compute jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, compute appears in 331 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning compute, with demand down 57% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is compute in demand in 2026?
Yes. compute appears in 331 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 57% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning compute (9.1% of all postings mentioning compute).
+What jobs require compute?
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 compute are Technology Product Manager (10.0% of that role’s postings mention compute), Solutions Architect Manager (7.7% of that role’s postings mention compute), Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (6.4% of that role’s postings mention compute).
+What skills are commonly paired with compute?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), compute most often appears alongside storage, networking, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform.
+Where is compute most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring compute are San Francisco, New York City, Paris, Amsterdam, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring compute — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require compute
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Technology Product Manager | 2 | 10.0% |
| Solutions Architect Manager | 2 | 7.7% |
| Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 12 | 6.4% |
| Infrastructure Architect | 2 | 4.3% |
| DevOps Consultant | 1 | 4.2% |
| Cloud Solutions Architect | 3 | 3.8% |
| Cloud Architect | 10 | 3.4% |
| IT Infrastructure Engineer | 2 | 3.2% |
| Product Architect | 1 | 3.1% |
| Sales Director | 1 | 3.1% |
Roles with the most compute postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 30 | 9.1% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 20 | 6.0% |
| Technical Program Manager | 18 | 5.4% |
| Cloud Engineer | 14 | 4.2% |
| Solutions Architect | 13 | 3.9% |
| Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 12 | 3.6% |
| Product Manager | 12 | 3.6% |
| DevOps Engineer | 11 | 3.3% |
| Cloud Architect | 10 | 3.0% |
| Engineering Manager | 9 | 2.7% |
Top metros hiring for compute
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 16 | 4.8% |
| New York City | 10 | 3.0% |
| Paris | 8 | 2.4% |
| Amsterdam | 5 | 1.5% |
| Austin | 5 | 1.5% |
| Bengaluru | 5 | 1.5% |
| London | 5 | 1.5% |
| Sunnyvale | 5 | 1.5% |
| Dublin | 4 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with compute
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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 compute by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s compute postings by all compute 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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