Engineering Manager Jobs in 2026: 535 Open Roles, a $215K Floor, and a Rising Share
After two years of flattening, engineering manager titles rose from 3.8% to 4.65% of newly opened tech roles. 535 are open, with a $215,000 median pay floor.
Python Is in 5,637 Open Tech Jobs. Only 51 Say So in the Title.
Python is in 5,637 open tech roles, but only 51 titles say so. Most are backend, not data science, Go is its top partner, and juniors get a better shot.
Rust Is in 858 Open Tech Jobs. One Company Has a Fifth of Them.
858 open tech roles name Rust, and Anduril holds 168. Rust has the highest median salary floor we measured, the fewest junior roles, and the most crowded stacks.
The People With the Least Leverage Get Told the Least About Pay
Junior roles publish a salary band 33.5% of the time against 54.5% for senior. We split it by jurisdiction to check whether that is just geography. It is not, and the law nearly closes the gap.
The tech job market, halfway through 2026
A mid-year cross-section of the tech job market: 15,034 open roles at the 867 companies hiring, out of 1,073 we track. Only 3% are junior, the modal stack is a cloud platform, and a third of the board turns over every month.
