Engineering Manager jobs in Chicago — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)
As of 2026-05-23, Skillenai has indexed 18 Engineering Manager postings located in Chicago over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is reliability engineering, with demand down 71% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23
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+Are Engineering Manager jobs being posted in Chicago right now?
Yes. Skillenai has indexed 18 Engineering Manager postings located in Chicago over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 71% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Engineering Manager jobs in Chicago require?
Across Engineering Manager postings in Chicago indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, the skills mentioned most often are reliability engineering, Java, CI/CD, Redis, React.
+Which other cities are hiring Engineering Manager?
As of 2026-05-23, the metro areas posting the most Engineering Manager jobs outside Chicago are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Toronto, based on the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly Engineering Manager postings in Chicago — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Engineering Manager in Chicago
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| reliability engineering | 6 | 12.2% |
| Java | 6 | 12.2% |
| CI/CD | 5 | 10.2% |
| Redis | 5 | 10.2% |
| React | 5 | 10.2% |
| Kubernetes | 4 | 8.2% |
| observability | 4 | 8.2% |
| RabbitMQ | 3 | 6.1% |
| Elastic | 3 | 6.1% |
| banking | 3 | 6.1% |
| caching | 3 | 6.1% |
| Simulated accounts | 2 | 4.1% |
Other top cities hiring Engineering Manager
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 239 | 25.9% |
| New York City | 197 | 21.4% |
| London | 144 | 15.6% |
| Bengaluru | 87 | 9.4% |
| Toronto | 63 | 6.8% |
| Seattle | 57 | 6.2% |
| Berlin | 42 | 4.6% |
| Sunnyvale | 34 | 3.7% |
| Paris | 32 | 3.5% |
| Barcelona | 27 | 2.9% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Engineering Manager” and whose locationCity is “Chicago”.
- city
- Chicago
- role
- Engineering Manager
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-23
- window_days
- 90
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