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Large language models (LLMs) jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-28, Large language models (LLMs) appears in 2,043 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Large language models (LLMs), with demand down 53% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28

Postings · last 90 days
2,043
Demand vs prior month
down 53% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 11.1% of skill postings
Software Engineer
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about Large language models (LLMs)

+Is Large language models (LLMs) in demand in 2026?

Yes. Large language models (LLMs) appears in 2,043 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 53% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Large language models (LLMs) (11.1% of all postings mentioning Large language models (LLMs)).

+What jobs require Large language models (LLMs)?

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 Large language models (LLMs) are Generative AI Specialist (93.1% of that role’s postings mention Large language models (LLMs)), AI Data Annotator (90.9% of that role’s postings mention Large language models (LLMs)), AI / ML Engineer (47.1% of that role’s postings mention Large language models (LLMs)).

+What skills are commonly paired with Large language models (LLMs)?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Large language models (LLMs) most often appears alongside Python, prompt engineering, machine learning, Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

+Where is Large language models (LLMs) most in demand?

As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Large language models (LLMs) are Bengaluru, San Francisco, New York City, London, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring Large language models (LLMs) — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Roles most likely to require Large language models (LLMs)

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Generative AI Specialist5493.1%
AI Data Annotator2090.9%
AI / ML Engineer2447.1%
AI Security Specialist1246.2%
Gen AI Engineer420.0%
Generative AI Engineer1019.2%
Frontier Agents Engineer418.2%
Prompt Engineer916.4%
Product Data Scientist1015.9%
AI Response Evaluator414.8%

Roles with the most Large language models (LLMs) postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer22711.1%
AI Engineer1497.3%
Data Scientist1487.2%
Machine Learning Engineer944.6%
Product Manager743.6%
Generative AI Specialist542.6%
Forward Deployed Engineer311.5%
ML Engineer301.5%
AI/ML Engineer271.3%
AI / ML Engineer241.2%

Top metros hiring for Large language models (LLMs)

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru653.2%
San Francisco532.6%
New York City472.3%
London432.1%
Toronto311.5%
Pune281.4%
Singapore281.4%
Seattle271.3%
Boston261.3%

Skills commonly paired with Large language models (LLMs)

Python (1,070)prompt engineering (604)machine learning (567)Generative AI (514)Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) (495)SQL (328)PyTorch (320)AWS (312)LangChain (310)vector databases (296)

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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 Large language models (LLMs) by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Large language models (LLMs) postings by all Large language models (LLMs) 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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2026-09-28
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index