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THE AI PULSE
Claude grew 15% this week. Fastest-moving skill in the dataset.
Week of May 18, 2026 · 12,580 active roles · 60.9% salary disclosure
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Jobs Tracked This Week
12,580
▼ -4.4% vs last week
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AI Adoption Rate
12%
Across all functions
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AI Adoption by Role
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30% of Data & Analytics jobs now mention AI skills. Those roles pay 108% more.
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Salary Premium Spotlight
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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%)
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Skills in Demand
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These are the AI skills showing up in job postings across all functions.
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| Skill |
Mentions |
vs Last |
| Python RISING |
2,331 (18.5%) |
▲ +2.7% |
| AWS FALLING |
1,330 (10.6%) |
▼ -4.3% |
| Azure RISING |
1,086 (8.6%) |
▲ +1.3% |
| RAG RISING |
977 (7.8%) |
▲ +5.9% |
| GCP FALLING |
818 (6.5%) |
▼ -1.8% |
| Prompt Engineering RISING |
707 (5.6%) |
▲ +8.3% |
| PyTorch FALLING |
665 (5.3%) |
▼ -7.1% |
| Kubernetes RISING |
575 (4.6%) |
▲ +5.1% |
| Claude RISING |
556 (4.4%) |
▲ +15.1% |
| Docker RISING |
537 (4.3%) |
▲ +3.5% |
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This Week: How AI Is Showing Up in Sales Roles
AI adoption trends, skills employers want, and salary premiums for Sales professionals.
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The Bottom Line
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● 30% of Data & Analytics jobs now mention AI skills, highest among non-technical functions
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● Marketing Managers with AI skills earn 50% more: $90K baseline vs $135K with AI
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● Python leads skill demand with 2,331 mentions (18.5% of jobs)
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● Claude grew 15% week-over-week, fastest in the dataset
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● Remote AI roles (2,001) pay 13% less than onsite
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