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

As of 2026-09-30, Automations appears in 184 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — AI Engineer has the most postings mentioning Automations, with demand share up 5.5% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
184
Demand vs prior month
up 5.5% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 7.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about Automations

+Is Automations in demand in 2026?

Yes. Automations appears in 184 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. AI Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Automations (7.1% of all postings mentioning Automations).

+What jobs require Automations?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Automations are Design Program Manager (19.0% of that role’s postings mention Automations), AI Operations Specialist (10.0% of that role’s postings mention Automations), AI Solutions Engineer (8.7% of that role’s postings mention Automations).

+What skills are commonly paired with Automations?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Automations most often appears alongside SQL, Agents, Integrations, Python, dashboards.

+Where is Automations most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Automations are New York City, London, San Francisco, Seattle, São Paulo, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Automations content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after Automations?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Automations — last 90 days

Career paths around Automations

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Automations

Before AutomationsSalesforce → Automations: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → Automations: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAPI integrations → Automations: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSlack → Automations: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairdemand planning → Automations: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairVisual Basic → Automations: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairComposable Architecture → Automations: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairaccessibility → Automations: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomationsSalesforce: 2 movesSalesforce2 movessql: 2 movessql2 movesAPI integrations: 1 movesAPI integrations1 movesSlack: 1 movesSlack1 movesdemand planning: 1 movesdemand planning1 movesVisual Basic: 1 movesVisual Basic1 movesComposable Architecture: 1 movesComposableArchitecture1 movesaccessibility: 1 movesaccessibility1 moves

Skills after Automations

After AutomationsAutomations → sql: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomations → Power BI: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomations → Access controls: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomations → data flows: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomations → QA systems: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomations → TO-BE: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomations → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomations → DLLs: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomationssql: 3 movessql3 movesPower BI: 2 movesPower BI2 movesAccess controls: 1 movesAccess controls1 movesdata flows: 1 movesdata flows1 movesQA systems: 1 movesQA systems1 movesTO-BE: 1 movesTO-BE1 movespython: 1 movespython1 movesDLLs: 1 movesDLLs1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Salesforce2
Before: sql2
Before: API integrations1
Before: Slack1
Before: demand planning1
Before: Visual Basic1
Before: Composable Architecture1
Before: accessibility1
After: sql3
After: Power BI2
After: Access controls1
After: data flows1
After: QA systems1
After: TO-BE1
After: python1
After: DLLs1

Roles most likely to require Automations

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Design Program Manager419.0%
AI Operations Specialist210.0%
AI Solutions Engineer28.7%
Applied AI Architect45.4%
AI Training Specialist12.6%
GTM Engineer32.5%
Forward Deployment Engineer12.4%
Value Engineer12.3%
Engagement Manager12.0%
AI Enablement Engineer11.8%

Roles with the most Automations postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
AI Engineer137.1%
Product Manager137.1%
Software Engineer126.5%
Forward Deployed Engineer84.3%
Applied AI Architect42.2%
Applied AI Engineer42.2%
Data Analyst42.2%
Design Program Manager42.2%
Infrastructure Engineer42.2%
Program Manager42.2%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Automations

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Automations
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Stripe14
Notion6
OpenAI5
Celonis4
Feverup4
Braze4
Mercury4
Aurelia4
Quintoandar3
Elation Health3

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Automations

NamePostingsShare
New York City147.6%
London116.0%
San Francisco94.9%
Seattle73.8%
São Paulo73.8%
Berlin63.3%
Paris63.3%
Munich52.7%
Madrid42.2%

Skills commonly paired with Automations

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. 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 Automations by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Automations postings by all Automations 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,597 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index