Platform Engineering Manager jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-27, Skillenai has indexed 45 job postings with the title “Platform Engineering Manager” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is AWS, with demand up 21% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-27
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+How many Platform Engineering Manager jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 45 job postings with the title “Platform Engineering Manager” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-27, with demand up 21% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Platform Engineering Manager jobs require?
Across Platform Engineering Manager postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-27, the skills mentioned most often are AWS, CI/CD, observability, Kubernetes, Terraform.
+Which cities are hiring the most Platform Engineering Manager?
As of 2026-08-27, Platform Engineering Manager postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, Dublin, San Francisco, Hyderabad, Bengaluru.
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Skillenai indexes 45 Platform Engineering Manager postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-27, with demand up 21% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Platform Engineering Manager postings is AWS, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Platform Engineering Manager postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Platform Engineering Manager
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AWS | 23 | 51.1% |
| CI/CD | 20 | 44.4% |
| observability | 19 | 42.2% |
| Kubernetes | 17 | 37.8% |
| Terraform | 16 | 35.6% |
| infrastructure as code | 15 | 33.3% |
| Python | 14 | 31.1% |
| automation | 11 | 24.4% |
| DevOps | 9 | 20.0% |
| monitoring | 9 | 20.0% |
| platform engineering | 9 | 20.0% |
| alerting | 8 | 17.8% |
| GitOps | 8 | 17.8% |
| SLOs | 7 | 15.6% |
| Azure | 7 | 15.6% |
Top metros hiring Platform Engineering Manager
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 7 | 15.6% |
| Dublin | 4 | 8.9% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 6.7% |
| Hyderabad | 2 | 4.4% |
| Bengaluru | 1 | 2.2% |
| Boston | 1 | 2.2% |
| Il | 1 | 2.2% |
| Manchester | 1 | 2.2% |
| Manhattan | 1 | 2.2% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-27, matching postings whose canonical role is “Platform Engineering Manager”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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