event streaming jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-07-03, event streaming appears in 164 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 5% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-03
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Frequently asked questions about event streaming
+Is event streaming in demand in 2026?
Yes. event streaming appears in 164 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-03, with demand down 5% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (36% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require event streaming?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-03, the job titles most likely to require event streaming are Software Engineer (36% of postings list event streaming), Engineering Manager (8% of postings list event streaming), Product Manager (6% of postings list event streaming).
+What skills are commonly paired with event streaming?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-07-03), event streaming most often appears alongside Kafka, Distributed systems, AWS, Kubernetes, Python.
+Where is event streaming most in demand?
As of 2026-07-03, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring event streaming are London, New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, Cape Town, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new event streaming content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring event streaming — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require event streaming
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 59 | 36.0% |
| Engineering Manager | 13 | 7.9% |
| Product Manager | 9 | 5.5% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 7 | 4.3% |
| Machine Learning Platform Engineer | 5 | 3.0% |
| Backend Engineer | 4 | 2.4% |
| Backend Software Engineer | 4 | 2.4% |
| Data Engineer | 4 | 2.4% |
| Software Architect | 4 | 2.4% |
| Fullstack Engineer | 3 | 1.8% |
Top metros hiring for event streaming
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 10 | 6.1% |
| New York City | 8 | 4.9% |
| San Francisco | 7 | 4.3% |
| Toronto | 6 | 3.7% |
| Cape Town | 4 | 2.4% |
| Boston | 3 | 1.8% |
| Bucharest | 3 | 1.8% |
| Austin | 2 | 1.2% |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with event streaming
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-03. 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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