postmortems jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-15, postmortems appears in 282 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-15
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Frequently asked questions about postmortems
+Is postmortems in demand in 2026?
Yes. postmortems appears in 282 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (28% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require postmortems?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15, the job titles most likely to require postmortems are Software Engineer (28% of postings list postmortems), Site Reliability Engineer (22% of postings list postmortems), Engineering Manager (15% of postings list postmortems).
+What skills are commonly paired with postmortems?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-15), postmortems most often appears alongside incident response, observability, Kubernetes, Distributed systems, CI/CD.
+Where is postmortems most in demand?
As of 2026-09-15, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring postmortems are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Austin, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 78 | 27.7% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 61 | 21.6% |
| Engineering Manager | 42 | 14.9% |
| Platform Engineer | 9 | 3.2% |
| Technical Program Manager | 6 | 2.1% |
| Security Engineer | 5 | 1.8% |
| Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) | 5 | 1.8% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 4 | 1.4% |
| Data Engineering Manager | 3 | 1.1% |
| Site Reliability Engineering Manager | 3 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for postmortems
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 25 | 8.9% |
| New York City | 21 | 7.4% |
| London | 15 | 5.3% |
| Bengaluru | 9 | 3.2% |
| Austin | 4 | 1.4% |
| Berlin | 4 | 1.4% |
| Boston | 4 | 1.4% |
| Chicago | 4 | 1.4% |
| Dublin | 4 | 1.4% |
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 2026-09-15. 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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