Agents jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-19, Agents appears in 1,189 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 15% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-19

Postings · last 90 days
1,189
Demand vs prior month
up 15% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 13% require it
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about Agents

+Is Agents in demand in 2026?

Yes. Agents appears in 1,189 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, with demand up 15% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (13% of Software Engineer postings list it).

+What jobs require Agents?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, the job titles most likely to require Agents are Software Engineer (13% of postings list Agents), Product Manager (10% of postings list Agents), AI Engineer (6% of postings list Agents).

+What skills are commonly paired with Agents?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-19), Agents most often appears alongside Python, LLMs, RAG, APIs, SQL.

+Where is Agents most in demand?

As of 2026-09-19, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Agents are San Francisco, New York City, London, Chicago, Tel Aviv, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring Agents — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Job titles most likely to require Agents

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Software Engineer15713.2%
Product Manager1149.6%
AI Engineer705.9%
Applied AI Engineer554.6%
Solutions Architect252.1%
Data Scientist242.0%
Forward Deployed Engineer242.0%
Engineering Manager231.9%
AI Security Specialist191.6%
Technical Program Manager141.2%

Top metros hiring for Agents

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco1149.6%
New York City746.2%
London474.0%
Chicago211.8%
Tel Aviv211.8%
Paris201.7%
Toronto191.6%
Bengaluru171.4%
Mountain View131.1%

Skills commonly paired with Agents

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19. 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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ea6739ab836be9e8
data_as_of
2026-09-19
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index