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

As of 2026-10-14, SOPs appears in 574 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning SOPs, with demand share up 6.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-14

Postings · last 90 days
574
Demand vs prior month
up 6.8% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 10.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about SOPs

+Is SOPs in demand in 2026?

Yes. SOPs appears in 574 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning SOPs (10.1% of all postings mentioning SOPs).

+What jobs require SOPs?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning SOPs are Quality Assurance Officer (30.4% of that role’s postings mention SOPs), Quality Assurance Associate (10.4% of that role’s postings mention SOPs), Support Analyst (10.0% of that role’s postings mention SOPs).

+What skills are commonly paired with SOPs?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-14), SOPs most often appears alongside CAPA, SQL, quality assurance, Root cause analysis, dashboards.

+Where is SOPs most in demand?

As of 2026-10-14, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SOPs are San Francisco, Singapore, Austin, Amsterdam, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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

+Which skills come before and after SOPs?

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 SOPs — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around SOPs

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before SOPs

Before SOPsExcel → SOPs: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → SOPs: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairJira → SOPs: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → SOPs: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairreports → SOPs: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata analysis → SOPs: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairKPIs → SOPs: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairdashboards → SOPs: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOPsExcel: 8 movesExcel8 movespython: 7 movespython7 movesJira: 5 movesJira5 movesdocker: 4 movesdocker4 movesreports: 4 movesreports4 movesdata analysis: 4 movesdata analysis4 movesKPIs: 4 movesKPIs4 movesdashboards: 4 movesdashboards4 moves

Skills after SOPs

After SOPsSOPs → sql: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOPs → python: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOPs → Jira: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOPs → dashboards: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOPs → Excel: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOPs → Tableau: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOPs → Power BI: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOPs → xgboost: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSOPssql: 9 movessql9 movespython: 8 movespython8 movesJira: 6 movesJira6 movesdashboards: 4 movesdashboards4 movesExcel: 4 movesExcel4 movesTableau: 4 movesTableau4 movesPower BI: 4 movesPower BI4 movesxgboost: 4 movesxgboost4 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: Excel8
Before: python7
Before: Jira5
Before: docker4
Before: reports4
Before: data analysis4
Before: KPIs4
Before: dashboards4
After: sql9
After: python8
After: Jira6
After: dashboards4
After: Excel4
After: Tableau4
After: Power BI4
After: xgboost4

Roles most likely to require SOPs

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Quality Assurance Officer730.4%
Quality Assurance Associate1010.4%
Support Analyst210.0%
Quality Assurance Specialist369.2%
Technical Writer58.9%
Clinical Data Analyst28.7%
Research Program Manager27.7%
Quality Assurance Director66.9%
Quality Assurance Coordinator36.8%
Industrial Security Analyst56.5%

Roles with the most SOPs postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Program Manager5810.1%
Quality Assurance Specialist366.3%
Quality Assurance Manager173.0%
Business Analyst152.6%
Product Manager132.3%
Applied AI Engineer111.9%
Quality Assurance Associate101.7%
Research Scientist91.6%
Technical Program Manager91.6%
Automation Engineer71.2%

Top companies posting jobs requiring SOPs

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring SOPs
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Eurofins13
Roche8
CLERA6
Doitintl6
MSD6
Maersk5
DoiT5
OpenAI5
Amgen5
Anduril Industries5

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 SOPs

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco223.8%
Singapore81.4%
Austin71.2%
Amsterdam61.0%
Boston61.0%
Chicago61.0%
New York City61.0%
Bengaluru50.9%
Costa Mesa50.9%

Skills commonly paired with SOPs

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. 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 SOPs by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s SOPs postings by all SOPs 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: 0.2% to 0.2%. 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 2,614 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-16 to 2026-09-14 and 2026-07-14 to 2026-10-12 (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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data_as_of
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window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index