AI tools in daily work: how often jobs ask for it, and what it pays
AI tools in daily work is the #1 AI skill named in open professional roles, in 5.6% of them as of November 2026. Openings naming it: 19,885. Median posted pay with it: $180k. Pay against all openings: +20%.
AI tools in daily work in job postings
November 2026: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week.
- Rank
- #1
- Share of openings
- 5.6%
- Openings naming it
- 19,885
- Median posted pay with it
- $180k
- Pay against all openings
- +20%
See open jobs that name AI tools in daily work · Most requested AI skills in job postings
Where AI tools in daily work ranks
Where AI tools in daily work placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Most requested AI skills in job postings5.6% · of 24
- #1Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs6.1% · of 22
- #1Most requested AI skills in operations jobs2.5% · of 12
- #1Most requested AI skills in sales jobs4.1% · of 19
- #1Most requested AI skills in finance jobs4.3% · of 15
- #1Most requested AI skills in HR jobs5.7% · of 9
Other AI skills employers name
- AI workflow automation3.1%
- LLM application engineering2.4%
- Machine learning engineering1.4%
- Model training and deep learning1.3%
- AI coding assistants1.2%
- AI governance and risk1.1%
- MLOps1.1%
- Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)0.96%
- AI strategy and use cases0.86%
- AI adoption and change management0.81%
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