mentoring jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, mentoring appears in 751 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning mentoring, with demand down 18% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about mentoring
+Is mentoring in demand in 2026?
Yes. mentoring appears in 751 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 18% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning mentoring (24.9% of all postings mentioning mentoring).
+What jobs require mentoring?
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 mentoring are Solutions Architect Manager (19.2% of that role’s postings mention mentoring), Solutions Engineering Manager (15.2% of that role’s postings mention mentoring), Machine Learning Engineering Manager (13.6% of that role’s postings mention mentoring).
+What skills are commonly paired with mentoring?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), mentoring most often appears alongside coaching, Python, React, Distributed systems, software engineering.
+Where is mentoring most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring mentoring are London, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Dublin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new mentoring content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring mentoring — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require mentoring
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions Architect Manager | 5 | 19.2% |
| Solutions Engineering Manager | 7 | 15.2% |
| Machine Learning Engineering Manager | 8 | 13.6% |
| Test Engineering Manager | 2 | 10.0% |
| Engineering Team Lead | 2 | 9.5% |
| Hardware Engineering Manager | 2 | 9.5% |
| Sales Director | 2 | 6.2% |
| Systems Engineering Manager | 4 | 5.7% |
| Group Product Manager | 8 | 5.6% |
| Electrical Engineering Manager | 2 | 4.7% |
Roles with the most mentoring postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 187 | 24.9% |
| Engineering Manager | 92 | 12.3% |
| Product Designer | 41 | 5.5% |
| Product Manager | 31 | 4.1% |
| Backend Engineer | 16 | 2.1% |
| Program Manager | 13 | 1.7% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 11 | 1.5% |
| Data Scientist | 10 | 1.3% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 10 | 1.3% |
| Solutions Architect | 10 | 1.3% |
Top metros hiring for mentoring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 40 | 5.3% |
| New York City | 39 | 5.2% |
| San Francisco | 26 | 3.5% |
| Chicago | 15 | 2.0% |
| Dublin | 14 | 1.9% |
| Berlin | 12 | 1.6% |
| Sydney | 12 | 1.6% |
| Bengaluru | 11 | 1.5% |
| Paris | 11 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with mentoring
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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 mentoring by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s mentoring postings by all mentoring 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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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