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

As of 2026-09-22, benchmarks appears in 267 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Research Engineer roles, with demand down 30% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-22

Postings · last 90 days
267
Demand vs prior month
down 30% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 17% require it
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about benchmarks

+Is benchmarks in demand in 2026?

Yes. benchmarks appears in 267 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, with demand down 30% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Research Engineer roles (16% of Research Engineer postings list it).

+What jobs require benchmarks?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, the job titles most likely to require benchmarks are Research Engineer (16% of postings list benchmarks), Software Engineer (7% of postings list benchmarks), AI Engineer (4% of postings list benchmarks).

+What skills are commonly paired with benchmarks?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-22), benchmarks most often appears alongside Python, evaluation frameworks, Reinforcement learning, machine learning, Docker.

+Where is benchmarks most in demand?

As of 2026-09-22, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring benchmarks are San Francisco, New York City, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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Weekly job postings requiring benchmarks — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Job titles most likely to require benchmarks

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Research Engineer4416.5%
Software Engineer197.1%
AI Engineer114.1%
Applied AI Engineer103.7%
Machine Learning Engineer93.4%
Product Manager93.4%
Research Scientist62.2%
AI Product Manager51.9%
Data Scientist51.9%
AI Safety Red Team Expert41.5%

Top metros hiring for benchmarks

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco4918.4%
New York City186.7%
London134.9%
Amsterdam93.4%
Singapore93.4%
Puteaux83.0%
Seattle72.6%
Santa Clara51.9%
Sunnyvale31.1%

Skills commonly paired with benchmarks

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22. 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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e97e25fffb0d7cba
data_as_of
2026-09-22
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index