postmortems jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-23, postmortems appears in 242 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Site Reliability Engineer roles, with demand down 63% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23
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Frequently asked questions about postmortems
+Is postmortems in demand in 2026?
Yes. postmortems appears in 242 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 63% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Site Reliability Engineer roles (26% of Site Reliability Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require postmortems?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, the job titles most likely to require postmortems are Site Reliability Engineer (26% of postings list postmortems), Software Engineer (11% of postings list postmortems), Engineering Manager (10% of postings list postmortems).
+What skills are commonly paired with postmortems?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-23), postmortems most often appears alongside incident response, observability, Kubernetes, SLOs, CI/CD.
+Where is postmortems most in demand?
As of 2026-05-23, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring postmortems are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Atlanta, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new postmortems content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring postmortems — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require postmortems
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Site Reliability Engineer | 64 | 26.4% |
| Software Engineer | 27 | 11.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 25 | 10.3% |
| DevOps Engineer | 12 | 5.0% |
| Technical Program Manager | 6 | 2.5% |
| Platform Engineer | 5 | 2.1% |
| Frontend Engineer | 4 | 1.7% |
| Security Engineer | 4 | 1.7% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 4 | 1.7% |
| AI Solutions Strategist | 3 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for postmortems
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 35 | 38.9% |
| New York City | 21 | 23.3% |
| London | 11 | 12.2% |
| Bengaluru | 5 | 5.6% |
| Atlanta | 4 | 4.4% |
| Pune | 4 | 4.4% |
| Seattle | 4 | 4.4% |
| Austin | 3 | 3.3% |
| Bangkok | 3 | 3.3% |
Skills commonly paired with postmortems
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23. 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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