post-mortems jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, post-mortems appears in 131 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Site Reliability Engineer roles, with demand down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about post-mortems
+Is post-mortems in demand in 2026?
Yes. post-mortems appears in 131 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Site Reliability Engineer roles (14% of Site Reliability Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require post-mortems?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require post-mortems are Site Reliability Engineer (14% of postings list post-mortems), Software Engineer (14% of postings list post-mortems), DevOps Engineer (7% of postings list post-mortems).
+What skills are commonly paired with post-mortems?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), post-mortems most often appears alongside observability, incident response, monitoring, Kubernetes, alerting.
+Where is post-mortems most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring post-mortems are New York City, London, San Francisco, Austin, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new post-mortems content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring post-mortems — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require post-mortems
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Site Reliability Engineer | 18 | 13.7% |
| Software Engineer | 18 | 13.7% |
| DevOps Engineer | 9 | 6.9% |
| Platform Engineer | 8 | 6.1% |
| Engineering Manager | 6 | 4.6% |
| Backend Engineer | 5 | 3.8% |
| Technical Program Manager | 5 | 3.8% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 4 | 3.1% |
| Head of Engineering | 3 | 2.3% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 2 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for post-mortems
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 10 | 23.8% |
| London | 6 | 14.3% |
| San Francisco | 6 | 14.3% |
| Austin | 4 | 9.5% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 9.5% |
| Denmark | 4 | 9.5% |
| Copenhagen | 3 | 7.1% |
| Palo Alto | 3 | 7.1% |
| Budapest | 2 | 4.8% |
Skills commonly paired with post-mortems
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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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