GitHub jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, GitHub appears in 5,242 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning GitHub, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is GitHub in demand in 2026?
Yes. GitHub appears in 5,242 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning GitHub (22.2% of all postings mentioning GitHub).
+What jobs require GitHub?
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 GitHub are Mobile Application Developer (78.7% of that role’s postings mention GitHub), Android Software Engineer (54.3% of that role’s postings mention GitHub), iOS Software Engineer (44.1% of that role’s postings mention GitHub).
+What skills are commonly paired with GitHub?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), GitHub most often appears alongside Python, CI/CD, SQL, Git, AWS.
+Where is GitHub most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring GitHub are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, London, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring GitHub — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require GitHub
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile Application Developer | 37 | 78.7% |
| Android Software Engineer | 102 | 54.3% |
| iOS Software Engineer | 56 | 44.1% |
| Developer Relations Engineer | 13 | 43.3% |
| Full-stack Software Engineer | 39 | 39.8% |
| Mobile Developer | 52 | 32.7% |
| Information Security Advisor | 5 | 22.7% |
| Mobile Engineer | 75 | 21.3% |
| Quality Automation Engineer | 4 | 19.0% |
| React Native Developer | 4 | 19.0% |
Roles with the most GitHub postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,163 | 22.2% |
| DevOps Engineer | 229 | 4.4% |
| Data Engineer | 213 | 4.1% |
| Android Software Engineer | 102 | 1.9% |
| Data Scientist | 94 | 1.8% |
| Mobile Engineer | 75 | 1.4% |
| Backend Engineer | 74 | 1.4% |
| Platform Engineer | 73 | 1.4% |
| Data Analyst | 72 | 1.4% |
| Security Engineer | 62 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for GitHub
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 156 | 3.0% |
| New York City | 138 | 2.6% |
| Bengaluru | 112 | 2.1% |
| London | 86 | 1.6% |
| Toronto | 85 | 1.6% |
| Pune | 80 | 1.5% |
| Hyderabad | 76 | 1.4% |
| Boston | 69 | 1.3% |
| Tokyo | 43 | 0.8% |
Skills commonly paired with GitHub
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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 GitHub by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s GitHub postings by all GitHub 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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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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