market research jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-11-04, market research appears in 1,306 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Manager has the most postings mentioning market research, with demand share down 1.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-04
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Frequently asked questions about market research
+Is market research in demand in 2026?
Yes. market research appears in 1,306 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04. Product Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning market research (58.4% of all postings mentioning market research).
+What jobs require market research?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning market research are Business Intelligence Director (20.0% of that role’s postings mention market research), Group Product Manager (9.2% of that role’s postings mention market research), Commercial Analytics Manager (8.3% of that role’s postings mention market research).
+What skills are commonly paired with market research?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-04), market research most often appears alongside competitive analysis, Data analysis, Product Management, Product roadmap, product strategy.
+Where is market research most in demand?
As of 2026-11-04, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring market research are New York City, Toronto, Sunnyvale, Pune, San Francisco, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new market research content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning market research alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new market research content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after market research?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring market research — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around market research
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before market research
Skills after market research
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: python | 10 |
| Before: Excel | 10 |
| Before: sql | 7 |
| Before: Market Analysis | 6 |
| Before: JavaScript | 6 |
| Before: user research | 5 |
| Before: project management | 5 |
| Before: data analysis | 5 |
| After: sql | 26 |
| After: python | 19 |
| After: Excel | 14 |
| After: Power BI | 12 |
| After: Tableau | 9 |
| After: social media | 8 |
| After: data analysis | 8 |
| After: Competitive analysis | 8 |
Roles most likely to require market research
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Business Intelligence Director | 6 | 20.0% |
| Group Product Manager | 10 | 9.2% |
| Commercial Analytics Manager | 2 | 8.3% |
| Product Program Manager | 2 | 8.3% |
| Analytics Director | 8 | 7.8% |
| Associate Product Manager | 5 | 7.5% |
| Analytics Intern | 2 | 7.1% |
| Software Product Manager | 2 | 6.2% |
| Growth Product Manager | 3 | 6.0% |
| Marketing Program Manager | 2 | 5.7% |
Roles with the most market research postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | 763 | 58.4% |
| Business Analyst | 69 | 5.3% |
| Product Owner | 39 | 3.0% |
| Program Manager | 18 | 1.4% |
| Technical Product Manager | 16 | 1.2% |
| Data Scientist | 11 | 0.8% |
| Group Product Manager | 10 | 0.8% |
| Data Analyst | 9 | 0.7% |
| Market Research Analyst | 9 | 0.7% |
| Analytics Director | 8 | 0.6% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring market research
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Barclays | 48 |
| NielsenIQ | 30 |
| Capital One | 29 |
| Intuitive | 28 |
| MSD | 24 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 24 |
| AbbVie | 20 |
| JJ | 18 |
| Paypal | 14 |
| Grafana Labs | 14 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for market research
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 44 | 3.4% |
| Toronto | 30 | 2.3% |
| Sunnyvale | 28 | 2.1% |
| Pune | 27 | 2.1% |
| San Francisco | 24 | 1.8% |
| Singapore | 24 | 1.8% |
| Shanghai | 19 | 1.5% |
| Bengaluru | 17 | 1.3% |
| London | 17 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with market research
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- Business Intelligence Director
- Group Product Manager
- Commercial Analytics Manager
- Product Program Manager
- Analytics Director
- Associate Product Manager
- Analytics Intern
- Software Product Manager
- competitive analysis
- Data analysis
- Product Management
- Product roadmap
- product strategy
- product lifecycle management
- project management
- Business case development
How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04. 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 market research by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s market research postings by all market research 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.5% to 0.5%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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