recommendations jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-08-31, recommendations appears in 172 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Product Manager roles, with demand down 5% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-31

Postings · last 90 days
172
Demand vs prior month
down 5% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 33% require it
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about recommendations

+Is recommendations in demand in 2026?

Yes. recommendations appears in 172 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, with demand down 5% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Product Manager roles (33% of Product Manager postings list it).

+What jobs require recommendations?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, the job titles most likely to require recommendations are Product Manager (33% of postings list recommendations), Machine Learning Engineer (10% of postings list recommendations), Engineering Manager (8% of postings list recommendations).

+What skills are commonly paired with recommendations?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-31), recommendations most often appears alongside machine learning, search, personalization, ranking, experimentation.

+Where is recommendations most in demand?

As of 2026-08-31, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring recommendations are San Francisco, New York City, Toronto, Berlin, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new recommendations content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning recommendations alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new recommendations content from your Skillenai account.

Weekly job postings requiring recommendations — last 90 days

Job titles most likely to require recommendations

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Product Manager5632.6%
Machine Learning Engineer179.9%
Engineering Manager137.6%
Enterprise Architect137.6%
Software Engineer137.6%
Data Scientist63.5%
Product Designer42.3%
AI/ML Engineer31.7%
AI Engineer21.2%
Backend Engineer21.2%

Top metros hiring for recommendations

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco2514.5%
New York City137.6%
Toronto74.1%
Berlin52.9%
London42.3%
Seattle42.3%
Amsterdam31.7%
Austin31.7%
Bengaluru31.7%

Skills commonly paired with recommendations

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31. 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).

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
fb2c6e5492dce021
data_as_of
2026-08-31
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index