monitoring and alerting jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-19, monitoring and alerting appears in 188 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 26% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-19
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Frequently asked questions about monitoring and alerting
+Is monitoring and alerting in demand in 2026?
Yes. monitoring and alerting appears in 188 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, with demand down 26% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (19% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require monitoring and alerting?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, the job titles most likely to require monitoring and alerting are Software Engineer (19% of postings list monitoring and alerting), Site Reliability Engineer (15% of postings list monitoring and alerting), Data Engineer (7% of postings list monitoring and alerting).
+What skills are commonly paired with monitoring and alerting?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-19), monitoring and alerting most often appears alongside Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD.
+Where is monitoring and alerting most in demand?
As of 2026-09-19, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring monitoring and alerting are New York City, Bengaluru, Boston, San Francisco, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring monitoring and alerting — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require monitoring and alerting
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 36 | 19.1% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 28 | 14.9% |
| Data Engineer | 14 | 7.4% |
| DevOps Engineer | 13 | 6.9% |
| Customer Reliability Engineer | 4 | 2.1% |
| Data Platform Engineer | 4 | 2.1% |
| Systems Engineer | 4 | 2.1% |
| Analytics Engineer | 3 | 1.6% |
| Cloud Operations Engineer | 3 | 1.6% |
| Database Administrator | 3 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for monitoring and alerting
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 15 | 8.0% |
| Bengaluru | 8 | 4.3% |
| Boston | 6 | 3.2% |
| San Francisco | 6 | 3.2% |
| Toronto | 6 | 3.2% |
| London | 5 | 2.7% |
| Washington | 4 | 2.1% |
| Chicago | 3 | 1.6% |
| Vienna | 3 | 1.6% |
Skills commonly paired with monitoring and alerting
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19. 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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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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