Cost management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Cost management appears in 311 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning Cost management, with demand down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Cost management in demand in 2026?
Yes. Cost management appears in 311 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning Cost management (22.8% of all postings mentioning Cost management).
+What jobs require Cost management?
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 Cost management are Project Engineering Manager (5.0% of that role’s postings mention Cost management), Test Engineering Manager (5.0% of that role’s postings mention Cost management), Infrastructure Architect (4.3% of that role’s postings mention Cost management).
+What skills are commonly paired with Cost management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Cost management most often appears alongside Risk Management, Schedule management, Python, program management, project management.
+Where is Cost management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Cost management are Boston, San Francisco, Austin, Toronto, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Cost management — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Cost management
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Project Engineering Manager | 3 | 5.0% |
| Test Engineering Manager | 1 | 5.0% |
| Infrastructure Architect | 2 | 4.3% |
| Product Program Manager | 1 | 3.6% |
| Agentic AI Engineer | 2 | 3.3% |
| Technical Project Manager | 3 | 2.9% |
| Assistant Program Manager | 1 | 2.9% |
| Manufacturing Systems Engineer | 1 | 2.7% |
| AI Product Engineer | 2 | 2.5% |
| FP&A Manager | 1 | 2.4% |
Roles with the most Cost management postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 71 | 22.8% |
| Solutions Architect | 23 | 7.4% |
| Product Manager | 20 | 6.4% |
| Software Engineer | 13 | 4.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 12 | 3.9% |
| Technical Program Manager | 12 | 3.9% |
| AI Engineer | 8 | 2.6% |
| Data Engineer | 8 | 2.6% |
| DevOps Engineer | 7 | 2.3% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 7 | 2.3% |
Top metros hiring for Cost management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Boston | 8 | 2.6% |
| San Francisco | 8 | 2.6% |
| Austin | 7 | 2.3% |
| Toronto | 6 | 1.9% |
| Bengaluru | 5 | 1.6% |
| London | 5 | 1.6% |
| New York City | 5 | 1.6% |
| Washington | 5 | 1.6% |
| Buffalo | 4 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with Cost management
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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 Cost management by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Cost management postings by all Cost management 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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