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

As of 2026-09-21, SSH appears in 281 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 20% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-21

Postings · last 90 days
281
Demand vs prior month
up 20% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 17% require it
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about SSH

+Is SSH in demand in 2026?

Yes. SSH appears in 281 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-21, with demand up 20% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (17% of Software Engineer postings list it).

+What jobs require SSH?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-21, the job titles most likely to require SSH are Software Engineer (17% of postings list SSH), DevOps Engineer (4% of postings list SSH), Systems Engineer (4% of postings list SSH).

+What skills are commonly paired with SSH?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-21), SSH most often appears alongside Python, Linux, Docker, TCP/IP, Bash.

+Where is SSH most in demand?

As of 2026-09-21, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SSH are San Francisco, Toronto, Dublin, Bengaluru, Pune, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring SSH — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Job titles most likely to require SSH

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Software Engineer4917.4%
DevOps Engineer124.3%
Systems Engineer103.6%
Forward Deployed Engineer72.5%
Application Security Engineer51.8%
QA Engineer51.8%
AI/ML Engineer41.4%
Cloud Engineer41.4%
Flight Test Engineer41.4%
Infrastructure Security Engineer41.4%

Top metros hiring for SSH

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco103.6%
Toronto72.5%
Dublin62.1%
Bengaluru51.8%
Pune51.8%
Sunnyvale51.8%
Atlanta41.4%
Austin41.4%
New York City41.4%

Skills commonly paired with SSH

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-21. 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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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index