Job Market Analysis
Real aggregated data — role demand, skill requirements and market trends.
Hunting for AI jobs or comparing machine learning jobs across markets? This page aggregates real hiring data instead of anecdotes: a top-10 ranking of in-demand roles scored on demand and year-over-year growth, 50 structured job descriptions with weighted skill requirements and salary ranges, and a searchable feed of live listings scraped from job boards. Filter by function, country or city to see what employers actually ask for.
The trend charts track AI job postings by quarter, median salary by year, skill demand by quarter and the remote-hybrid-onsite mix, so you see direction rather than a snapshot. Market-health signals — an 85/100 score currently rated Strong, plus recent layoffs and funding rounds — add context on timing. For role-by-role detail, read our guide to in-demand AI jobs and the skills behind them.
Explore: In-demand AI jobs & skills · Is AI taking jobs? · Companies hiring
🔥 Top 10 in-demand roles · demand & growth
Source: aggregated market data · 2026Skill demand
- AWS75
- GCP62
- Azure58
- PyTorch85
- TensorFlow75
- LangChain70
- Hugging Face68
- Scikit-learn60
- Prompt Engineering88
- LLM APIs85
- RAG82
- Fine-tuning75
- Agent Development72
- Python95
- SQL65
- Java45
- C++35
Market trends over time
AI job postings by quarter
Median salary by year ($k)
Skill demand by quarter
Remote vs hybrid vs onsite (%)
Skill salary impact
Median pay lift for professionals who have each skill.
- CUDA+20%
- LLM APIs+18%
- JAX+16%
- RAG+15%
- Prompt Engineering+14%
- PyTorch+12%
- Computer Vision+11%
- Kubernetes+10%
High-value skill combos
Skill stacks that command the top of the market.
Featured roles · real structured JDs
80 roles with weighted skill requirements.
Senior LLM Engineer
MongoDB · Remote, Global · Remote
Required-skill radar
Skill weights
- Python1.00
- LLM APIs1.00
- RAG0.95
- Prompt Engineering0.90
- Vector Databases0.85
- LangChain0.80
- Fine-tuning0.70
Responsibilities
- ›Design and implement ML solutions
- ›Collaborate with cross-functional teams
- ›Optimize model performance and scalability
About the role
Join MongoDB as a Senior LLM Engineer to work on cutting-edge AI/ML systems.
Nice to have
Live listings · 97+ scraped roles
🔮 Future trends (2026-2028)
Agent Economy Boom
HighMulti-agent systems and autonomous AI agents becoming mainstream
Multimodal AI Integration
MediumText, image, audio, video - unified multimodal models
AI Safety & Governance
MediumRegulatory compliance and responsible AI development
Edge AI & On-Device Models
MediumDeploying AI models to edge devices and mobile
AI-Native Startups
HighCompanies built from ground up with AI at core
Market health signals
AI hiring remains robust despite broader tech slowdown. LLM/GenAI roles particularly hot.
6-mo outlook: Positive - continued growth expected
Recent layoffs
- Meta2024-03-1510000 · Reality Labs, some ML — AI impact: Low - Most AI teams unaffected
- Google2024-01-2012000 · Across departments, some AI — AI impact: Low - AI still top priority
- Amazon2024-02-109000 · Alexa, some AWS AI — AI impact: Medium - Refocusing on GenAI
- Stability AI2025-06-2050 · Multiple teams — AI impact: High - Startup struggling
Funding & hiring
- Mistral AI Series B $600Positive - expanding, hiring
- Cohere Series D $450Positive - strong growth
- Perplexity AI Series C $250Positive - rapid expansion
- Meta: Selective hiring — AI roles Still hiring (AI priority)
- Google: Hiring — AI roles Actively hiring AI roles
- Microsoft: Aggressive hiring — AI roles Expanding AI teams rapidly
- Apple: Selective hiring — AI roles Ramping up AI hiring (playing catch-up)
📌 Market findings
- ✓AI job postings increased by 42% year-over-year
- ✓Application-layer roles growing 3x faster than research roles
- ✓Remote AI positions now represent 35% of all AI jobs
- ✓Companies prioritize practical AI experience over academic credentials
- ✓LLM and RAG skills saw 120% demand increase
Industry use cases
See how AI is deployed across industries and which roles each is hiring.
Explore use cases →FAQ
Common questions, answered with the data on this page.
What are the most in-demand AI jobs right now?
The top-10 ranking above scores each role on demand and year-over-year growth using aggregated 2026 market data. Machine learning and LLM-adjacent engineering roles cluster at the top, and the market-health panel notes LLM/GenAI roles as particularly hot. For what each role does and the skills it requires, see our guide to in-demand AI jobs and skills.
Which skills show up most in machine learning job postings?
The skill-demand section tracks four groups — programming, frameworks, LLM skills and cloud — each scored 0–100 from real postings, with quarterly trend lines and a list of emerging skills. The high-value combos panel shows which skill stacks command the top salaries. To learn any of them in order, check the skill learning paths.
Are AI jobs still growing, or is the market cooling?
Still growing, in this data: the market-health score sits at 85/100 with a Strong trend and a positive six-month outlook, and the postings-by-quarter chart shows the trajectory. The layoff tracker also notes the AI impact of each event, which is often restructuring toward AI rather than away from it. Our analysis of whether AI is taking jobs goes deeper.
How competitive are remote machine learning jobs?
The remote vs hybrid vs onsite chart tracks how the mix shifts each quarter, and every structured role and live listing on this page carries a location and remote tag you can filter on. Remote postings exist across most role families, but they draw the widest applicant pools — the high-value skill combos above are the clearest way to stand out.