Performance management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Performance management appears in 536 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Engineering Manager has the most postings mentioning Performance management, with demand down 23% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Performance management in demand in 2026?
Yes. Performance management appears in 536 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 23% vs the prior 4 weeks. Engineering Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning Performance management (23.7% of all postings mentioning Performance management).
+What jobs require Performance management?
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 management are Hardware Engineering Manager (23.8% of that role’s postings mention Performance management), Commercial Analytics Manager (13.0% of that role’s postings mention Performance management), Information Technology Specialist (12.1% of that role’s postings mention Performance management).
+What skills are commonly paired with Performance management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Performance management most often appears alongside Hiring, project management, Risk Management, observability, coaching.
+Where is Performance management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Performance management are New York City, London, San Francisco, Washington, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Performance management — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Performance management
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware Engineering Manager | 5 | 23.8% |
| Commercial Analytics Manager | 3 | 13.0% |
| Information Technology Specialist | 4 | 12.1% |
| Test Engineering Manager | 2 | 10.0% |
| Solutions Engineering Manager | 4 | 8.7% |
| Site Reliability Engineering Manager | 3 | 5.9% |
| VP of Engineering | 2 | 5.7% |
| Digital Product Owner | 1 | 4.8% |
| Deputy Program Manager | 3 | 4.6% |
| Analytics Engineering Manager | 1 | 4.3% |
Roles with the most Performance management postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Manager | 127 | 23.7% |
| Program Manager | 78 | 14.6% |
| Product Manager | 15 | 2.8% |
| Director of Engineering | 8 | 1.5% |
| Software Engineer | 8 | 1.5% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 8 | 1.5% |
| Quality Assurance Manager | 7 | 1.3% |
| Group Product Manager | 6 | 1.1% |
| Hardware Engineering Manager | 5 | 0.9% |
| Quality Assurance Team Lead | 5 | 0.9% |
Top metros hiring for Performance management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 24 | 4.5% |
| London | 17 | 3.2% |
| San Francisco | 13 | 2.4% |
| Washington | 10 | 1.9% |
| Bengaluru | 8 | 1.5% |
| Toronto | 8 | 1.5% |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 1.3% |
| Seattle | 7 | 1.3% |
| Singapore | 7 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with Performance management
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- Hardware Engineering Manager
- Commercial Analytics Manager
- Information Technology Specialist
- Test Engineering Manager
- Solutions Engineering Manager
- Site Reliability Engineering Manager
- VP of Engineering
- Digital Product Owner
- Hiring
- project management
- Risk Management
- observability
- coaching
- stakeholder management
- program management
- automation
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 management by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Performance management postings by all Performance management 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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