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

As of 2026-09-18, Content moderation appears in 209 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for AI Quality Analyst roles, with demand up 140% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-18

Postings · last 90 days
209
Demand vs prior month
up 140% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 11% require it
Top hiring metro
Bucharest

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Frequently asked questions about Content moderation

+Is Content moderation in demand in 2026?

Yes. Content moderation appears in 209 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, with demand up 140% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for AI Quality Analyst roles (11% of AI Quality Analyst postings list it).

+What jobs require Content moderation?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, the job titles most likely to require Content moderation are AI Quality Analyst (11% of postings list Content moderation), Safeguards Enforcement Analyst (9% of postings list Content moderation), Product Manager (8% of postings list Content moderation).

+What skills are commonly paired with Content moderation?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-18), Content moderation most often appears alongside data annotation, Data analysis, SQL, Python, red-teaming.

+Where is Content moderation most in demand?

As of 2026-09-18, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Content moderation are Bucharest, San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring Content moderation — last 90 days

Job titles most likely to require Content moderation

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
AI Quality Analyst2311.0%
Safeguards Enforcement Analyst199.1%
Product Manager167.7%
Program Manager157.2%
Software Engineer136.2%
AI Safety Evaluation Expert94.3%
Data Quality Assurance Analyst94.3%
AI Safety Evaluator73.3%
Machine Learning Engineer73.3%
AI Safety Specialist52.4%

Top metros hiring for Content moderation

NamePostingsShare
Bucharest188.6%
San Francisco188.6%
New York City146.7%
Los Angeles94.3%
Las Vegas62.9%
Seattle41.9%
Bastrop21.0%
Columbia21.0%
Guadalajara21.0%

Skills commonly paired with Content moderation

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18. 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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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index