bioinformatics jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, bioinformatics appears in 207 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — AI Trainer has the most postings mentioning bioinformatics.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about bioinformatics
+Is bioinformatics in demand in 2026?
Yes. bioinformatics appears in 207 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. AI Trainer accounts for the most postings mentioning bioinformatics (26.1% of all postings mentioning bioinformatics).
+What jobs require bioinformatics?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning bioinformatics are Bioinformatics Scientist (75.0% of that role’s postings mention bioinformatics), AI Trainer (13.6% of that role’s postings mention bioinformatics), Scientist (10.0% of that role’s postings mention bioinformatics).
+What skills are commonly paired with bioinformatics?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), bioinformatics most often appears alongside Python, computational biology, genomics, Data analysis, machine learning.
+Where is bioinformatics most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring bioinformatics are San Francisco, Emeryville, Cambridge, Chicago, San Carlos, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new bioinformatics content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning bioinformatics alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new bioinformatics content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after bioinformatics?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring bioinformatics — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around bioinformatics
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before bioinformatics
Skills after bioinformatics
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: R | 2 |
| Before: heterogeneous HPC | 1 |
| Before: high-dimensional segmentation | 1 |
| Before: ServiceNow | 1 |
| Before: crop prediction | 1 |
| Before: websites | 1 |
| Before: UK Biobank datasets | 1 |
| Before: sql | 1 |
| After: python | 4 |
| After: Java | 2 |
| After: scikit-learn | 2 |
| After: ci/cd | 1 |
| After: oracle | 1 |
| After: SNS | 1 |
| After: visualizations | 1 |
| After: yolo | 1 |
Roles most likely to require bioinformatics
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Bioinformatics Scientist | 15 | 75.0% |
| AI Trainer | 54 | 13.6% |
| Scientist | 4 | 10.0% |
| Research Intern | 3 | 5.3% |
| Research Fellow | 1 | 4.3% |
| Machine Learning Scientist | 5 | 3.6% |
| AI Scientist | 3 | 3.4% |
| DevOps Manager | 1 | 3.4% |
| Data Science Consultant | 2 | 2.7% |
| Data Science Intern | 1 | 2.3% |
Roles with the most bioinformatics postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| AI Trainer | 54 | 26.1% |
| Research Scientist | 19 | 9.2% |
| Bioinformatics Scientist | 15 | 7.2% |
| Data Scientist | 11 | 5.3% |
| Machine Learning Scientist | 5 | 2.4% |
| Bioinformatics Director | 4 | 1.9% |
| Director of Data Science and Bioinformatics | 4 | 1.9% |
| Product Manager | 4 | 1.9% |
| Scientist | 4 | 1.9% |
| Software Engineer | 4 | 1.9% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring bioinformatics
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Anyone-ai | 52 |
| Natera | 16 |
| AbbVie | 6 |
| Freenode | 5 |
| Profluent | 4 |
| Gilead Sciences | 4 |
| LabCorp | 4 |
| MSD | 4 |
| OpenBrain | 4 |
| Sanofi | 3 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for bioinformatics
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 7 | 3.4% |
| Emeryville | 6 | 2.9% |
| Cambridge | 5 | 2.4% |
| Chicago | 4 | 1.9% |
| San Carlos | 4 | 1.9% |
| South San Francisco | 4 | 1.9% |
| Boston | 3 | 1.4% |
| San Diego | 3 | 1.4% |
| Tokyo | 3 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with bioinformatics
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning bioinformatics by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s bioinformatics postings by all bioinformatics postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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