team management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, team management appears in 155 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Engineering Manager roles, with demand down 59% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about team management
+Is team management in demand in 2026?
Yes. team management appears in 155 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 59% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Engineering Manager roles (23% of Engineering Manager postings list it).
+What jobs require team management?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require team management are Engineering Manager (23% of postings list team management), Product Manager (4% of postings list team management), Software Engineering Manager (4% of postings list team management).
+What skills are commonly paired with team management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), team management most often appears alongside software engineering, Hiring, mentoring, machine learning, Python.
+Where is team management most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring team management are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring team management — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require team management
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Manager | 35 | 22.6% |
| Product Manager | 7 | 4.5% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 6 | 3.9% |
| Data Science Manager | 4 | 2.6% |
| Machine Learning Manager | 4 | 2.6% |
| Program Manager | 4 | 2.6% |
| Data Analytics Lead | 2 | 1.3% |
| Data Scientist | 2 | 1.3% |
| Head of Engineering | 2 | 1.3% |
| Management Consultant | 2 | 1.3% |
Top metros hiring for team management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 14 | 24.1% |
| San Francisco | 14 | 24.1% |
| London | 11 | 19.0% |
| Bengaluru | 5 | 8.6% |
| Seattle | 4 | 6.9% |
| Fort-de-France | 3 | 5.2% |
| Mountain View | 3 | 5.2% |
| Berlin | 2 | 3.4% |
| Boston | 2 | 3.4% |
Skills commonly paired with team management
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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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- 08872726179abbd5
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- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
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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