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Python appears in 48.5% of 1,809 AI job postings this week.

Week of July 09, 2026 · 1,809 active roles · 64.6% salary disclosure

Jobs Tracked This Week
1,809
─ flat vs last week
AI Adoption Rate
12%
Across all functions

AI Adoption by Role

30% of Data & Analytics jobs now mention AI skills. Those roles pay 108% more.
Role AI Adoption Salary Premium
Data & Analytics 30% +108%
Product 29% +52%
Engineering 27% +58%
Marketing 16% +50%
Legal 13% +42%
Operations 12% +41%
Sales 11% +40%
Finance 7% +47%
HR 6% +40%

Salary Premium Spotlight

Marketing Manager: $90K without AI $135K with AI skills (+50%)

Financial Analyst: $85K without AI $125K with AI skills (+47%)

Lawyer: $130K without AI $185K with AI skills (+42%)

Skills in Demand

These are the AI skills showing up in job postings across all functions.
Skill Mentions vs Last
Python 877 (48.5%) ─ flat
AWS 592 (32.7%) ─ flat
Azure 458 (25.3%) ─ flat
RAG 380 (21.0%) ─ flat
GCP 364 (20.1%) ─ flat
PyTorch 277 (15.3%) ─ flat
Prompt Engineering 266 (14.7%) ─ flat
Claude 250 (13.8%) ─ flat
Kubernetes 243 (13.4%) ─ flat
TensorFlow 225 (12.4%) ─ flat

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The Bottom Line

30% of Data & Analytics jobs now mention AI skills, highest among non-technical functions
Marketing Managers with AI skills earn 50% more: $90K baseline vs $135K with AI
Python leads skill demand with 877 mentions (48.5% of jobs)
Remote AI roles (2,787) pay 14% less than onsite
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