mentorship jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-17, mentorship appears in 288 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 3% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-17
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Frequently asked questions about mentorship
+Is mentorship in demand in 2026?
Yes. mentorship appears in 288 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, with demand up 3% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (33% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require mentorship?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, the job titles most likely to require mentorship are Software Engineer (33% of postings list mentorship), Engineering Manager (13% of postings list mentorship), Product Designer (7% of postings list mentorship).
+What skills are commonly paired with mentorship?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-17), mentorship most often appears alongside code reviews, testing, Distributed systems, observability, Python.
+Where is mentorship most in demand?
As of 2026-09-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring mentorship are New York City, San Francisco, London, Toronto, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring mentorship — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require mentorship
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 96 | 33.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 37 | 12.8% |
| Product Designer | 19 | 6.6% |
| Product Manager | 19 | 6.6% |
| Backend Engineer | 6 | 2.1% |
| Data Scientist | 6 | 2.1% |
| Frontend Engineer | 5 | 1.7% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 3 | 1.0% |
| Program Manager | 3 | 1.0% |
| AI Delivery Engineer | 2 | 0.7% |
Top metros hiring for mentorship
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 20 | 6.9% |
| San Francisco | 16 | 5.6% |
| London | 13 | 4.5% |
| Toronto | 13 | 4.5% |
| Bengaluru | 9 | 3.1% |
| Barcelona | 5 | 1.7% |
| Boston | 5 | 1.7% |
| Amsterdam | 4 | 1.4% |
| Austin | 4 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with mentorship
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17. 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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