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VP of Engineering Career Market Report 2026

240 active jobs. 164 companies. Median salary $250K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

240
Active Job Openings
164
Companies Hiring
$250K
Median Salary (US)
81%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The VP of Engineering 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: 81% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $250K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $200K to $347K.

Remote roles pay 37% 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 63%

Securityscorecard leads hiring with 5 open positions

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 63% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States30$237KUSD
Remote12$325KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site4.6%
Remote27.9%
Hybrid4.2%

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

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
63%
R
20%
CI/CD
19%
AWS
16%
DevOps
16%
Python
13%
Microservices
12%
Quality Assurance
10%
Java
10%
Azure
9%
GCP
9%
Snowflake
8%

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Securityscorecard52.1%
Bjak41.7%
Xometry41.7%
Veeva41.7%
Verramobility31.2%
Ms31.2%
Crystalintelligence31.2%
Jobgether31.2%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States99
Remote37
United Kingdom11
Canada7
India5
Singapore4
Germany4
France3

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree52.6%102
Master's Degree17.5%34
Bachelor's Degree1.5%3
PhD / Doctorate0.5%1

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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