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

As of 2026-05-02, AI evaluation appears in 159 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-02

Postings · last 90 days
159
Demand vs prior month
down 65% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about AI evaluation

+Is AI evaluation in demand in 2026?

Yes. AI evaluation appears in 159 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-02, with demand down 65% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills are commonly paired with AI evaluation?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-02), AI evaluation most often appears alongside Image annotation, Large language models (LLMs), prompt testing, audio annotation, prompt creation.

+Where is AI evaluation most in demand?

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

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Weekly job postings requiring AI evaluation — last 90 days

Top metros hiring for AI evaluation

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco1134.4%
New York City515.6%
Toronto412.5%
London26.3%
Malta26.3%
Mountain View26.3%
Port of Spain26.3%
Taipei26.3%
Tel Aviv26.3%

Skills commonly paired with AI evaluation

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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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