vector databases jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, vector databases appears in 2,416 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning vector databases, with demand down 49% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is vector databases in demand in 2026?
Yes. vector databases appears in 2,416 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 49% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning vector databases (15.3% of all postings mentioning vector databases).
+What jobs require vector databases?
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 vector databases are Frontier Agents Engineer (54.5% of that role’s postings mention vector databases), Artificial Intelligence Engineer (37.5% of that role’s postings mention vector databases), ML Platform Engineer (29.8% of that role’s postings mention vector databases).
+What skills are commonly paired with vector databases?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), vector databases most often appears alongside Python, prompt engineering, LangChain, RAG, AWS.
+Where is vector databases most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring vector databases are New York City, San Francisco, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring vector databases — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require vector databases
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier Agents Engineer | 12 | 54.5% |
| Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 9 | 37.5% |
| ML Platform Engineer | 14 | 29.8% |
| Generative AI Engineer | 14 | 26.9% |
| Agent Engineer | 5 | 23.8% |
| AI Application Engineer | 6 | 20.7% |
| GenAI Engineer | 9 | 20.5% |
| AI Engineer Intern | 6 | 20.0% |
| Gen AI Engineer | 4 | 20.0% |
| AI Agent Engineer | 14 | 19.2% |
Roles with the most vector databases postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 370 | 15.3% |
| AI Engineer | 359 | 14.9% |
| Data Scientist | 94 | 3.9% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 77 | 3.2% |
| Data Engineer | 63 | 2.6% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 57 | 2.4% |
| Applied AI Engineer | 48 | 2.0% |
| AI/ML Engineer | 40 | 1.7% |
| ML Engineer | 37 | 1.5% |
| AI Architect | 29 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for vector databases
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 93 | 3.8% |
| San Francisco | 75 | 3.1% |
| Bengaluru | 70 | 2.9% |
| Hyderabad | 50 | 2.1% |
| London | 45 | 1.9% |
| Singapore | 43 | 1.8% |
| Pune | 32 | 1.3% |
| Berlin | 30 | 1.2% |
| San Jose | 27 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with vector databases
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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 vector databases by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s vector databases postings by all vector databases 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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