Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

rtos

198 live US technical postings name rtos 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 198 postings naming rtos that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer96%
  2. 2DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer2.5%
  3. 3Security Engineer1%

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 rtos is named
n = 132
10th
$127k
25th
$145k
Median
$175k
75th
$210k
90th
$225k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA12.1%
  2. 2Los Angeles, CA9.6%
  3. 3San Francisco, CA7.6%
  4. 4Boston, MA3.5%
  5. 5Seattle, WA3.5%
  6. 6Austin, TX3%
  7. 7Remote3%
  8. 8San Diego, CA3%

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.