routing jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, routing appears in 1,499 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning routing, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is routing in demand in 2026?
Yes. routing appears in 1,499 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning routing (13.9% of all postings mentioning routing).
+What jobs require routing?
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 routing are Physical Design Engineer (34.8% of that role’s postings mention routing), Customer Engineer (26.2% of that role’s postings mention routing), Customer Reliability Engineer (23.1% of that role’s postings mention routing).
+What skills are commonly paired with routing?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), routing most often appears alongside Python, DNS, switching, TCP/IP, firewalls.
+Where is routing most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring routing are San Francisco, Bengaluru, London, New York City, San Jose, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring routing — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require routing
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Design Engineer | 8 | 34.8% |
| Customer Engineer | 34 | 26.2% |
| Customer Reliability Engineer | 6 | 23.1% |
| Network Security Engineer | 34 | 22.5% |
| Network Systems Engineer | 5 | 20.8% |
| Network Operations Engineer | 4 | 19.0% |
| Network Architect | 17 | 14.0% |
| Network Engineer | 33 | 12.9% |
| Marketing Operations Manager | 2 | 9.5% |
| Software Engineer (Frontend) | 3 | 9.1% |
Roles with the most routing postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 209 | 13.9% |
| Systems Engineer | 80 | 5.3% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 56 | 3.7% |
| Product Manager | 49 | 3.3% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 41 | 2.7% |
| DevOps Engineer | 38 | 2.5% |
| Customer Engineer | 34 | 2.3% |
| Network Security Engineer | 34 | 2.3% |
| Network Engineer | 33 | 2.2% |
| Cloud Engineer | 30 | 2.0% |
Top metros hiring for routing
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 63 | 4.2% |
| Bengaluru | 42 | 2.8% |
| London | 41 | 2.7% |
| New York City | 31 | 2.1% |
| San Jose | 27 | 1.8% |
| Chicago | 24 | 1.6% |
| Austin | 21 | 1.4% |
| Toronto | 19 | 1.3% |
| Paris | 17 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with routing
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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 routing by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s routing postings by all routing 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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