MES jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-10-14, MES appears in 455 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Automation Engineer has the most postings mentioning MES, with demand share up 7.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-14
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Frequently asked questions about MES
+Is MES in demand in 2026?
Yes. MES appears in 455 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. Automation Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning MES (9.9% of all postings mentioning MES).
+What jobs require MES?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning MES are Industrial Engineer (47.6% of that role’s postings mention MES), Production Program Manager (42.9% of that role’s postings mention MES), Manufacturing Systems Engineer (30.8% of that role’s postings mention MES).
+What skills are commonly paired with MES?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-14), MES most often appears alongside ERP, Python, SQL, PLM, SCADA.
+Where is MES most in demand?
As of 2026-10-14, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring MES are Costa Mesa, Irvine, Ashville, Santa Ana, Bastrop, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new MES content and jobs?
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+Which skills come before and after MES?
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 MES — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around MES
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before MES
Skills after MES
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: C# | 2 |
| Before: kubernetes | 2 |
| Before: Jira | 2 |
| Before: spark | 1 |
| Before: ACID | 1 |
| Before: ci/cd | 1 |
| Before: MSMQ | 1 |
| Before: automated tests | 1 |
| After: .NET | 2 |
| After: SOX | 2 |
| After: Apache Kafka | 2 |
| After: python | 2 |
| After: SQL Server | 2 |
| After: Power BI | 2 |
| After: Agile | 2 |
| After: Amazon RDS | 1 |
Roles most likely to require MES
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial Engineer | 10 | 47.6% |
| Production Program Manager | 9 | 42.9% |
| Manufacturing Systems Engineer | 12 | 30.8% |
| Manufacturing Test Engineer | 12 | 12.9% |
| Enterprise Software Engineer | 2 | 10.0% |
| Manufacturing Automation Engineer | 2 | 10.0% |
| Electrical Test Engineer | 6 | 9.8% |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 3 | 9.1% |
| Automation Engineer | 45 | 6.2% |
| Value Engineer | 2 | 5.7% |
Roles with the most MES postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Automation Engineer | 45 | 9.9% |
| Software Engineer | 25 | 5.5% |
| Product Manager | 19 | 4.2% |
| Manufacturing Systems Engineer | 12 | 2.6% |
| Manufacturing Test Engineer | 12 | 2.6% |
| Data Scientist | 11 | 2.4% |
| Industrial Engineer | 10 | 2.2% |
| Solution Architect | 10 | 2.2% |
| Production Program Manager | 9 | 2.0% |
| Data Engineer | 7 | 1.5% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring MES
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Anduril Industries | 48 |
| Anduril | 38 |
| Northrop Grumman | 10 |
| Globalpr | 9 |
| JJ | 9 |
| Novartis | 8 |
| SpaceX | 8 |
| Amgen | 8 |
| Vulcan Elements | 7 |
| Wabtec Corporation | 7 |
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 MES
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Mesa | 29 | 6.4% |
| Irvine | 11 | 2.4% |
| Ashville | 10 | 2.2% |
| Santa Ana | 10 | 2.2% |
| Bastrop | 8 | 1.8% |
| Lexington | 8 | 1.8% |
| Long Beach | 8 | 1.8% |
| Los Angeles | 8 | 1.8% |
| Singapore | 8 | 1.8% |
Skills commonly paired with MES
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. 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 MES by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s MES postings by all MES 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: 0.2% to 0.2%. 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 2,614 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-16 to 2026-09-14 and 2026-07-14 to 2026-10-12 (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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