anomaly detection jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, anomaly detection appears in 1,443 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Scientist has the most postings mentioning anomaly detection, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is anomaly detection in demand in 2026?
Yes. anomaly detection appears in 1,443 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 48% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Scientist accounts for the most postings mentioning anomaly detection (13.5% of all postings mentioning anomaly detection).
+What jobs require anomaly detection?
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 anomaly detection are Actuarial Analyst (25.0% of that role’s postings mention anomaly detection), Detection Engineer (12.5% of that role’s postings mention anomaly detection), Business Operations Analyst (9.4% of that role’s postings mention anomaly detection).
+What skills are commonly paired with anomaly detection?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), anomaly detection most often appears alongside Python, SQL, machine learning, data pipelines, observability.
+Where is anomaly detection most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring anomaly detection are San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, San Jose, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring anomaly detection — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require anomaly detection
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Actuarial Analyst | 5 | 25.0% |
| Detection Engineer | 3 | 12.5% |
| Business Operations Analyst | 3 | 9.4% |
| AI Ops Engineer | 2 | 9.1% |
| ML Software Engineer | 2 | 9.1% |
| AI/ML Scientist | 2 | 8.7% |
| Financial Data Analyst | 3 | 7.7% |
| Finance Data Analyst | 2 | 7.7% |
| Machine Learning Systems Engineer | 2 | 7.4% |
| Marketing Data Analyst | 5 | 7.4% |
Roles with the most anomaly detection postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 195 | 13.5% |
| Software Engineer | 106 | 7.3% |
| Data Analyst | 74 | 5.1% |
| Product Manager | 70 | 4.9% |
| Data Engineer | 62 | 4.3% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 61 | 4.2% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 23 | 1.6% |
| ML Engineer | 21 | 1.5% |
| AI Engineer | 19 | 1.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 18 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for anomaly detection
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 58 | 4.0% |
| New York City | 49 | 3.4% |
| Bengaluru | 35 | 2.4% |
| San Jose | 24 | 1.7% |
| Singapore | 24 | 1.7% |
| Toronto | 24 | 1.7% |
| Seattle | 23 | 1.6% |
| London | 21 | 1.5% |
| Washington | 19 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with anomaly detection
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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 anomaly detection by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s anomaly detection postings by all anomaly detection 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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