AI Specialist jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities

As of 2026-06-11, Skillenai has indexed 93 job postings with the title “AI Specialist” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is LLMs, with demand up 350% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-11

Postings · last 90 days
93
Demand vs prior month
up 350% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
Chennai

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+How many AI Specialist jobs are being posted in 2026?

Skillenai has indexed 93 job postings with the title “AI Specialist” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand up 350% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills do AI Specialist jobs require?

Across AI Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, the skills mentioned most often are LLMs, Generative AI, fact-checking, technical documentation, Reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF).

+Which cities are hiring the most AI Specialist?

As of 2026-06-11, AI Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Chennai, Leeds, London, New York City, Amsterdam.

+Is AI Specialist a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 93 AI Specialist postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand up 350% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in AI Specialist postings is LLMs, 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
LLMs5154.8%
Generative AI5154.8%
fact-checking5053.8%
technical documentation4851.6%
Reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF)4548.4%
AI evaluation4346.2%
Technical analysis4043.0%
computer science3335.5%
Code logic verification3234.4%
structured rubrics3133.3%
Code repositories2526.9%
paper interpretation2526.9%
Data visualizations2324.7%
Graphical abstract generation1718.3%
evaluation rubrics1718.3%

Top metros hiring AI Specialist

NamePostingsShare
Chennai33.2%
Leeds33.2%
London33.2%
New York City22.2%
Amsterdam11.1%
Austin11.1%
Belfast11.1%
Bengaluru11.1%
Berlin11.1%

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, 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
2026-06-11
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index