Which roles ask for MCP at tech companies · 38 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
38 roles counted that list MCP, one per company, title and level; 62 postings in the window.
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In short
MCP: listed in 38 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 21 and preferred in 17. The largest group is software engineer roles: 15 of 38. Each role counts once, however many job boards post it.
- Required
- 21 of 38
- Of the roles that list MCP
- Preferred
- 17 of 38
- Of the roles that list MCP
- Largest group
- 15 of 38
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for MCP
Roles listing MCP, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 15 | 15 of 719 |
| AI engineer | 10 | 10 of 70 |
| Machine learning engineer | 4 | 4 of 79 |
| Forward deployed engineer | 3 | 3 of 63 |
| Data engineer | 1 | 1 of 99 |
| Data scientist | 1 | 1 of 112 |
| DevOps engineer | 1 | 1 of 58 |
| Platform engineer | 1 | 1 of 57 |
| Security engineer | 1 | 1 of 126 |
| Software architect | 1 | 1 of 32 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Okta4 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.2 roles
- Cribl2 roles
- Wolters Kluwer2 roles
- Anthropic1 role
- Board of Innovation1 role
- Caliberly1 role
- Coalition, Inc.1 role
- DRIMO1 role
- Scale AI1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 38 MCP roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 23 of 38 |
| LLMs | 18 of 38 |
| AI | 17 of 38 |
| AI Agents | 14 of 38 |
| RAG | 14 of 38 |
| CI/CD | 11 of 38 |
| TypeScript | 11 of 38 |
| Prompt Engineering | 10 of 38 |
| LangGraph | 9 of 38 |
| Observability | 9 of 38 |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AI Agents | 8 of 38 |
| AI | 6 of 38 |
| AWS | 5 of 38 |
| Terraform | 5 of 38 |
| TypeScript | 5 of 38 |
| Vector Databases | 5 of 38 |
| A2A | 4 of 38 |
| Claude Code | 4 of 38 |
| Fine-Tuning | 4 of 38 |
| Infrastructure as Code | 4 of 38 |
Experience
Of the 22 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 22 of 22
- 2+ years
- 22 of 22
- 3+ years
- 21 of 22
- 5+ years
- 18 of 22
- 8+ years
- 6 of 22
- 10+ years
- 2 of 22
Degree
Of the 28 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 1 of 28
- Required, or experience instead
- 2 of 28
- Preferred
- 0 of 28
- Not mentioned
- 25 of 28
Pay and remote work
Of the 38 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 21 of 38
- Remote roles
- 26 of 38
How we count: 38 roles from 32 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology