Next.js jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-28, Next.js appears in 2,326 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Next.js, with demand down 18% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28

Postings · last 90 days
2,326
Demand vs prior month
down 18% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 30.7% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about Next.js

+Is Next.js in demand in 2026?

Yes. Next.js appears in 2,326 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 18% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Next.js (30.7% of all postings mentioning Next.js).

+What jobs require Next.js?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Next.js are Front-End Engineer (37.0% of that role’s postings mention Next.js), Web Engineer (28.9% of that role’s postings mention Next.js), Growth Engineer (27.9% of that role’s postings mention Next.js).

+What skills are commonly paired with Next.js?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Next.js most often appears alongside React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AWS.

+Where is Next.js most in demand?

As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Next.js are San Francisco, New York City, Berlin, London, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring Next.js — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Roles most likely to require Next.js

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Front-End Engineer2037.0%
Web Engineer1328.9%
Growth Engineer1227.9%
Developer Relations Engineer723.3%
Front-End Software Engineer821.1%
Front End Engineer1520.0%
Software Engineer (Frontend)618.2%
Design Engineer2817.5%
Product Engineer7816.2%
Full-Stack Software Engineer3615.3%

Roles with the most Next.js postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer71330.7%
Full Stack Engineer1777.6%
Frontend Engineer1365.8%
Product Engineer783.4%
Full Stack Developer642.8%
Full-Stack Engineer592.5%
Engineering Manager532.3%
Backend Engineer492.1%
Full Stack Software Engineer401.7%
AI Engineer371.6%

Top metros hiring for Next.js

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco23610.1%
New York City1928.3%
Berlin743.2%
London572.5%
Bengaluru401.7%
Munich371.6%
Toronto311.3%
Austin231.0%
Boston210.9%

Skills commonly paired with Next.js

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. 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 Next.js by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Next.js postings by all Next.js 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).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
2026-09-28
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index