Engineering management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Engineering management appears in 404 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Engineering Manager has the most postings mentioning Engineering management, with demand down 18% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about Engineering management
+Is Engineering management in demand in 2026?
Yes. Engineering management appears in 404 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 18% vs the prior 4 weeks. Engineering Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning Engineering management (68.6% of all postings mentioning Engineering management).
+What jobs require Engineering 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 Engineering management are Machine Learning Engineering Manager (11.9% of that role’s postings mention Engineering management), VP of Engineering (8.6% of that role’s postings mention Engineering management), Engineering Manager (7.7% of that role’s postings mention Engineering management).
+What skills are commonly paired with Engineering management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Engineering management most often appears alongside Distributed systems, software engineering, Hiring, reliability engineering, software development.
+Where is Engineering management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Engineering management are San Francisco, New York City, London, Toronto, Mountain View, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Engineering management — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Engineering management
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineering Manager | 7 | 11.9% |
| VP of Engineering | 3 | 8.6% |
| Engineering Manager | 277 | 7.7% |
| Engineering Director | 15 | 7.2% |
| Director of Engineering | 14 | 6.8% |
| Platform Engineering Director | 1 | 5.0% |
| Project Engineering Manager | 2 | 3.3% |
| Technical Lead Manager | 1 | 3.1% |
| Process Engineering Manager | 1 | 2.8% |
| Mechanical Engineering Manager | 1 | 2.6% |
Roles with the most Engineering management postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Manager | 277 | 68.6% |
| Technical Program Manager | 21 | 5.2% |
| Engineering Director | 15 | 3.7% |
| Director of Engineering | 14 | 3.5% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 14 | 3.5% |
| Machine Learning Engineering Manager | 7 | 1.7% |
| Software Engineer | 5 | 1.2% |
| Systems Engineer | 4 | 1.0% |
| Head of Engineering | 3 | 0.7% |
| VP of Engineering | 3 | 0.7% |
Top metros hiring for Engineering management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 33 | 8.2% |
| New York City | 29 | 7.2% |
| London | 20 | 5.0% |
| Toronto | 9 | 2.2% |
| Mountain View | 8 | 2.0% |
| Singapore | 8 | 2.0% |
| Seattle | 6 | 1.5% |
| Amsterdam | 5 | 1.2% |
| Dublin | 4 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with Engineering management
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- Machine Learning Engineering Manager
- VP of Engineering
- Engineering Manager
- Engineering Director
- Director of Engineering
- Platform Engineering Director
- Project Engineering Manager
- Technical Lead Manager
- Distributed systems
- software engineering
- Hiring
- reliability engineering
- software development
- observability
- operational excellence
- architecture
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 Engineering management by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Engineering management postings by all Engineering 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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