Applied Researcher jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 51 job postings with the title “Applied Researcher” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is machine learning, with demand up 4% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Applied Researcher jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 51 job postings with the title “Applied Researcher” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 4% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Applied Researcher jobs require?
Across Applied Researcher postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are machine learning, Python, PyTorch, deep learning, Java.
+Which cities are hiring the most Applied Researcher?
As of 2026-05-17, Applied Researcher postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Toronto, Amsterdam, Pimmit Hills, Prince Frederick, New York City.
+Is Applied Researcher a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 51 Applied Researcher postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 4% 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 | 26 | 13.1% |
| Python | 24 | 12.1% |
| PyTorch | 21 | 10.6% |
| deep learning | 17 | 8.6% |
| Java | 14 | 7.1% |
| Scala | 13 | 6.6% |
| Spark | 12 | 6.1% |
| SQL | 12 | 6.1% |
| Hadoop | 10 | 5.1% |
| classification | 10 | 5.1% |
| regression | 9 | 4.5% |
| Reinforcement learning | 9 | 4.5% |
| NLP | 8 | 4.0% |
| fine-tuning | 7 | 3.5% |
| GenAI | 6 | 3.0% |
Top metros hiring Applied Researcher
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 9 | 22.5% |
| Amsterdam | 5 | 12.5% |
| Pimmit Hills | 5 | 12.5% |
| Prince Frederick | 5 | 12.5% |
| New York City | 4 | 10.0% |
| San Francisco | 4 | 10.0% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 7.5% |
| McLean | 3 | 7.5% |
| San Jose | 2 | 5.0% |
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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 “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
- 2026-05-17
- 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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