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

As of 2026-10-29, Azure OpenAI appears in 723 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — AI Engineer has the most postings mentioning Azure OpenAI, with demand share up 6.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29

Postings · last 90 days
723
Demand vs prior month
up 6.3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 14.7% of skill postings
AI Engineer
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about Azure OpenAI

+Is Azure OpenAI in demand in 2026?

Yes. Azure OpenAI appears in 723 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. AI Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Azure OpenAI (14.7% of all postings mentioning Azure OpenAI).

+What jobs require Azure OpenAI?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Azure OpenAI are AI Platform Architect (10.0% of that role’s postings mention Azure OpenAI), Engineering Leader (10.0% of that role’s postings mention Azure OpenAI), AI Application Engineer (9.7% of that role’s postings mention Azure OpenAI).

+What skills are commonly paired with Azure OpenAI?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), Azure OpenAI most often appears alongside Python, prompt engineering, LangChain, CI/CD, RAG.

+Where is Azure OpenAI most in demand?

As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Azure OpenAI are Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, London, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Azure OpenAI alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Azure OpenAI content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Azure OpenAI?

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 Azure OpenAI — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Azure OpenAI

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Azure OpenAI

Before Azure OpenAIpython → Azure OpenAI: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairdatabricks → Azure OpenAI: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → Azure OpenAI: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure Data Factory → Azure OpenAI: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → Azure OpenAI: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → Azure OpenAI: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairKafka → Azure OpenAI: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairci/cd → Azure OpenAI: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure OpenAIpython: 9 movespython9 movesdatabricks: 8 movesdatabricks8 movesPower BI: 6 movesPower BI6 movesAzure Data Factory: 6 movesAzure Data Factory6 movesdocker: 5 movesdocker5 movesJenkins: 5 movesJenkins5 movesKafka: 5 movesKafka5 movesci/cd: 4 movesci/cd4 moves

Skills after Azure OpenAI

After Azure OpenAIAzure OpenAI → python: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure OpenAI → langchain: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure OpenAI → terraform: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure OpenAI → databricks: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure OpenAI → MLflow: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure OpenAI → tensorflow: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure OpenAI → AWS: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure OpenAI → Kafka: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure OpenAIpython: 4 movespython4 moveslangchain: 3 moveslangchain3 movesterraform: 2 movesterraform2 movesdatabricks: 2 movesdatabricks2 movesMLflow: 2 movesMLflow2 movestensorflow: 2 movestensorflow2 movesAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movesKafka: 2 movesKafka2 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: python9
Before: databricks8
Before: Power BI6
Before: Azure Data Factory6
Before: docker5
Before: Jenkins5
Before: Kafka5
Before: ci/cd4
After: python4
After: langchain3
After: terraform2
After: databricks2
After: MLflow2
After: tensorflow2
After: AWS2
After: Kafka2

Roles most likely to require Azure OpenAI

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
AI Platform Architect210.0%
Engineering Leader210.0%
AI Application Engineer39.7%
AI Analyst39.4%
Lead Architect29.1%
GenAI Engineer38.8%
AI Agent Engineer67.9%
AI Architect257.5%
AI Technical Lead27.4%
AI Developer127.4%

Roles with the most Azure OpenAI postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
AI Engineer10614.7%
Software Engineer8111.2%
AI Architect253.5%
Data Scientist212.9%
Data Engineer182.5%
Solution Architect162.2%
AI Developer121.7%
AI Software Engineer121.7%
AI Platform Engineer101.4%
AI/ML Engineer101.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Azure OpenAI

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring Azure OpenAI
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Accenture38
PwC24
Sopra Steria15
Bosch14
JCI10
NielsenIQ10
Encora10
Devoteam10
CACI7
Allstate7

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 Azure OpenAI

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru263.6%
Hyderabad162.2%
Pune131.8%
London111.5%
Toronto111.5%
Boston71.0%
Bucharest71.0%
Dallas71.0%
Oslo71.0%

Skills commonly paired with Azure OpenAI

Python (394)prompt engineering (249)LangChain (204)CI/CD (192)RAG (190)SQL (151)Azure AI Foundry (132)Generative AI (131)Azure (126)vector databases (119)

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. 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 Azure OpenAI by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Azure OpenAI postings by all Azure OpenAI 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: 0.2% to 0.3%. 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 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
225a56c5a212e410
data_as_of
2026-10-29
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index