Closed month report
AdTech Hiring Report – September 2026
Monthly AdTech hiring trends based on job openings created in September 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: September 1, 2026 through September 30, 2026, using UTC month boundaries.
Openings created
1,116
Companies hiring
75
Locations / cities
173
Remote / hybrid share
61%
Top hiring company
Merkle
Top hiring city
New York 🇺🇸
Top category
Sales
Engineering jobs
664
Expanded metric using the Engineering category and broader technical role signals.
Key insights
- Merkle created the most tracked openings in September 2026, with 107 jobs.
- Sales was the largest formal job category, with 227 openings (20%).
- Remote or hybrid roles accounted for 61% of openings, covering 685 jobs.
- Using the Engineering category together with broader technical role signals, engineering-related positions accounted for 664 openings (59%).
- python, sql and AI were the most common skills or tags mentioned in job posts.