engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, engineering appears in 243 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Product Manager roles, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about engineering
+Is engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. engineering appears in 243 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Product Manager roles (11% of Product Manager postings list it).
+What jobs require engineering?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require engineering are Product Manager (11% of postings list engineering), STEM Specialist (7% of postings list engineering), Software Engineer (7% of postings list engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), engineering most often appears alongside computer science, data science, Python, statistics, mathematics.
+Where is engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring engineering are New York City, London, San Francisco, Mountain View, Paris, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring engineering — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require engineering
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | 27 | 11.1% |
| STEM Specialist | 17 | 7.0% |
| Software Engineer | 17 | 7.0% |
| Technical Program Manager | 13 | 5.3% |
| Program Manager | 9 | 3.7% |
| Data Scientist | 6 | 2.5% |
| Engagement Manager | 6 | 2.5% |
| Technical Product Manager | 6 | 2.5% |
| Quantitative Researcher | 5 | 2.1% |
| AI Deployment Strategist | 4 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 18 | 24.7% |
| London | 12 | 16.4% |
| San Francisco | 10 | 13.7% |
| Mountain View | 7 | 9.6% |
| Paris | 7 | 9.6% |
| Singapore | 6 | 8.2% |
| Sunnyvale | 5 | 6.8% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 5.5% |
| Colorado Springs | 4 | 5.5% |
Skills commonly paired with engineering
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. 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
- entity_id
- 0a542cd57377a200
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- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
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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