Engineering Manager jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities

As of 2026-05-23, Skillenai has indexed 3,235 job postings with the title “Engineering Manager” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Distributed systems, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23

Postings · last 90 days
3,235
Demand vs prior month
down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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+How many Engineering Manager jobs are being posted in 2026?

Skillenai has indexed 3,235 job postings with the title “Engineering Manager” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills do Engineering Manager jobs require?

Across Engineering Manager postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, the skills mentioned most often are Distributed systems, Python, AWS, observability, Engineering management.

+Which cities are hiring the most Engineering Manager?

As of 2026-05-23, Engineering Manager postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Toronto.

+Is Engineering Manager a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 3,235 Engineering Manager postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 46% 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

Skills most often required for Engineering Manager

NamePostingsShare
Distributed systems62010.3%
Python5599.3%
AWS4828.0%
observability4818.0%
Engineering management4677.8%
Kubernetes4237.1%
software engineering3996.7%
React3996.7%
CI/CD3976.6%
TypeScript3866.4%
Java3145.2%
testing2884.8%
System design2744.6%
Hiring2544.2%
scalability2534.2%

Top metros hiring Engineering Manager

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco23926.7%
New York City19722.0%
London14416.1%
Bengaluru879.7%
Toronto637.0%
Seattle576.4%
Berlin424.7%
Sunnyvale343.8%
Paris323.6%

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, matching postings whose canonical role is “Engineering Manager”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).

role
Engineering Manager
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-05-23
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index