AI Hiring Trends

Live market data from 9147 AI developer roles. Updated September 15, 2026.

Weekly Posting Volume

New AI job postings per week (last 12 weeks)

207
Jun 22
206
Jun 29
330
Jul 6
380
Jul 13
362
Jul 20
319
Jul 27
420
Aug 3
440
Aug 10
504
Aug 17
516
Aug 24
544
Aug 31
514
Sep 7
19
Sep 14

Fastest-Growing Skills This Week

Tags with the largest week-over-week change in job postings

inference 0 roles this week
-5
rust 0 roles this week
-5
frontend 0 roles this week
-5
mobile 0 roles this week
-5
pre-training 0 roles this week
-5
microservices 0 roles this week
-6
legal 0 roles this week
-6
speech 0 roles this week
-8
backend 0 roles this week
-9
embeddings 0 roles this week
-9
fullstack 1 roles this week
-10
platform 0 roles this week
-11
gpu 0 roles this week
-13
nlp 0 roles this week
-13
rag 2 roles this week
-13

Top Hiring This Week

Scale AI 4 new Lovable 2 new Celonis 2 new Wayve 2 new Avoca 1 new Anthropic 1 new Cohere 1 new Helsing 1 new Dataiku 1 new Rad AI 1 new

Market Composition

Workplace Type

onsite
54%
remote
27%
hybrid
18%

Experience Level

senior
33%
lead
27%
mid
25%
junior
6%
principal
6%

Average Salary Trend

Weekly average salary for AI developer roles with published compensation (in $k/year)

$226k
Jun 22
$256k
Jun 29
$239k
Jul 6
$245k
Jul 13
$227k
Jul 20
$218k
Jul 27
$235k
Aug 3
$227k
Aug 10
$225k
Aug 17
$230k
Aug 24
$231k
Aug 31
$223k
Sep 7
$206k
Sep 14

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many AI developer jobs are available in 2026?

As of September 15, 2026, there are 9147 active AI developer job listings tracked on AI Dev Jobs across 478 companies.

What AI skills are most in demand right now?

The fastest-growing AI skills change weekly. Check the tag trends section above for the latest week-over-week growth data across all tracked positions.

Is AI hiring growing or slowing in 2026?

The weekly volume chart above shows posting trends over the past 12 weeks. AI hiring remains active with 9147 roles currently open across the industry.

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