Applied Researcher jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-06-11, Skillenai has indexed 60 job postings with the title “Applied Researcher” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is machine learning, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-11
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+How many Applied Researcher jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 60 job postings with the title “Applied Researcher” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Applied Researcher jobs require?
Across Applied Researcher postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, the skills mentioned most often are machine learning, Python, PyTorch, deep learning, Java.
+Which cities are hiring the most Applied Researcher?
As of 2026-06-11, Applied Researcher postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Toronto, Amsterdam, Pimmit Hills, Prince Frederick, San Francisco.
+Is Applied Researcher a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 60 Applied Researcher postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Applied Researcher postings is machine learning, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Applied Researcher postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Applied Researcher
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| machine learning | 30 | 50.0% |
| Python | 28 | 46.7% |
| PyTorch | 24 | 40.0% |
| deep learning | 18 | 30.0% |
| Java | 16 | 26.7% |
| Scala | 15 | 25.0% |
| Spark | 13 | 21.7% |
| SQL | 12 | 20.0% |
| fine-tuning | 11 | 18.3% |
| Reinforcement learning | 11 | 18.3% |
| Hadoop | 10 | 16.7% |
| classification | 10 | 16.7% |
| regression | 10 | 16.7% |
| NLP | 8 | 13.3% |
| LLMs | 8 | 13.3% |
Top metros hiring Applied Researcher
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 11 | 18.3% |
| Amsterdam | 6 | 10.0% |
| Pimmit Hills | 5 | 8.3% |
| Prince Frederick | 5 | 8.3% |
| San Francisco | 5 | 8.3% |
| New York City | 4 | 6.7% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 5.0% |
| McLean | 3 | 5.0% |
| San Jose | 3 | 5.0% |
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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 “Applied Researcher”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Applied Researcher
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-06-11
- window_days
- 90
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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