planning jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, planning appears in 489 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning planning, with demand down 21% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is planning in demand in 2026?
Yes. planning appears in 489 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 21% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning planning (8.4% of all postings mentioning planning).
+What jobs require planning?
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 planning are Agent Engineer (19.0% of that role’s postings mention planning), Product Management Director (9.1% of that role’s postings mention planning), Machine Learning Research Engineer (8.8% of that role’s postings mention planning).
+What skills are commonly paired with planning?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), planning most often appears alongside Python, tool use, machine learning, memory, C++.
+Where is planning most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring planning are San Francisco, New York City, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring planning — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require planning
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Agent Engineer | 4 | 19.0% |
| Product Management Director | 2 | 9.1% |
| Machine Learning Research Engineer | 3 | 8.8% |
| VP of Engineering | 3 | 8.6% |
| AI Researcher | 9 | 7.7% |
| Software Product Manager | 2 | 5.7% |
| AI Agent Engineer | 4 | 5.5% |
| Actuarial Analyst | 1 | 5.0% |
| AI Product Engineer | 4 | 4.9% |
| Design Program Manager | 1 | 4.5% |
Roles with the most planning postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 41 | 8.4% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 35 | 7.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 28 | 5.7% |
| AI Engineer | 23 | 4.7% |
| Product Manager | 23 | 4.7% |
| Program Manager | 21 | 4.3% |
| Technical Program Manager | 16 | 3.3% |
| ML Engineer | 15 | 3.1% |
| Enterprise Architect | 14 | 2.9% |
| AI Researcher | 9 | 1.8% |
Top metros hiring for planning
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 27 | 5.5% |
| New York City | 22 | 4.5% |
| Sunnyvale | 18 | 3.7% |
| Santa Clara | 16 | 3.3% |
| Toronto | 13 | 2.7% |
| Palo Alto | 11 | 2.2% |
| London | 10 | 2.0% |
| Seattle | 7 | 1.4% |
| Washington | 7 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with planning
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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 planning by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s planning postings by all planning 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
- entity_id
- 27a2bb64e5f60a56
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-28
- window_days
- 90
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