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

As of 2026-05-02, AI agents appears in 1,544 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-02

Postings · last 90 days
1,544
Demand vs prior month
down 26% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about AI agents

+Is AI agents in demand in 2026?

Yes. AI agents appears in 1,544 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-02, with demand down 26% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills are commonly paired with AI agents?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-02), AI agents most often appears alongside Python, LLMs, TypeScript, React, APIs.

+Where is AI agents most in demand?

As of 2026-05-02, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring AI agents are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring AI agents — last 90 days

Top metros hiring for AI agents

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco23536.0%
New York City18428.2%
London7511.5%
Bengaluru446.7%
Toronto294.4%
Singapore243.7%
Tel Aviv223.4%
Paris203.1%
Seattle192.9%

Skills commonly paired with AI agents

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-02. 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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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index