failover jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, failover appears in 155 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer 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 failover
+Is failover in demand in 2026?
Yes. failover appears in 155 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 Software Engineer roles (21% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require failover?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require failover are Software Engineer (21% of postings list failover), Database Administrator (9% of postings list failover), Site Reliability Engineer (7% of postings list failover).
+What skills are commonly paired with failover?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), failover most often appears alongside replication, disaster recovery, observability, PostgreSQL, Python.
+Where is failover most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring failover are San Francisco, Bengaluru, New York City, Toronto, Berlin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring failover — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require failover
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 32 | 20.6% |
| Database Administrator | 14 | 9.0% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 11 | 7.1% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 7 | 4.5% |
| Database Engineer | 5 | 3.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 5 | 3.2% |
| Cloud Platform Engineer | 4 | 2.6% |
| Staff Backend Engineer | 4 | 2.6% |
| Cloud Database Administrator | 3 | 1.9% |
| DevOps Engineer | 3 | 1.9% |
Top metros hiring for failover
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 25 | 41.7% |
| Bengaluru | 8 | 13.3% |
| New York City | 5 | 8.3% |
| Toronto | 5 | 8.3% |
| Berlin | 4 | 6.7% |
| Dublin | 4 | 6.7% |
| Lisbon | 3 | 5.0% |
| London | 3 | 5.0% |
| Palo Alto | 3 | 5.0% |
Skills commonly paired with failover
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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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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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