red-teaming jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-25, red-teaming appears in 203 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for AI Safety Evaluator roles, with demand up 102% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-25

Postings · last 90 days
203
Demand vs prior month
up 102% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 7.9% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about red-teaming

+Is red-teaming in demand in 2026?

Yes. red-teaming appears in 203 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, with demand up 102% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for AI Safety Evaluator roles (8% of AI Safety Evaluator postings list it).

+What jobs require red-teaming?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, the job titles most likely to require red-teaming are AI Safety Evaluator (8% of postings list red-teaming), Research Scientist (7% of postings list red-teaming), AI Safety Evaluation Expert (4% of postings list red-teaming).

+What skills are commonly paired with red-teaming?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-25), red-teaming most often appears alongside Python, adversarial testing, Content moderation, prompt injection, large language models.

+Where is red-teaming most in demand?

As of 2026-09-25, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring red-teaming are San Francisco, New York City, London, Ho Chi Minh City, Palo Alto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring red-teaming — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Roles with the most red-teaming postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
AI Safety Evaluator167.9%
Research Scientist146.9%
AI Safety Evaluation Expert94.4%
Application Software Engineer83.9%
Software Engineer83.9%
AI Engineer73.4%
Product Manager73.4%
AI Security Software Engineer63.0%
AI Safety Specialist52.5%
AI Security Engineer52.5%

Top metros hiring for red-teaming

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco178.4%
New York City146.9%
London136.4%
Ho Chi Minh City63.0%
Palo Alto63.0%
Washington52.5%
Hawthorne42.0%
Boston21.0%
Cape Canaveral21.0%

Skills commonly paired with red-teaming

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25. 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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34457a4331267878
data_as_of
2026-09-25
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index