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
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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
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| AI Safety Evaluator | 16 | 7.9% |
| Research Scientist | 14 | 6.9% |
| AI Safety Evaluation Expert | 9 | 4.4% |
| Application Software Engineer | 8 | 3.9% |
| Software Engineer | 8 | 3.9% |
| AI Engineer | 7 | 3.4% |
| Product Manager | 7 | 3.4% |
| AI Security Software Engineer | 6 | 3.0% |
| AI Safety Specialist | 5 | 2.5% |
| AI Security Engineer | 5 | 2.5% |
Top metros hiring for red-teaming
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 17 | 8.4% |
| New York City | 14 | 6.9% |
| London | 13 | 6.4% |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 6 | 3.0% |
| Palo Alto | 6 | 3.0% |
| Washington | 5 | 2.5% |
| Hawthorne | 4 | 2.0% |
| Boston | 2 | 1.0% |
| Cape Canaveral | 2 | 1.0% |
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
- entity_id
- 34457a4331267878
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-25
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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