GenAI jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, GenAI appears in 1,448 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning GenAI, with demand down 20% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is GenAI in demand in 2026?
Yes. GenAI appears in 1,448 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 20% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning GenAI (12.1% of all postings mentioning GenAI).
+What jobs require GenAI?
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 GenAI are Data Science Consultant (23.6% of that role’s postings mention GenAI), AI Project Manager (15.4% of that role’s postings mention GenAI), AI Transformation Manager (12.9% of that role’s postings mention GenAI).
+What skills are commonly paired with GenAI?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), GenAI most often appears alongside Python, machine learning, AWS, SQL, LLMs.
+Where is GenAI most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring GenAI are New York City, Bengaluru, San Francisco, London, Paris, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring GenAI — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require GenAI
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Data Science Consultant | 17 | 23.6% |
| AI Project Manager | 4 | 15.4% |
| AI Transformation Manager | 4 | 12.9% |
| AI Program Manager | 5 | 12.5% |
| AI Strategist | 3 | 10.0% |
| Technology Product Manager | 2 | 10.0% |
| IT Consultant | 2 | 9.5% |
| AI Lead | 2 | 9.1% |
| Cloud Software Engineer | 9 | 8.4% |
| Computer Scientist | 2 | 8.0% |
Roles with the most GenAI postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 175 | 12.1% |
| Product Manager | 106 | 7.3% |
| Data Scientist | 84 | 5.8% |
| AI Engineer | 81 | 5.6% |
| Solutions Architect | 48 | 3.3% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 39 | 2.7% |
| Technical Program Manager | 33 | 2.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 23 | 1.6% |
| Data Engineer | 20 | 1.4% |
| ML Engineer | 18 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for GenAI
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 53 | 3.7% |
| Bengaluru | 41 | 2.8% |
| San Francisco | 35 | 2.4% |
| London | 31 | 2.1% |
| Paris | 30 | 2.1% |
| Hyderabad | 25 | 1.7% |
| Amsterdam | 24 | 1.7% |
| Puteaux | 22 | 1.5% |
| Singapore | 22 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with GenAI
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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 GenAI by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s GenAI postings by all GenAI 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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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