codex jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-28, codex appears in 1,288 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning codex, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28

Postings · last 90 days
1,288
Demand vs prior month
down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 29.2% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about codex

+Is codex in demand in 2026?

Yes. codex appears in 1,288 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning codex (29.2% of all postings mentioning codex).

+What jobs require codex?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning codex are AI Deployment Engineer (12.2% of that role’s postings mention codex), Lead Architect (11.5% of that role’s postings mention codex), AI Solutions Engineer (9.5% of that role’s postings mention codex).

+What skills are commonly paired with codex?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), codex most often appears alongside Claude Code, Cursor, Python, TypeScript, Claude.

+Where is codex most in demand?

As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring codex are San Francisco, New York City, London, Riga, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring codex — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Roles most likely to require codex

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
AI Deployment Engineer612.2%
Lead Architect311.5%
AI Solutions Engineer29.5%
Engineering Team Lead29.5%
Manual QA Engineer49.1%
Design Program Manager29.1%
AI Product Designer28.3%
React Native Engineer28.3%
AI Product Engineer67.4%
Product Engineer336.8%

Roles with the most codex postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer37629.2%
Full Stack Engineer443.4%
Product Manager403.1%
AI Engineer393.0%
Product Engineer332.6%
Product Designer322.5%
Backend Engineer251.9%
Frontend Engineer241.9%
Machine Learning Engineer241.9%
Data Engineer231.8%

Top metros hiring for codex

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco13110.2%
New York City725.6%
London251.9%
Riga221.7%
Bengaluru211.6%
Berlin211.6%
Toronto201.6%
San Jose191.5%
Boston161.2%

Skills commonly paired with codex

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning codex by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s codex postings by all codex postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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a647dd5ac0cc9b7f
data_as_of
2026-09-28
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index