Closed month report
AdTech Hiring Report – May 2026
Monthly AdTech hiring trends based on job openings created in May 2026 across programmatic, Ad Ops, CTV, Retail Media, Measurement, Engineering and related companies. The report includes active and expired jobs because it measures hiring activity during the closed month.
Period: May 1, 2026 through May 31, 2026, using UTC month boundaries.
Openings created
2,098
Companies hiring
63
Locations / cities
228
Remote / hybrid share
61%
Top hiring company
Merkle
Top hiring city
New York 🇺🇸
Top category
Sales
Engineering jobs
1,291
Expanded metric using the Engineering category and broader technical role signals.
Key insights
- Merkle created the most tracked openings in May 2026, with 155 jobs.
- Sales was the largest formal job category, with 472 openings (22%).
- Remote or hybrid roles accounted for 61% of openings, covering 1,271 jobs.
- Using the Engineering category together with broader technical role signals, engineering-related positions accounted for 1,291 openings (62%).
- Python, programmatic and SQL were the most common skills or tags mentioned in job posts.