Cursor vs Claude Code vs Copilot in engineering job postings
Which AI coding tools engineering roles name, counted from public job postings and updated daily.
As of 13 Nov 2026, Claude Code is mentioned in 441 open engineering roles, GitHub Copilot in 337 and Cursor in 326.
How to cite: quote the figure with its date and link this page. EngAI Signal is built from public job postings, 1,200+ companies tracked. How the data is collected
A mention is not adoption, and not a requirement. A posting can name a tool the team uses, is trying out, or lists as nice to have. These are counts of job postings, not of users or seats.
Side by side
Snapshot: 13 Nov 2026 (last completed crawl)
| As of 13 Nov 2026 | Cursor | Claude Code | GitHub Copilot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open engineering roles that mention it | 326 | 441 | 337 |
| Of those, leadership roles | 64 | 87 | 60 |
| Leadership shareShare of all 2,344 open engineering leadership roles | 2.7% | 3.7% | 2.6% |
| CompaniesWith at least one open role that mentions it | 152 | 206 | 131 |
| New in the last 7 daysRoles published in the last 7 days, against the 7 days before | 36 (+10) | 59 (+19) | 42 (+15) |
| EuropeOpen roles in the EU-27, the UK, Switzerland, Norway and the rest of Europe | 255 | 352 | 265 |
| Rest of the world | 71 | 89 | 72 |
| Germany | 51 | 82 | 34 |
315 open roles mention more than one of the three, so the columns overlap. The highest figure in each row is bold.
In the postings’ words
Recent open leadership roles. Employer names are left out here; each tag page lists the postings with their source.
Cursor
…- AI-native delivery in practice — you build daily with Claude Code, Cursor, or the current best tool, and understand context management, model…
…other tools. - Each engineer gets access to AI-first tooling (Claude Code, Cursor, Notion AI), and we want people who use AI to raise the bar, not just to…
Claude Code
…in English at C1 level. AI-enabled building You use agentic coding tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) across investigation, design,…
…(Kubernetes, cloud, CI/CD) and security - You use AI coding tools such as Claude Code every day, for design, coding, testing and review - You've led…
GitHub Copilot
…the world's first domain-specific AI peer programmer for insurance (think GitHub Copilot with a PhD in actuarial science) to shaping agentic workflows…
…Web Components AI and Automation You actively use AI tools such as Agentforce, GitHub Copilot, or similar to accelerate delivery, and you set the same…
More on each tool
- Cursor →Weekly trend, companies and every posting with its source
- Claude Code →Weekly trend, companies and every posting with its source
- GitHub Copilot →Weekly trend, companies and every posting with its source
How postings are matched to tools, and the limits of the data: methodology.
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