performance marketing jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, performance marketing appears in 254 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for AI Video Artist roles, with demand down 45% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about performance marketing
+Is performance marketing in demand in 2026?
Yes. performance marketing appears in 254 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 45% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for AI Video Artist roles (16% of AI Video Artist postings list it).
+What jobs require performance marketing?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require performance marketing are AI Video Artist (16% of postings list performance marketing), Marketing Video Editor (8% of postings list performance marketing), Product Manager (7% of postings list performance marketing).
+What skills are commonly paired with performance marketing?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), performance marketing most often appears alongside A/B testing, Video editing, After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Storyboarding.
+Where is performance marketing most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring performance marketing are New York City, San Francisco, London, Kyiv, Los Angeles, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new performance marketing content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring performance marketing — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require performance marketing
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| AI Video Artist | 41 | 16.1% |
| Marketing Video Editor | 20 | 7.9% |
| Product Manager | 17 | 6.7% |
| Performance Marketing Manager | 9 | 3.5% |
| Engineering Manager | 5 | 2.0% |
| Performance Marketing Analyst | 5 | 2.0% |
| Direct Response Copywriter | 4 | 1.6% |
| Head of User Acquisition | 4 | 1.6% |
| Performance Marketing Specialist | 4 | 1.6% |
| Content Producer | 3 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for performance marketing
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 20 | 29.0% |
| San Francisco | 13 | 18.8% |
| London | 10 | 14.5% |
| Kyiv | 6 | 8.7% |
| Los Angeles | 6 | 8.7% |
| Barcelona | 4 | 5.8% |
| Chicago | 4 | 5.8% |
| Bangkok | 3 | 4.3% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 4.3% |
Skills commonly paired with performance marketing
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. 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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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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