LLM jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, LLM appears in 1,874 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning LLM, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is LLM in demand in 2026?
Yes. LLM appears in 1,874 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning LLM (13.7% of all postings mentioning LLM).
+What jobs require LLM?
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 LLM are Deployment Strategist (37.3% of that role’s postings mention LLM), Applied AI Architect (20.8% of that role’s postings mention LLM), AI Project Manager (19.2% of that role’s postings mention LLM).
+What skills are commonly paired with LLM?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), LLM most often appears alongside Python, machine learning, AWS, SQL, RAG.
+Where is LLM most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring LLM are San Francisco, New York City, London, Paris, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring LLM — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require LLM
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment Strategist | 22 | 37.3% |
| Applied AI Architect | 15 | 20.8% |
| AI Project Manager | 5 | 19.2% |
| Founding AI Engineer | 4 | 18.2% |
| Value Engineer | 7 | 14.6% |
| Applied Value Engineer | 5 | 12.5% |
| Agent Strategist | 3 | 12.5% |
| Applied Researcher | 5 | 11.9% |
| Forward Deployed AI Engineer | 10 | 10.3% |
| AI Backend Engineer | 2 | 9.5% |
Roles with the most LLM postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 257 | 13.7% |
| AI Engineer | 142 | 7.6% |
| Product Manager | 96 | 5.1% |
| Data Scientist | 70 | 3.7% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 61 | 3.3% |
| ML Engineer | 43 | 2.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 36 | 1.9% |
| Applied AI Engineer | 29 | 1.5% |
| Data Engineer | 25 | 1.3% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 23 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for LLM
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 136 | 7.3% |
| New York City | 97 | 5.2% |
| London | 49 | 2.6% |
| Paris | 38 | 2.0% |
| Singapore | 38 | 2.0% |
| Bengaluru | 35 | 1.9% |
| Seoul | 31 | 1.7% |
| Berlin | 26 | 1.4% |
| Toronto | 26 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with LLM
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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 LLM by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s LLM postings by all LLM 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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