Python jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Python appears in 66,610 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Python, with demand down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Python in demand in 2026?
Yes. Python appears in 66,610 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Python (19.4% of all postings mentioning Python).
+What jobs require Python?
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 Python are Python Engineer (100.0% of that role’s postings mention Python), Mathematics Expert (100.0% of that role’s postings mention Python), Frontier Agents Engineer (100.0% of that role’s postings mention Python).
+What skills are commonly paired with Python?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Python most often appears alongside SQL, AWS, CI/CD, Java, Kubernetes.
+Where is Python most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Python are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Python — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Python
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Python Engineer | 52 | 100.0% |
| Mathematics Expert | 28 | 100.0% |
| Frontier Agents Engineer | 22 | 100.0% |
| Deployed Engineer | 21 | 100.0% |
| Production Software Engineer | 20 | 100.0% |
| Python Developer | 69 | 98.6% |
| Senior Data Scientist | 25 | 96.2% |
| Delivery Solutions Architect | 45 | 95.7% |
| Machine Learning Platform Engineer | 23 | 92.0% |
| Scientific Software Engineer | 22 | 91.7% |
Roles with the most Python postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 12,949 | 19.4% |
| Data Engineer | 3,327 | 5.0% |
| Data Scientist | 3,229 | 4.8% |
| Data Analyst | 1,499 | 2.3% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 1,492 | 2.2% |
| AI Engineer | 1,394 | 2.1% |
| DevOps Engineer | 1,341 | 2.0% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 1,031 | 1.5% |
| Systems Engineer | 850 | 1.3% |
| Backend Engineer | 830 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for Python
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 2,498 | 3.8% |
| New York City | 2,433 | 3.7% |
| London | 1,688 | 2.5% |
| Bengaluru | 1,580 | 2.4% |
| Toronto | 898 | 1.3% |
| Singapore | 758 | 1.1% |
| Boston | 697 | 1.0% |
| Hyderabad | 666 | 1.0% |
| San Jose | 665 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with Python
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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 Python by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Python postings by all Python 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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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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