AI/ML jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, AI/ML appears in 1,839 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Manager has the most postings mentioning AI/ML, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is AI/ML in demand in 2026?
Yes. AI/ML appears in 1,839 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks. Product Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning AI/ML (17.1% of all postings mentioning AI/ML).
+What jobs require AI/ML?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning AI/ML are Software Product Manager (25.7% of that role’s postings mention AI/ML), AI Deployment Strategist (21.6% of that role’s postings mention AI/ML), CTO (19.6% of that role’s postings mention AI/ML).
+What skills are commonly paired with AI/ML?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), AI/ML most often appears alongside Python, machine learning, SQL, Product Management, AWS.
+Where is AI/ML most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring AI/ML are San Francisco, New York City, San Jose, Bengaluru, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring AI/ML — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require AI/ML
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Software Product Manager | 9 | 25.7% |
| AI Deployment Strategist | 11 | 21.6% |
| CTO | 9 | 19.6% |
| Technical Success Manager | 4 | 17.4% |
| Developer Relations Manager | 6 | 17.1% |
| AI Security Researcher | 3 | 15.0% |
| Product Director | 6 | 12.8% |
| AI Deployment Lead | 3 | 12.5% |
| AI Transformation Director | 4 | 11.8% |
| Chief Technology Officer | 5 | 11.1% |
Roles with the most AI/ML postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | 314 | 17.1% |
| Software Engineer | 173 | 9.4% |
| ML Engineer | 87 | 4.7% |
| Data Scientist | 51 | 2.8% |
| Solutions Architect | 47 | 2.6% |
| AI Engineer | 42 | 2.3% |
| Technical Program Manager | 42 | 2.3% |
| Systems Engineer | 32 | 1.7% |
| Engineering Manager | 26 | 1.4% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 23 | 1.3% |
Top metros hiring for AI/ML
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 64 | 3.5% |
| New York City | 59 | 3.2% |
| San Jose | 59 | 3.2% |
| Bengaluru | 52 | 2.8% |
| London | 43 | 2.3% |
| Boston | 27 | 1.5% |
| Hyderabad | 26 | 1.4% |
| Toronto | 26 | 1.4% |
| Washington | 21 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with AI/ML
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning AI/ML by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s AI/ML postings by all AI/ML postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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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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