High availability jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, High availability appears in 884 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 40% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about High availability
+Is High availability in demand in 2026?
Yes. High availability appears in 884 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 40% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (24% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require High availability?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require High availability are Software Engineer (24% of postings list High availability), Engineering Manager (5% of postings list High availability), Site Reliability Engineer (4% of postings list High availability).
+What skills are commonly paired with High availability?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), High availability most often appears alongside Distributed systems, AWS, Python, Kubernetes, observability.
+Where is High availability most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring High availability are Bengaluru, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new High availability content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring High availability — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require High availability
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 214 | 24.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 47 | 5.3% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 37 | 4.2% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 29 | 3.3% |
| Backend Engineer | 27 | 3.1% |
| DevOps Engineer | 27 | 3.1% |
| Database Administrator | 26 | 2.9% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 19 | 2.1% |
| Principal Engineer | 19 | 2.1% |
| Platform Engineer | 16 | 1.8% |
Top metros hiring for High availability
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 42 | 19.4% |
| New York City | 40 | 18.5% |
| San Francisco | 34 | 15.7% |
| Seattle | 23 | 10.6% |
| London | 21 | 9.7% |
| Hyderabad | 15 | 6.9% |
| Singapore | 15 | 6.9% |
| Pune | 13 | 6.0% |
| Toronto | 13 | 6.0% |
Skills commonly paired with High availability
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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
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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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