Human-in-the-loop jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-15, Human-in-the-loop appears in 777 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Product Manager roles, with demand down 16% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-15

Postings · last 90 days
777
Demand vs prior month
down 16% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 12% require it
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about Human-in-the-loop

+Is Human-in-the-loop in demand in 2026?

Yes. Human-in-the-loop appears in 777 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15, with demand down 16% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Product Manager roles (12% of Product Manager postings list it).

+What jobs require Human-in-the-loop?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15, the job titles most likely to require Human-in-the-loop are Product Manager (12% of postings list Human-in-the-loop), Software Engineer (9% of postings list Human-in-the-loop), AI Engineer (8% of postings list Human-in-the-loop).

+What skills are commonly paired with Human-in-the-loop?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-15), Human-in-the-loop most often appears alongside Python, observability, LLMs, prompt engineering, APIs.

+Where is Human-in-the-loop most in demand?

As of 2026-09-15, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Human-in-the-loop are New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, London, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring Human-in-the-loop — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Job titles most likely to require Human-in-the-loop

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Product Manager9512.2%
Software Engineer739.4%
AI Engineer587.5%
Technical Product Manager344.4%
Product Designer233.0%
Forward Deployed Engineer131.7%
Machine Learning Engineer131.7%
Product Engineer121.5%
Applied AI Engineer111.4%
Forward Deployed AI Engineer111.4%

Top metros hiring for Human-in-the-loop

NamePostingsShare
New York City405.1%
San Francisco405.1%
Toronto243.1%
London182.3%
Bengaluru162.1%
Berlin151.9%
Mountain View141.8%
Santa Clara121.5%
Palo Alto81.0%

Skills commonly paired with Human-in-the-loop

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15. 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