AI Specialist jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 31 job postings with the title “AI Specialist” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is intent recognition, with demand down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many AI Specialist jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 31 job postings with the title “AI Specialist” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do AI Specialist jobs require?
Across AI Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are intent recognition, cognitive science, rapid prototyping, visual feedback, visual interfaces.
+Which cities are hiring the most AI Specialist?
As of 2026-05-17, AI Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Leeds, London, New York City, Austin, Belfast.
+Is AI Specialist a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 31 AI Specialist postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in AI Specialist postings is intent recognition, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly AI Specialist postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for AI Specialist
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| intent recognition | 5 | 7.4% |
| cognitive science | 5 | 7.4% |
| rapid prototyping | 5 | 7.4% |
| visual feedback | 5 | 7.4% |
| visual interfaces | 5 | 7.4% |
| voice data | 5 | 7.4% |
| voice-driven interfaces | 5 | 7.4% |
| user studies | 5 | 7.4% |
| socially-aware navigation | 5 | 7.4% |
| Auditory feedback | 5 | 7.4% |
| Human-computer interaction (HCI) | 5 | 7.4% |
| Python | 4 | 5.9% |
| vector databases | 3 | 4.4% |
| machine learning | 3 | 4.4% |
| Microsoft Copilot | 3 | 4.4% |
Top metros hiring AI Specialist
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 3 | 21.4% |
| London | 3 | 21.4% |
| New York City | 2 | 14.3% |
| Austin | 1 | 7.1% |
| Belfast | 1 | 7.1% |
| Boston | 1 | 7.1% |
| Chennai | 1 | 7.1% |
| Delhi | 1 | 7.1% |
| Gurugram | 1 | 7.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “AI Specialist”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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