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PyTorch grew 8% this week. Fastest-moving skill in the dataset.

Week of June 01, 2026 · 4,107 active roles · 63.1% salary disclosure

Jobs Tracked This Week
4,107
▲ +0.8% vs last week
AI Adoption Rate
12%
Across all functions

AI Adoption by Role

AI market intelligence showing trends, funding, and hiring velocity
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 RISING 2,189 (53.3%) ▲ +2.8%
AWS RISING 1,131 (27.5%) ▲ +2.9%
RAG RISING 905 (22.0%) ▲ +5.5%
Azure RISING 891 (21.7%) ▲ +2.2%
GCP RISING 762 (18.6%) ▲ +7.2%
PyTorch RISING 733 (17.8%) ▲ +8.4%
Prompt Engineering 586 (14.3%) ▼ -0.8%
TensorFlow RISING 543 (13.2%) ▲ +8.2%
Kubernetes RISING 536 (13.1%) ▲ +6.1%
Claude RISING 518 (12.6%) ▲ +2.4%

This Week: How AI Is Showing Up in Sales Roles

AI adoption trends, skills employers want, and salary premiums for Sales professionals.

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 2,189 mentions (53.3% of jobs)
PyTorch grew 8% week-over-week, fastest in the dataset
Remote AI roles (2,453) pay 14% less than onsite
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