budgeting jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-05, budgeting appears in 718 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Program Manager roles, with demand up 192% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-05
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Frequently asked questions about budgeting
+Is budgeting in demand in 2026?
Yes. budgeting appears in 718 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-05, with demand up 192% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Program Manager roles (27% of Program Manager postings list it).
+What jobs require budgeting?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-05, the job titles most likely to require budgeting are Program Manager (27% of postings list budgeting), Product Manager (4% of postings list budgeting), Business Analyst (4% of postings list budgeting).
+What skills are commonly paired with budgeting?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-05), budgeting most often appears alongside forecasting, project management, program management, Risk Management, financial modeling.
+Where is budgeting most in demand?
As of 2026-09-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring budgeting are New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, Los Angeles, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring budgeting — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require budgeting
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 193 | 26.9% |
| Product Manager | 32 | 4.5% |
| Business Analyst | 28 | 3.9% |
| Technical Program Manager | 24 | 3.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 18 | 2.5% |
| FP&A Manager | 18 | 2.5% |
| FP&A Analyst | 14 | 1.9% |
| Engineering Director | 12 | 1.7% |
| Engineering Program Manager | 11 | 1.5% |
| Project Manager | 7 | 1.0% |
Top metros hiring for budgeting
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 27 | 3.8% |
| San Francisco | 18 | 2.5% |
| Chicago | 13 | 1.8% |
| Berlin | 11 | 1.5% |
| Los Angeles | 10 | 1.4% |
| Bengaluru | 9 | 1.3% |
| Charlotte | 7 | 1.0% |
| London | 7 | 1.0% |
| Austin | 6 | 0.8% |
Skills commonly paired with budgeting
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-05. 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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- entity_id
- c6ba59ef38ae23ec
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- 2026-09-05
- 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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