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Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

github copilot

201 live US technical postings name github copilot 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 201 postings naming github copilot that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer61.7%
  2. 2Data Engineer6%
  3. 3DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer6%
  4. 4Frontend Engineer6%
  5. 5Full-Stack Engineer5%
  6. 6Security Engineer4%
  7. 7Backend Engineer3%
  8. 8Data Scientist3%

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.

Disclosed pay where github copilot is named
n = 114
10th
$115k
25th
$136k
Median
$170k
75th
$217k
90th
$253k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Remote16.4%
  2. 2New York, NY9%
  3. 3San Francisco, CA8%
  4. 4Silicon Valley, CA6.5%
  5. 5Seattle, WA4.5%
  6. 6Chicago, IL3%
  7. 7Los Angeles, CA3%
  8. 8Austin, TX2.5%

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.