playbooks jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-19, playbooks appears in 399 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Program Manager roles, with demand up 26% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-19
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Frequently asked questions about playbooks
+Is playbooks in demand in 2026?
Yes. playbooks appears in 399 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, with demand up 26% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Program Manager roles (11% of Program Manager postings list it).
+What jobs require playbooks?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, the job titles most likely to require playbooks are Program Manager (11% of postings list playbooks), Security Engineer (7% of postings list playbooks), Software Engineer (4% of postings list playbooks).
+What skills are commonly paired with playbooks?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-19), playbooks most often appears alongside Python, automation, incident response, SIEM, program management.
+Where is playbooks most in demand?
As of 2026-09-19, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring playbooks are San Francisco, New York City, Dublin, London, Berlin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring playbooks — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require playbooks
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 44 | 11.0% |
| Security Engineer | 28 | 7.0% |
| Software Engineer | 14 | 3.5% |
| Product Manager | 8 | 2.0% |
| Technical Program Manager | 8 | 2.0% |
| Agent Product Manager | 7 | 1.8% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 7 | 1.8% |
| DevOps Engineer | 6 | 1.5% |
| Gen AI Creative Technologist | 4 | 1.0% |
| Information Security Engineer | 4 | 1.0% |
Top metros hiring for playbooks
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 23 | 5.8% |
| New York City | 22 | 5.5% |
| Dublin | 14 | 3.5% |
| London | 10 | 2.5% |
| Berlin | 8 | 2.0% |
| Chicago | 8 | 2.0% |
| Mountain View | 7 | 1.8% |
| Madrid | 6 | 1.5% |
| Paris | 6 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with playbooks
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19. 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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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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