Job market reports · Skill · August 2026

next.js

200 live US technical postings name next.js in August 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 200 postings naming next.js that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer52%
  2. 2Full-Stack Engineer29%
  3. 3Frontend Engineer13.5%
  4. 4AI Engineer3%
  5. 5Backend Engineer1.5%

What postings asking for it pay

Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.

Disclosed pay where next.js is named
n = 31
10th
$145k
25th
$175k
Median
$205k
75th
$240k
90th
$260k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1San Francisco, CA31.5%
  2. 2New York, NY20%
  3. 3Remote17.5%
  4. 4Austin, TX4.5%
  5. 5Los Angeles, CA3%
  6. 6Seattle, WA2%
  7. 7Boston, MA1.5%
  8. 8Denver, CO1%

How we counted

457,191 live US postings read directly from 64,697 employers’ own careers pages in August 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.