triage jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-21, triage appears in 217 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Security Engineer roles, with demand up 30% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-21
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Frequently asked questions about triage
+Is triage in demand in 2026?
Yes. triage appears in 217 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-21, with demand up 30% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Security Engineer roles (15% of Security Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require triage?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-21, the job titles most likely to require triage are Security Engineer (15% of postings list triage), Software Engineer (9% of postings list triage), Product Manager (6% of postings list triage).
+What skills are commonly paired with triage?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-21), triage most often appears alongside Python, incident response, automation, CI/CD, debugging.
+Where is triage most in demand?
As of 2026-09-21, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring triage are San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, London, New York City, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring triage — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require triage
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 32 | 14.7% |
| Software Engineer | 19 | 8.8% |
| Product Manager | 12 | 5.5% |
| Engineering Manager | 9 | 4.1% |
| Embedded Software Test Engineer | 7 | 3.2% |
| Technical Program Manager | 7 | 3.2% |
| Program Manager | 5 | 2.3% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 5 | 2.3% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 3 | 1.4% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 3 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for triage
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 19 | 8.8% |
| Sunnyvale | 7 | 3.2% |
| Mountain View | 6 | 2.8% |
| London | 5 | 2.3% |
| New York City | 5 | 2.3% |
| Austin | 3 | 1.4% |
| Bangkok | 3 | 1.4% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 1.4% |
| Hyderabad | 3 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with triage
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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
- entity_id
- 0e3348099c667286
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-21
- 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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