Customer research jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-16, Customer research appears in 335 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Product Manager roles, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-16
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Frequently asked questions about Customer research
+Is Customer research in demand in 2026?
Yes. Customer research appears in 335 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Product Manager roles (69% of Product Manager postings list it).
+What jobs require Customer research?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, the job titles most likely to require Customer research are Product Manager (69% of postings list Customer research), Product Designer (12% of postings list Customer research), Product Owner (3% of postings list Customer research).
+What skills are commonly paired with Customer research?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-16), Customer research most often appears alongside product strategy, Product Management, experimentation, prototyping, Product roadmap.
+Where is Customer research most in demand?
As of 2026-09-16, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Customer research are New York City, San Francisco, London, Boston, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Customer research — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require Customer research
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | 232 | 69.3% |
| Product Designer | 39 | 11.6% |
| Product Owner | 9 | 2.7% |
| Technical Product Manager | 9 | 2.7% |
| UX Designer | 6 | 1.8% |
| Principal Product Manager | 5 | 1.5% |
| Group Product Manager | 4 | 1.2% |
| AI Product Manager | 3 | 0.9% |
| Digital Product Manager | 2 | 0.6% |
| Product Design Manager | 2 | 0.6% |
Top metros hiring for Customer research
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 23 | 6.9% |
| San Francisco | 14 | 4.2% |
| London | 13 | 3.9% |
| Boston | 7 | 2.1% |
| Toronto | 7 | 2.1% |
| Barcelona | 6 | 1.8% |
| Seattle | 5 | 1.5% |
| Tel Aviv | 5 | 1.5% |
| Warsaw | 5 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with Customer research
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16. 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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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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