Job market reports · Skill · September 2026
github
467 live US technical postings name github in September 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 467 postings naming github that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Software Engineer43.3%
- 2DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer16.1%
- 3Data Engineer9.9%
- 4Security Engineer6.4%
- 5Data Scientist6.2%
- 6Full-Stack Engineer6%
- 7AI Engineer4.3%
- 8Frontend Engineer2.6%
What postings asking for it pay
Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1Remote14.3%
- 2New York, NY12.8%
- 3San Francisco, CA9.2%
- 4Washington, DC4.5%
- 5Silicon Valley, CA3.9%
- 6Boston, MA3.6%
- 7Denver, CO3%
- 8Austin, TX2.6%
How we counted
668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.