routing jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, routing appears in 900 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 36% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about routing
+Is routing in demand in 2026?
Yes. routing appears in 900 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 36% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (12% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require routing?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require routing are Software Engineer (12% of postings list routing), Systems Engineer (10% of postings list routing), Cloud Engineer (3% of postings list routing).
+What skills are commonly paired with routing?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), routing most often appears alongside Python, switching, DNS, TCP/IP, AWS.
+Where is routing most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring routing are London, San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, Paris, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new routing content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring routing — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require routing
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 111 | 12.3% |
| Systems Engineer | 91 | 10.1% |
| Cloud Engineer | 28 | 3.1% |
| Network Engineer | 25 | 2.8% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 23 | 2.6% |
| Product Manager | 22 | 2.4% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 21 | 2.3% |
| DevOps Engineer | 20 | 2.2% |
| Security Engineer | 16 | 1.8% |
| Frontend Engineer | 15 | 1.7% |
Top metros hiring for routing
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 40 | 21.3% |
| San Francisco | 38 | 20.2% |
| New York City | 36 | 19.1% |
| Bengaluru | 20 | 10.6% |
| Paris | 15 | 8.0% |
| Amsterdam | 10 | 5.3% |
| Singapore | 10 | 5.3% |
| Sunnyvale | 10 | 5.3% |
| Washington | 9 | 4.8% |
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 2026-05-17. 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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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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