VP of Engineering jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-07, Skillenai has indexed 69 job postings with the title “VP of Engineering” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is AI, with demand down 68% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-07
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+How many VP of Engineering jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 69 job postings with the title “VP of Engineering” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-07, with demand down 68% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do VP of Engineering jobs require?
Across VP of Engineering postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-07, the skills mentioned most often are AI, software engineering, observability, CI/CD, Technical excellence.
+Which cities are hiring the most VP of Engineering?
As of 2026-07-07, VP of Engineering postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Singapore, Stockholm.
+Is VP of Engineering a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 69 VP of Engineering postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-07, with demand down 68% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in VP of Engineering postings is AI, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly VP of Engineering postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for VP of Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AI | 15 | 21.7% |
| software engineering | 13 | 18.8% |
| observability | 10 | 14.5% |
| CI/CD | 9 | 13.0% |
| Technical excellence | 9 | 13.0% |
| reliability engineering | 9 | 13.0% |
| System design | 9 | 13.0% |
| Distributed systems | 9 | 13.0% |
| Engineering leadership | 8 | 11.6% |
| security | 8 | 11.6% |
| product delivery | 7 | 10.1% |
| architecture | 7 | 10.1% |
| testing | 6 | 8.7% |
| mentorship | 6 | 8.7% |
| Backend services | 6 | 8.7% |
Top metros hiring VP of Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 6 | 8.7% |
| San Francisco | 5 | 7.2% |
| Chicago | 2 | 2.9% |
| Singapore | 2 | 2.9% |
| Stockholm | 2 | 2.9% |
| Athens | 1 | 1.4% |
| Boston | 1 | 1.4% |
| Columbia | 1 | 1.4% |
| Geneva | 1 | 1.4% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-07, matching postings whose canonical role is “VP of Engineering”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- VP of Engineering
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-07-07
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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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