VP of Engineering jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-23, Skillenai has indexed 70 job postings with the title “VP of Engineering” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is software engineering, with demand down 34% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23
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+How many VP of Engineering jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 70 job postings with the title “VP of Engineering” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 34% 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 2026-05-23, the skills mentioned most often are software engineering, Engineering leadership, architecture, AI, Distributed systems.
+Which cities are hiring the most VP of Engineering?
As of 2026-05-23, VP of Engineering postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Geneva, London.
+Is VP of Engineering a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 70 VP of Engineering postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 34% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in VP of Engineering postings is software engineering, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| software engineering | 13 | 9.3% |
| Engineering leadership | 13 | 9.3% |
| architecture | 13 | 9.3% |
| AI | 11 | 7.9% |
| Distributed systems | 11 | 7.9% |
| reliability engineering | 10 | 7.1% |
| System design | 10 | 7.1% |
| Technical excellence | 9 | 6.4% |
| observability | 8 | 5.7% |
| security | 8 | 5.7% |
| software architecture | 7 | 5.0% |
| scalability | 7 | 5.0% |
| product delivery | 7 | 5.0% |
| Code quality | 7 | 5.0% |
| CI/CD | 6 | 4.3% |
Top metros hiring VP of Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 6 | 28.6% |
| New York City | 4 | 19.0% |
| Chicago | 3 | 14.3% |
| Geneva | 2 | 9.5% |
| London | 2 | 9.5% |
| Arlington | 1 | 4.8% |
| Atlanta | 1 | 4.8% |
| Bellaire | 1 | 4.8% |
| Boston | 1 | 4.8% |
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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 “VP of Engineering”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- VP of Engineering
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-23
- window_days
- 90
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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