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

As of 2026-08-15, retrospectives appears in 167 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Product Manager roles, with demand up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-15

Postings · last 90 days
167
Demand vs prior month
up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 17% require it
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about retrospectives

+Is retrospectives in demand in 2026?

Yes. retrospectives appears in 167 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-15, with demand up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Product Manager roles (17% of Product Manager postings list it).

+What jobs require retrospectives?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-15, the job titles most likely to require retrospectives are Product Manager (17% of postings list retrospectives), Engineering Manager (8% of postings list retrospectives), Program Manager (8% of postings list retrospectives).

+What skills are commonly paired with retrospectives?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-15), retrospectives most often appears alongside Sprint planning, Agile, Scrum, Sprint Reviews, JIRA.

+Where is retrospectives most in demand?

As of 2026-08-15, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring retrospectives are New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, London, Paris, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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Weekly job postings requiring retrospectives — last 90 days

Job titles most likely to require retrospectives

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Product Manager2917.4%
Engineering Manager148.4%
Program Manager148.4%
Product Owner116.6%
Technical Program Manager116.6%
Software Engineer106.0%
Business Analyst63.6%
Scrum Master63.6%
Project Manager53.0%
Customer Reliability Engineer31.8%

Top metros hiring for retrospectives

NamePostingsShare
New York City148.4%
San Francisco53.0%
Toronto53.0%
London42.4%
Paris31.8%
San Jose31.8%
Austin21.2%
Barcelona21.2%
Bengaluru21.2%

Skills commonly paired with retrospectives

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-15. 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
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index