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Engineering Manager Career Market Report 2026

10,202 active jobs. 2,882 companies. Median salary $150K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

10,202
Active Job Openings
2,882
Companies Hiring
$150K
Median Salary (US)
78%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Engineering Manager market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 78% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $150K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $110K to $232K.

Remote roles pay 17% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 38%

Salesforce demand rose +7.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Amazon leads hiring with 272 open positions

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 48% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager1,139$108K$150K$230K

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States665$150KUSD
Remote126$175KUSD
Canada34$154KUSD
United Kingdom24$100KGBP
Germany3$42KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.9%
Remote14.5%
Hybrid2.5%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
38%
AWS
14%
Project Management
14%
CI/CD
10%
Python
10%
R
10%
Salesforce
7%
Kubernetes
7%
Java
7%
Program Management
6%
React
6%
GCP
6%

Skills on the Rise

Salesforce ↑+7.2ppKubernetes ↑+6.8ppProgram Management ↑+6.3ppReact ↑+5.9ppGCP ↑+5.6pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-14.4ppAgile ↓-12.1ppExcel ↓-8.0ppProcurement ↓-7.6ppMental Health ↓-7.5pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Amazon2722.7%
Ngc1031.0%
Jobgether1011.0%
Nvidia800.8%
Synnex560.5%
Databricks540.5%
Lextorahlds470.5%
Ingrammicro470.5%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States3,373
Remote724
India521
United Kingdom510
Germany227
Canada226
Singapore174
Australia163

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree37.0%1,848
Master's Degree7.4%372
Bachelor's Degree5.9%295
MBA0.6%32
PhD / Doctorate0.6%31

Certifications

MBA (2%)

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