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

Postings · last 90 days
31
Demand vs prior month
down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
Leeds

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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

NamePostingsShare
intent recognition57.4%
cognitive science57.4%
rapid prototyping57.4%
visual feedback57.4%
visual interfaces57.4%
voice data57.4%
voice-driven interfaces57.4%
user studies57.4%
socially-aware navigation57.4%
Auditory feedback57.4%
Human-computer interaction (HCI)57.4%
Python45.9%
vector databases34.4%
machine learning34.4%
Microsoft Copilot34.4%

Top metros hiring AI Specialist

NamePostingsShare
Leeds321.4%
London321.4%
New York City214.3%
Austin17.1%
Belfast17.1%
Boston17.1%
Chennai17.1%
Delhi17.1%
Gurugram17.1%

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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).

role
AI Specialist
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-05-17
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index
AI Specialist jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities — Skillenai