Cursor jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Cursor appears in 3,863 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Cursor, with demand down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Cursor in demand in 2026?
Yes. Cursor appears in 3,863 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Cursor (25.7% of all postings mentioning Cursor).
+What jobs require Cursor?
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 Cursor are AI Builder (76.2% of that role’s postings mention Cursor), Founding Engineer (26.1% of that role’s postings mention Cursor), Full Stack AI Engineer (22.9% of that role’s postings mention Cursor).
+What skills are commonly paired with Cursor?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Cursor most often appears alongside Claude Code, Python, TypeScript, Claude, GitHub Copilot.
+Where is Cursor most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Cursor are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, Tel Aviv, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Cursor — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Cursor
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Builder | 16 | 76.2% |
| Founding Engineer | 31 | 26.1% |
| Full Stack AI Engineer | 8 | 22.9% |
| AI Product Designer | 5 | 20.8% |
| Deployment Strategist | 9 | 15.3% |
| Back-End Developer | 3 | 15.0% |
| React Native Developer | 3 | 14.3% |
| AI Ops Engineer | 3 | 13.6% |
| Product Design Manager | 3 | 13.6% |
| AI Product Engineer | 11 | 13.6% |
Roles with the most Cursor postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 994 | 25.7% |
| Product Designer | 275 | 7.1% |
| Product Manager | 240 | 6.2% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 115 | 3.0% |
| AI Engineer | 103 | 2.7% |
| Backend Engineer | 85 | 2.2% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 71 | 1.8% |
| Frontend Engineer | 69 | 1.8% |
| Data Engineer | 66 | 1.7% |
| Engineering Manager | 62 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for Cursor
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 262 | 6.8% |
| New York City | 206 | 5.3% |
| Bengaluru | 89 | 2.3% |
| Tel Aviv | 75 | 1.9% |
| London | 68 | 1.8% |
| Toronto | 57 | 1.5% |
| Berlin | 56 | 1.4% |
| Boston | 55 | 1.4% |
| San Jose | 54 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with Cursor
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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 Cursor by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Cursor postings by all Cursor 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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