SQS jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, SQS appears in 861 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning SQS, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is SQS in demand in 2026?
Yes. SQS appears in 861 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning SQS (44.7% of all postings mentioning SQS).
+What jobs require SQS?
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 SQS are API Engineer (41.7% of that role’s postings mention SQS), Backend Java Developer (9.5% of that role’s postings mention SQS), AWS Cloud Engineer (6.9% of that role’s postings mention SQS).
+What skills are commonly paired with SQS?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), SQS most often appears alongside AWS, SNS, S3, Java, Lambda.
+Where is SQS most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SQS are Boston, Toronto, London, Bengaluru, New York City, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new SQS content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring SQS — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require SQS
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| API Engineer | 10 | 41.7% |
| Backend Java Developer | 2 | 9.5% |
| AWS Cloud Engineer | 2 | 6.9% |
| CloudOps Engineer | 2 | 6.5% |
| Full Stack Software Developer | 3 | 6.1% |
| Back-End Developer | 1 | 5.0% |
| AI Backend Engineer | 1 | 4.8% |
| Security Platform Engineer | 1 | 4.2% |
| DevOps Software Engineer | 1 | 4.0% |
| Backend Software Engineer | 21 | 3.5% |
Roles with the most SQS postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 385 | 44.7% |
| Backend Engineer | 47 | 5.5% |
| DevOps Engineer | 39 | 4.5% |
| Engineering Manager | 25 | 2.9% |
| Backend Software Engineer | 21 | 2.4% |
| Data Engineer | 19 | 2.2% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 19 | 2.2% |
| Full Stack Software Engineer | 13 | 1.5% |
| Platform Engineer | 13 | 1.5% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 12 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for SQS
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Boston | 26 | 3.0% |
| Toronto | 25 | 2.9% |
| London | 22 | 2.6% |
| Bengaluru | 20 | 2.3% |
| New York City | 20 | 2.3% |
| São Paulo | 19 | 2.2% |
| San Francisco | 17 | 2.0% |
| Pune | 12 | 1.4% |
| Hamburg | 10 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with SQS
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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 SQS by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s SQS postings by all SQS 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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