12.9% |
| Java | 379 | 10.6% |
| software engineering | 371 | 10.4% |
| React | 370 | 10.4% |
| testing | 348 | 9.8% |
| TypeScript | 348 | 9.8% |
| System design | 304 | 8.5% |
| incident response | 304 | 8.5% |
| Go | 289 | 8.1% |
| code reviews | 284 | 8.0% |
Top metros hiring Engineering Manager
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 220 | 6.2% |
| New York City | 209 | 5.9% |
| London | 124 | 3.5% |
| Bengaluru | 94 | 2.6% |
| Berlin | 64 | 1.8% |
| Toronto | 60 | 1.7% |
| Seattle | 49 | 1.4% |
| Paris | 41 | 1.2% |
| Singapore | 38 | 1.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-08, matching postings whose canonical role is “Engineering Manager”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Engineering Manager
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-08
- window_days
- 90
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