project management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, project management appears in 4,419 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning project management, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about project management
+Is project management in demand in 2026?
Yes. project management appears in 4,419 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning project management (20.0% of all postings mentioning project management).
+What jobs require project management?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning project management are Delivery Solutions Architect (74.5% of that role’s postings mention project management), Customer Program Manager (48.8% of that role’s postings mention project management), Marketing Program Manager (43.3% of that role’s postings mention project management).
+What skills are commonly paired with project management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), project management most often appears alongside program management, Risk Management, Data analysis, stakeholder management, Agile.
+Where is project management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring project management are New York City, London, San Francisco, Chicago, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring project management — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require project management
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery Solutions Architect | 35 | 74.5% |
| Customer Program Manager | 20 | 48.8% |
| Marketing Program Manager | 13 | 43.3% |
| Commercial Analytics Manager | 8 | 34.8% |
| AI Project Manager | 9 | 34.6% |
| Project Engineering Manager | 20 | 33.3% |
| Design Program Manager | 7 | 31.8% |
| Project Manager | 66 | 30.0% |
| Research Program Manager | 6 | 26.1% |
| Compliance Program Manager | 7 | 25.9% |
Roles with the most project management postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 885 | 20.0% |
| Product Manager | 331 | 7.5% |
| Technical Program Manager | 280 | 6.3% |
| Business Analyst | 177 | 4.0% |
| Engineering Manager | 117 | 2.6% |
| Project Manager | 66 | 1.5% |
| Product Owner | 49 | 1.1% |
| Systems Engineer | 44 | 1.0% |
| Solutions Architect | 42 | 1.0% |
| Software Engineer | 39 | 0.9% |
Top metros hiring for project management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 118 | 2.7% |
| London | 71 | 1.6% |
| San Francisco | 67 | 1.5% |
| Chicago | 64 | 1.4% |
| Bengaluru | 60 | 1.4% |
| Washington | 57 | 1.3% |
| Singapore | 48 | 1.1% |
| Boston | 46 | 1.0% |
| Austin | 43 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with project management
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning project management by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s project management postings by all project management postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-28
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