post-mortems jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-16, post-mortems appears in 153 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 14% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-16
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Frequently asked questions about post-mortems
+Is post-mortems in demand in 2026?
Yes. post-mortems appears in 153 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, with demand down 14% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (18% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require post-mortems?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-16, the job titles most likely to require post-mortems are Software Engineer (18% of postings list post-mortems), Site Reliability Engineer (13% of postings list post-mortems), Engineering Manager (10% of postings list post-mortems).
+What skills are commonly paired with post-mortems?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-16), post-mortems most often appears alongside incident response, observability, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD.
+Where is post-mortems most in demand?
As of 2026-09-16, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring post-mortems are New York City, London, Melbourne, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 28 | 18.3% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 20 | 13.1% |
| Engineering Manager | 15 | 9.8% |
| DevOps Engineer | 10 | 6.5% |
| Mobile Engineer | 9 | 5.9% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 8 | 5.2% |
| Platform Engineer | 5 | 3.3% |
| Security Engineer | 5 | 3.3% |
| Program Manager | 3 | 2.0% |
| AI Operations Engineer | 2 | 1.3% |
Top metros hiring for post-mortems
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 10 | 6.5% |
| London | 7 | 4.6% |
| Melbourne | 7 | 4.6% |
| San Francisco | 6 | 3.9% |
| Tel Aviv | 4 | 2.6% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 2.0% |
| Seattle | 3 | 2.0% |
| Berlin | 2 | 1.3% |
| Bucharest | 2 | 1.3% |
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 2026-09-16. 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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