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Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

simulation

379 live US technical postings name simulation 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 379 postings naming simulation that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer73.6%
  2. 2Data Scientist9.8%
  3. 3Machine Learning Engineer7.7%
  4. 4AI Engineer4.5%
  5. 5DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer2.4%

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 simulation is named
n = 206
10th
$150k
25th
$170k
Median
$199k
75th
$235k
90th
$281k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA21.6%
  2. 2San Francisco, CA14%
  3. 3Remote4.5%
  4. 4Boston, MA4%
  5. 5Los Angeles, CA4%
  6. 6Seattle, WA3.2%
  7. 7Washington, DC2.9%
  8. 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.