agentic AI jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-16, agentic AI appears in 1,283 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 23% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-16
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+Is agentic AI in demand in 2026?
Yes. agentic AI appears in 1,283 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-16, with demand up 23% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (10% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require agentic AI?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-16, the job titles most likely to require agentic AI are Software Engineer (10% of postings list agentic AI), Product Manager (7% of postings list agentic AI), AI Engineer (7% of postings list agentic AI).
+What skills are commonly paired with agentic AI?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-16), agentic AI most often appears alongside Python, Generative AI, machine learning, AWS, LLMs.
+Where is agentic AI most in demand?
As of 2026-08-16, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring agentic AI are New York City, Bengaluru, London, San Francisco, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring agentic AI — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require agentic AI
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 129 | 10.1% |
| Product Manager | 95 | 7.4% |
| AI Engineer | 91 | 7.1% |
| ML Engineer | 51 | 4.0% |
| Data Scientist | 43 | 3.4% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 32 | 2.5% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 31 | 2.4% |
| Engineering Manager | 18 | 1.4% |
| AI Architect | 15 | 1.2% |
| Solutions Architect | 15 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for agentic AI
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 60 | 4.7% |
| Bengaluru | 43 | 3.4% |
| London | 43 | 3.4% |
| San Francisco | 39 | 3.0% |
| Hyderabad | 34 | 2.7% |
| Toronto | 33 | 2.6% |
| Tel Aviv | 16 | 1.2% |
| Berlin | 13 | 1.0% |
| Paris | 12 | 0.9% |
Skills commonly paired with agentic AI
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-16. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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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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