performance jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, performance appears in 690 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning performance, with demand down 49% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is performance in demand in 2026?
Yes. performance appears in 690 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 49% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning performance (28.3% of all postings mentioning performance).
+What jobs require performance?
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 performance are Mission Software Engineer (8.6% of that role’s postings mention performance), Domain Architect (7.7% of that role’s postings mention performance), Web Engineer (6.7% of that role’s postings mention performance).
+What skills are commonly paired with performance?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), performance most often appears alongside security, reliability, scalability, observability, Python.
+Where is performance most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring performance are New York City, El Segundo, San Francisco, Berlin, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring performance — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require performance
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Mission Software Engineer | 5 | 8.6% |
| Domain Architect | 3 | 7.7% |
| Web Engineer | 3 | 6.7% |
| Backend Software Engineer | 38 | 6.4% |
| Product Architect | 2 | 6.2% |
| Agent Engineer | 1 | 4.8% |
| AI Lead | 1 | 4.5% |
| Chief Technology Officer | 2 | 4.4% |
| CTO | 2 | 4.3% |
| AI Platform Architect | 1 | 4.3% |
Roles with the most performance postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 195 | 28.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 53 | 7.7% |
| Backend Software Engineer | 38 | 5.5% |
| Product Manager | 22 | 3.2% |
| Solutions Architect | 22 | 3.2% |
| Solution Architect | 20 | 2.9% |
| Backend Engineer | 17 | 2.5% |
| Frontend Engineer | 13 | 1.9% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 11 | 1.6% |
| Mobile Engineer | 11 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for performance
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 33 | 4.8% |
| El Segundo | 28 | 4.1% |
| San Francisco | 25 | 3.6% |
| Berlin | 15 | 2.2% |
| Bengaluru | 14 | 2.0% |
| Tel Aviv | 14 | 2.0% |
| London | 12 | 1.7% |
| San Jose | 12 | 1.7% |
| Dublin | 11 | 1.6% |
Skills commonly paired with performance
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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 performance by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s performance postings by all performance 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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