monitoring jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-07-23, monitoring appears in 6,888 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 12% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-23
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Frequently asked questions about monitoring
+Is monitoring in demand in 2026?
Yes. monitoring appears in 6,888 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-23, with demand up 12% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (24% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require monitoring?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-23, the job titles most likely to require monitoring are Software Engineer (24% 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 2026-07-23), monitoring most often appears alongside Python, observability, CI/CD, AWS, Kubernetes.
+Where is monitoring most in demand?
As of 2026-07-23, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring monitoring are New York City, San Francisco, Bengaluru, London, 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 | 1,619 | 23.5% |
| DevOps Engineer | 379 | 5.5% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 325 | 4.7% |
| Data Engineer | 235 | 3.4% |
| Backend Engineer | 203 | 2.9% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 163 | 2.4% |
| AI Engineer | 158 | 2.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 154 | 2.2% |
| Platform Engineer | 131 | 1.9% |
| Data Scientist | 86 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for monitoring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 394 | 5.7% |
| San Francisco | 310 | 4.5% |
| Bengaluru | 167 | 2.4% |
| London | 158 | 2.3% |
| Toronto | 130 | 1.9% |
| Seattle | 80 | 1.2% |
| Tel Aviv | 80 | 1.2% |
| Paris | 71 | 1.0% |
| Singapore | 68 | 1.0% |
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 2026-07-23. 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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- 2026-07-23
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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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