traces jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-18, traces appears in 460 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand down 5% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-18
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Frequently asked questions about traces
+Is traces in demand in 2026?
Yes. traces appears in 460 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, with demand down 5% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (24% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require traces?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, the job titles most likely to require traces are Software Engineer (24% of postings list traces), Site Reliability Engineer (13% of postings list traces), Backend Engineer (8% of postings list traces).
+What skills are commonly paired with traces?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-18), traces most often appears alongside metrics, logs, observability, Kubernetes, CI/CD.
+Where is traces most in demand?
As of 2026-09-18, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring traces are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, London, Dublin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new traces content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring traces — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require traces
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 111 | 24.1% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 59 | 12.8% |
| Backend Engineer | 38 | 8.3% |
| Product Manager | 22 | 4.8% |
| DevOps Engineer | 19 | 4.1% |
| AI Engineer | 17 | 3.7% |
| Platform Engineer | 16 | 3.5% |
| Engineering Manager | 12 | 2.6% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 7 | 1.5% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 5 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for traces
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 27 | 5.9% |
| New York City | 22 | 4.8% |
| Bengaluru | 14 | 3.0% |
| London | 12 | 2.6% |
| Dublin | 8 | 1.7% |
| Stockholm | 8 | 1.7% |
| Toronto | 7 | 1.5% |
| Amsterdam | 6 | 1.3% |
| Madrid | 6 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with traces
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18. 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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- 2026-09-18
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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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