POCs jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-08, POCs appears in 183 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Manager has the most postings mentioning POCs, with demand share down 18.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-08

Postings · last 90 days
183
Demand vs prior month
down 18.3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 12.6% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Tel Aviv

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Frequently asked questions about POCs

+Is POCs in demand in 2026?

Yes. POCs appears in 183 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08. Product Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning POCs (12.6% of all postings mentioning POCs).

+What jobs require POCs?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning POCs are Sales Specialist (13.5% of that role’s postings mention POCs), Security Solution Architect (12.5% of that role’s postings mention POCs), AI Solution Engineer (10.0% of that role’s postings mention POCs).

+What skills are commonly paired with POCs?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-08), POCs most often appears alongside AWS, Python, Product Management, Azure, DevOps.

+Where is POCs most in demand?

As of 2026-10-08, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring POCs are Tel Aviv, New York City, London, San Francisco, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new POCs content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning POCs alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new POCs content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after POCs?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring POCs — last 90 days

Career paths around POCs

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before POCs

Before POCsMobile Pentesting → POCs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairinternational banking solutions → POCs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectives → POCs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairtesting → POCs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSecurity champion programs → POCs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairtimelines → POCs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairautomation → POCs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → POCs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPOCsMobile Pentesting: 1 movesMobile Pentesting1 movesinternational banking solutions: 1 movesinternationalbanking solutions1 movesretrospectives: 1 movesretrospectives1 movestesting: 1 movestesting1 movesSecurity champion programs: 1 movesSecurity championprograms1 movestimelines: 1 movestimelines1 movesautomation: 1 movesautomation1 movespython: 1 movespython1 moves

Skills after POCs

After POCsPOCs → NLP: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPOCs → Support tickets: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPOCs → ETL pipelines: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPOCs → precompile: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPOCs → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPOCs → fine-tuning LLaMa: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPOCs → Dask: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPOCs → backend APIs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPOCsNLP: 1 movesNLP1 movesSupport tickets: 1 movesSupport tickets1 movesETL pipelines: 1 movesETL pipelines1 movesprecompile: 1 movesprecompile1 movespython: 1 movespython1 movesfine-tuning LLaMa: 1 movesfine-tuning LLaMa1 movesDask: 1 movesDask1 movesbackend APIs: 1 movesbackend APIs1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Mobile Pentesting1
Before: international banking solutions1
Before: retrospectives1
Before: testing1
Before: Security champion programs1
Before: timelines1
Before: automation1
Before: python1
After: NLP1
After: Support tickets1
After: ETL pipelines1
After: precompile1
After: python1
After: fine-tuning LLaMa1
After: Dask1
After: backend APIs1

Roles most likely to require POCs

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Sales Specialist713.5%
Security Solution Architect312.5%
AI Solution Engineer210.0%
Technical Solution Architect29.5%
Sales Engineering Manager29.1%
Sales Director27.1%
Group Product Manager75.0%
AI Program Manager24.8%
Storage Architect14.5%
Solutions Engineering Manager24.3%

Roles with the most POCs postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Product Manager2312.6%
Solutions Architect179.3%
Software Engineer158.2%
Solution Architect137.1%
Group Product Manager73.8%
Sales Specialist73.8%
Systems Engineer52.7%
Forward Deployed Engineer42.2%
AI Engineer31.6%
AI/ML Engineer31.6%

Top companies posting jobs requiring POCs

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring POCs
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Unframe14
Databricks9
Nebius5
Lacework5
Veeam4
Cohesity4
Pure Storage4
General Motors4
Adyen3
Synthesia3

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for POCs

NamePostingsShare
Tel Aviv126.6%
New York City105.5%
London73.8%
San Francisco73.8%
Toronto73.8%
Athens52.7%
São Paulo52.7%
Chicago42.2%
Munich42.2%

Skills commonly paired with POCs

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08. 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 POCs by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s POCs postings by all POCs 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,617 identified employers and covers 70% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-09 to 2026-09-07 and 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index