background services jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, background services appears in 712 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Android Engineer roles, with demand up 14% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about background services
+Is background services in demand in 2026?
Yes. background services appears in 712 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 14% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Android Engineer roles (37% of Android Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require background services?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require background services are Android Engineer (37% of postings list background services), Tech Lead (26% of postings list background services), Senior Android Engineer (20% of postings list background services).
+What skills are commonly paired with background services?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), background services most often appears alongside MVVM, Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines, Jetpack Compose, clean architecture.
+Where is background services most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring background services are Amsterdam, Berlin, Boston, Dublin, Lviv, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring background services — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require background services
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Android Engineer | 263 | 36.9% |
| Tech Lead | 182 | 25.6% |
| Senior Android Engineer | 144 | 20.2% |
| Software Engineer | 101 | 14.2% |
| IT Application Specialist | 4 | 0.6% |
| Flutter Engineer | 2 | 0.3% |
| Android Developer | 1 | 0.1% |
| Automation Engineer | 1 | 0.1% |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 1 | 0.1% |
| Mobile Infrastructure Engineer | 1 | 0.1% |
Top metros hiring for background services
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 4 | 14.3% |
| Berlin | 3 | 10.7% |
| Boston | 3 | 10.7% |
| Dublin | 3 | 10.7% |
| Lviv | 3 | 10.7% |
| Mexico City | 3 | 10.7% |
| Mountain View | 3 | 10.7% |
| Munich | 3 | 10.7% |
| New York City | 3 | 10.7% |
Skills commonly paired with background services
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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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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