concurrency jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-17, concurrency appears in 1,022 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 15% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-17
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Frequently asked questions about concurrency
+Is concurrency in demand in 2026?
Yes. concurrency appears in 1,022 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-17, with demand down 15% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (51% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require concurrency?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-17, the job titles most likely to require concurrency are Software Engineer (51% of postings list concurrency), Backend Engineer (6% of postings list concurrency), iOS Software Engineer (3% of postings list concurrency).
+What skills are commonly paired with concurrency?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-17), concurrency most often appears alongside Distributed systems, Java, Python, C++, data structures.
+Where is concurrency most in demand?
As of 2026-08-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring concurrency are New York City, London, San Francisco, Costa Mesa, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring concurrency — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require concurrency
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 522 | 51.1% |
| Backend Engineer | 64 | 6.3% |
| iOS Software Engineer | 27 | 2.6% |
| Backend Software Engineer | 19 | 1.9% |
| iOS Engineer | 19 | 1.9% |
| Robotics Software Engineer | 17 | 1.7% |
| Android Engineer | 13 | 1.3% |
| Android Software Engineer | 12 | 1.2% |
| Principal Software Engineer | 12 | 1.2% |
| C++ Software Engineer | 8 | 0.8% |
Top metros hiring for concurrency
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 58 | 5.7% |
| London | 39 | 3.8% |
| San Francisco | 32 | 3.1% |
| Costa Mesa | 27 | 2.6% |
| Bengaluru | 26 | 2.5% |
| Sydney | 19 | 1.9% |
| Toronto | 18 | 1.8% |
| Berlin | 16 | 1.6% |
| Sunnyvale | 14 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with concurrency
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-17. 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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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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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