Closed month report
AdTech Hiring Report – October 2026
Monthly AdTech hiring trends based on job openings created in October 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: October 1, 2026 through October 31, 2026, using UTC month boundaries.
Openings created
1,036
Companies hiring
79
Locations / cities
176
Remote / hybrid share
58%
Top hiring company
Merkle
Top hiring city
New York 🇺🇸
Top category
Sales
Engineering jobs
661
Expanded metric using the Engineering category and broader technical role signals.
Key insights
- Merkle created the most tracked openings in October 2026, with 92 jobs.
- Sales was the largest formal job category, with 185 openings (18%).
- Remote or hybrid roles accounted for 58% of openings, covering 602 jobs.
- Using the Engineering category together with broader technical role signals, engineering-related positions accounted for 661 openings (64%).
- python, SQL and programmatic were the most common skills or tags mentioned in job posts.