team management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-17, team management appears in 91 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Program Manager roles, with demand down 18% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-17
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Frequently asked questions about team management
+Is team management in demand in 2026?
Yes. team management appears in 91 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, with demand down 18% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Program Manager roles (11% of Program Manager postings list it).
+What jobs require team management?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, the job titles most likely to require team management are Program Manager (11% of postings list team management), Engineering Manager (10% of postings list team management), Software Engineering Manager (9% of postings list team management).
+What skills are commonly paired with team management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-17), team management most often appears alongside project management, software engineering, stakeholder management, coaching, program management.
+Where is team management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring team management are New York City, Kyiv, Paris, Seattle, Barcelona, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 10 | 11.0% |
| Engineering Manager | 9 | 9.9% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 8 | 8.8% |
| Product Manager | 4 | 4.4% |
| Product Marketing Lead | 3 | 3.3% |
| Software Engineer | 3 | 3.3% |
| Architect | 2 | 2.2% |
| Customer Service Manager | 2 | 2.2% |
| Data Science Manager | 2 | 2.2% |
| Data Scientist | 2 | 2.2% |
Top metros hiring for team management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 5 | 5.5% |
| Kyiv | 3 | 3.3% |
| Paris | 3 | 3.3% |
| Seattle | 3 | 3.3% |
| Barcelona | 2 | 2.2% |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 2.2% |
| Bucharest | 2 | 2.2% |
| Delhi | 2 | 2.2% |
| Dublin | 2 | 2.2% |
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 2026-09-17. 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
- entity_id
- 08872726179abbd5
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-17
- 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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