monitoring jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-22, monitoring appears in 8,721 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-22
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Frequently asked questions about monitoring
+Is monitoring in demand in 2026?
Yes. monitoring appears in 8,721 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (22% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require monitoring?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, the job titles most likely to require monitoring are Software Engineer (22% of postings list monitoring), DevOps Engineer (6% of postings list monitoring), Site Reliability Engineer (5% of postings list monitoring).
+What skills are commonly paired with monitoring?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-22), monitoring most often appears alongside Python, observability, CI/CD, AWS, Kubernetes.
+Where is monitoring most in demand?
As of 2026-09-22, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring monitoring are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new monitoring content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring monitoring — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require monitoring
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,959 | 22.5% |
| DevOps Engineer | 482 | 5.5% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 407 | 4.7% |
| Data Engineer | 341 | 3.9% |
| AI Engineer | 257 | 2.9% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 237 | 2.7% |
| Platform Engineer | 185 | 2.1% |
| Backend Engineer | 182 | 2.1% |
| Engineering Manager | 165 | 1.9% |
| Product Manager | 138 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for monitoring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 425 | 4.9% |
| New York City | 355 | 4.1% |
| London | 242 | 2.8% |
| Bengaluru | 207 | 2.4% |
| Toronto | 131 | 1.5% |
| Berlin | 126 | 1.4% |
| Seattle | 122 | 1.4% |
| Boston | 103 | 1.2% |
| Singapore | 101 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with monitoring
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22. 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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- 2026-09-22
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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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