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

As of 2026-11-05, retrospectives appears in 258 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Owner has the most postings mentioning retrospectives, with demand share down 15.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
258
Demand vs prior month
down 15.4% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 19.4% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Pune

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Frequently asked questions about retrospectives

+Is retrospectives in demand in 2026?

Yes. retrospectives appears in 258 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Product Owner accounts for the most postings mentioning retrospectives (19.4% of all postings mentioning retrospectives).

+What jobs require retrospectives?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning retrospectives are Scrum Master (14.7% of that role’s postings mention retrospectives), AI Product Owner (5.6% of that role’s postings mention retrospectives), IT Project Manager (4.0% of that role’s postings mention retrospectives).

+What skills are commonly paired with retrospectives?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), retrospectives most often appears alongside Sprint planning, Agile, Sprint Reviews, Scrum, User stories.

+Where is retrospectives most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring retrospectives are Pune, Bengaluru, San Francisco, Glasgow, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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

+Which skills come before and after retrospectives?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring retrospectives — last 90 days

Career paths around retrospectives

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before retrospectives

Before retrospectivespython → retrospectives: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → retrospectives: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairJavaScript → retrospectives: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairJira → retrospectives: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairuser stories → retrospectives: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairJava → retrospectives: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairsprint planning → retrospectives: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairAgile → retrospectives: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectiv…python: 14 movespython14 movessql: 12 movessql12 movesJavaScript: 12 movesJavaScript12 movesJira: 12 movesJira12 movesuser stories: 10 movesuser stories10 movesJava: 9 movesJava9 movessprint planning: 9 movessprint planning9 movesAgile: 8 movesAgile8 moves

Skills after retrospectives

After retrospectivesretrospectives → Jira: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectives → python: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectives → RESTful APIs: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectives → sql: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectives → Git: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectives → ci/cd: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectives → Confluence: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectives → Agile: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairretrospectiv…Jira: 13 movesJira13 movespython: 8 movespython8 movesRESTful APIs: 7 movesRESTful APIs7 movessql: 6 movessql6 movesGit: 6 movesGit6 movesci/cd: 5 movesci/cd5 movesConfluence: 5 movesConfluence5 movesAgile: 5 movesAgile5 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python14
Before: sql12
Before: JavaScript12
Before: Jira12
Before: user stories10
Before: Java9
Before: sprint planning9
Before: Agile8
After: Jira13
After: python8
After: RESTful APIs7
After: sql6
After: Git6
After: ci/cd5
After: Confluence5
After: Agile5

Roles most likely to require retrospectives

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Scrum Master514.7%
AI Product Owner25.6%
IT Project Manager14.0%
Technical Product Owner63.6%
Product Owner502.7%
Applications Engineer12.7%
Technical Business Analyst32.3%
Technical Project Manager21.8%
Associate Product Manager11.5%
QA Analyst11.4%

Roles with the most retrospectives postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Product Owner5019.4%
Product Manager3513.6%
Technical Program Manager207.8%
Business Analyst197.4%
Program Manager176.6%
Software Engineer155.8%
Engineering Manager124.7%
Technical Product Owner62.3%
Scrum Master51.9%
Agile Product Owner41.6%

Top companies posting jobs requiring retrospectives

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring retrospectives
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Barclays32
Mastercard6
Northrop Grumman5
Stripe4
Paypal4
Remitly3
INSPYR Solutions3
Parloa3
Simility, a Paypal Service3
Broadridge2

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for retrospectives

NamePostingsShare
Pune197.4%
Bengaluru62.3%
San Francisco62.3%
Glasgow51.9%
London51.9%
New York City51.9%
Dublin41.6%
Berlin31.2%
Colorado Springs31.2%

Skills commonly paired with retrospectives

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. 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 retrospectives by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s retrospectives postings by all retrospectives 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index