APM jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, APM appears in 205 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Site Reliability Engineer has the most postings mentioning APM, with demand share up 0.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
205
Demand vs prior month
up 0.3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 17.6% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Tokyo

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Frequently asked questions about APM

+Is APM in demand in 2026?

Yes. APM appears in 205 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Site Reliability Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning APM (17.6% of all postings mentioning APM).

+What jobs require APM?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning APM are Technical Success Manager (8.0% of that role’s postings mention APM), Performance Test Engineer (6.2% of that role’s postings mention APM), AI Solution Architect (5.3% of that role’s postings mention APM).

+What skills are commonly paired with APM?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), APM most often appears alongside observability, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD.

+Where is APM most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring APM are Tokyo, Boston, London, Mexico City, New York City, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after APM?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring APM — last 90 days

Career paths around APM

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before APM

Before APMpython → APM: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairci/cd → APM: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairLinux → APM: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairGitLab → APM: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairrequests → APM: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairCI/CD workflow → APM: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPHP → APM: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairbash shell scripts → APM: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAPMpython: 4 movespython4 movesci/cd: 2 movesci/cd2 movesLinux: 2 movesLinux2 movesGitLab: 2 movesGitLab2 movesrequests: 1 movesrequests1 movesCI/CD workflow: 1 movesCI/CD workflow1 movesPHP: 1 movesPHP1 movesbash shell scripts: 1 movesbash shell scripts1 moves

Skills after APM

After APMAPM → Domain-Driven Design: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAPM → Excel: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAPM → Market Research: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAPM → hexagonal architecture: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAPM → Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAPM → Behavior-Driven Design: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAPMDomain-Driven Design: 1 movesDomain-DrivenDesign1 movesExcel: 1 movesExcel1 movesMarket Research: 1 movesMarket Research1 moveshexagonal architecture: 1 moveshexagonalarchitecture1 movesCommand Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS): 1 movesCommand QueryResponsibilitySegregation (CQRS)1 movesBehavior-Driven Design: 1 movesBehavior-DrivenDesign1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python4
Before: ci/cd2
Before: Linux2
Before: GitLab2
Before: requests1
Before: CI/CD workflow1
Before: PHP1
Before: bash shell scripts1
After: Domain-Driven Design1
After: Excel1
After: Market Research1
After: hexagonal architecture1
After: Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS)1
After: Behavior-Driven Design1

Roles most likely to require APM

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Technical Success Manager28.0%
Performance Test Engineer26.2%
AI Solution Architect45.3%
AI Project Manager14.0%
Performance Engineer23.9%
Site Reliability Engineering Manager23.9%
DevOps Manager13.4%
Observability Engineer13.4%
Technology Consultant13.4%
Engineering Product Manager12.9%

Roles with the most APM postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Site Reliability Engineer3617.6%
Software Engineer3215.6%
Product Manager115.4%
DevOps Engineer73.4%
Engineering Manager62.9%
Technical Enablement Manager52.4%
AI Solution Architect42.0%
Cloud Engineer42.0%
Principal Product Manager42.0%
Account Executive31.5%

Top companies posting jobs requiring APM

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring APM
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Datadog13
Axon12
Elastic11
New Relic8
Caylent7
Grafana Labs5
Qventus4
EarnIn4
Xsolla4
IFS4

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for APM

NamePostingsShare
Tokyo94.4%
Boston62.9%
London62.9%
Mexico City62.9%
New York City62.9%
Hyderabad52.4%
Bengaluru42.0%
Reston42.0%
Mumbai31.5%

Skills commonly paired with APM

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning APM by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s APM postings by all APM postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index