profiling jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-13, profiling appears in 817 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 32% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-13
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Frequently asked questions about profiling
+Is profiling in demand in 2026?
Yes. profiling appears in 817 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, with demand up 32% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (39% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require profiling?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, the job titles most likely to require profiling are Software Engineer (39% of postings list profiling), Machine Learning Engineer (3% of postings list profiling), Backend Engineer (2% of postings list profiling).
+What skills are commonly paired with profiling?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-13), profiling most often appears alongside Python, C++, debugging, Distributed systems, Java.
+Where is profiling most in demand?
As of 2026-08-13, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring profiling are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, Toronto, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring profiling — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require profiling
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 319 | 39.0% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 21 | 2.6% |
| Backend Engineer | 20 | 2.4% |
| Engineering Manager | 19 | 2.3% |
| Performance Engineer | 17 | 2.1% |
| Research Engineer | 16 | 2.0% |
| Frontend Engineer | 13 | 1.6% |
| Systems Engineer | 10 | 1.2% |
| Frontend Developer | 8 | 1.0% |
| ML Engineer | 8 | 1.0% |
Top metros hiring for profiling
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 50 | 6.1% |
| New York City | 36 | 4.4% |
| Bengaluru | 20 | 2.4% |
| Toronto | 19 | 2.3% |
| London | 15 | 1.8% |
| Mountain View | 15 | 1.8% |
| Redmond | 14 | 1.7% |
| Shanghai | 14 | 1.7% |
| Berlin | 13 | 1.6% |
Skills commonly paired with profiling
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13. 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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- entity_id
- 2f82385a67d218c9
- data_as_of
- 2026-08-13
- window_days
- 90
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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