mentorship jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, mentorship appears in 522 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 63% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about mentorship
+Is mentorship in demand in 2026?
Yes. mentorship appears in 522 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 63% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (16% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require mentorship?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require mentorship are Software Engineer (16% of postings list mentorship), Engineering Manager (15% of postings list mentorship), Staff Software Engineer (6% of postings list mentorship).
+What skills are commonly paired with mentorship?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), mentorship most often appears alongside code reviews, React, Distributed systems, TypeScript, Python.
+Where is mentorship most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring mentorship are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new mentorship content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring mentorship — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require mentorship
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 82 | 15.7% |
| Engineering Manager | 77 | 14.8% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 33 | 6.3% |
| Product Designer | 32 | 6.1% |
| Product Manager | 22 | 4.2% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 14 | 2.7% |
| Principal Software Engineer | 11 | 2.1% |
| Backend Engineer | 10 | 1.9% |
| Director of Engineering | 6 | 1.1% |
| Frontend Engineer | 6 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for mentorship
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 58 | 31.7% |
| San Francisco | 52 | 28.4% |
| London | 17 | 9.3% |
| Bengaluru | 16 | 8.7% |
| Seattle | 13 | 7.1% |
| Toronto | 10 | 5.5% |
| Gurugram | 7 | 3.8% |
| Melbourne | 5 | 2.7% |
| San Mateo | 5 | 2.7% |
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 2026-05-17. 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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