Copilot jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Copilot appears in 1,123 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Copilot, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Copilot in demand in 2026?
Yes. Copilot appears in 1,123 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Copilot (22.7% of all postings mentioning Copilot).
+What jobs require Copilot?
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 Copilot are Technical Solution Architect (15.0% of that role’s postings mention Copilot), SDET (14.1% of that role’s postings mention Copilot), Business Operations Analyst (12.5% of that role’s postings mention Copilot).
+What skills are commonly paired with Copilot?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Copilot most often appears alongside Cursor, Python, Claude, Claude Code, SQL.
+Where is Copilot most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Copilot are New York City, San Francisco, London, Toronto, San Jose, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Copilot — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Copilot
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Solution Architect | 3 | 15.0% |
| SDET | 9 | 14.1% |
| Business Operations Analyst | 4 | 12.5% |
| Technical Writer | 6 | 10.7% |
| AI Solutions Engineer | 2 | 9.5% |
| AI Enablement Engineer | 5 | 9.3% |
| Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer | 2 | 9.1% |
| AI Platform Architect | 2 | 8.7% |
| Business Consultant | 2 | 8.7% |
| Value Engineer | 4 | 8.3% |
Roles with the most Copilot postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 255 | 22.7% |
| AI Engineer | 38 | 3.4% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 29 | 2.6% |
| Data Engineer | 28 | 2.5% |
| Backend Engineer | 23 | 2.0% |
| Data Analyst | 22 | 2.0% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 21 | 1.9% |
| Product Manager | 20 | 1.8% |
| Engineering Manager | 18 | 1.6% |
| Business Analyst | 16 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for Copilot
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 54 | 4.8% |
| San Francisco | 39 | 3.5% |
| London | 19 | 1.7% |
| Toronto | 19 | 1.7% |
| San Jose | 17 | 1.5% |
| Bengaluru | 14 | 1.2% |
| Berlin | 14 | 1.2% |
| Boston | 14 | 1.2% |
| Pune | 14 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with Copilot
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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 Copilot by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Copilot postings by all Copilot 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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