Intelligent automation jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, Intelligent automation appears in 544 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Manager has the most postings mentioning Intelligent automation, with demand share up 5.5% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
544
Demand vs prior month
up 5.5% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 9.6% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Hyderabad

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Frequently asked questions about Intelligent automation

+Is Intelligent automation in demand in 2026?

Yes. Intelligent automation appears in 544 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Product Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning Intelligent automation (9.6% of all postings mentioning Intelligent automation).

+What jobs require Intelligent automation?

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 Intelligent automation are AI Business Analyst (30.4% of that role’s postings mention Intelligent automation), Lecturer (13.0% of that role’s postings mention Intelligent automation), AI Product Owner (9.7% of that role’s postings mention Intelligent automation).

+What skills are commonly paired with Intelligent automation?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Intelligent automation most often appears alongside Generative AI, machine learning, Python, agentic AI, AI agents.

+Where is Intelligent automation most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Intelligent automation are Hyderabad, New York City, London, Bengaluru, San Jose, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after Intelligent automation?

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 Intelligent automation — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Intelligent automation

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Intelligent automation

Before Intelligent automationmodernizing legacy systems → Intelligent automation: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairETL/ELT → Intelligent automation: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairC# → Intelligent automation: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairoracle → Intelligent automation: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnalytics tagging → Intelligent automation: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairautomation → Intelligent automation: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairServiceNow → Intelligent automation: 1 observed employer moves with this skill paircustomer engagement metrics → Intelligent automation: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairIntelligentautomationmodernizing legacy systems: 1 movesmodernizing legacysystems1 movesETL/ELT: 1 movesETL/ELT1 movesC#: 1 movesC#1 movesoracle: 1 movesoracle1 movesAnalytics tagging: 1 movesAnalytics tagging1 movesautomation: 1 movesautomation1 movesServiceNow: 1 movesServiceNow1 movescustomer engagement metrics: 1 movescustomerengagement metrics1 moves

Skills after Intelligent automation

After Intelligent automationIntelligent automation → NLP: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairIntelligent automation → Levenshtein distance: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairIntelligent automation → Kinesis: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairIntelligent automation → OOP: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairIntelligent automation → security protocols: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairIntelligent automation → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairIntelligent automation → VGG16: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairIntelligent automation → Call Center auditors: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairIntelligentautomationNLP: 1 movesNLP1 movesLevenshtein distance: 1 movesLevenshteindistance1 movesKinesis: 1 movesKinesis1 movesOOP: 1 movesOOP1 movessecurity protocols: 1 movessecurity protocols1 movespython: 1 movespython1 movesVGG16: 1 movesVGG161 movesCall Center auditors: 1 movesCall Centerauditors1 moves
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.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: modernizing legacy systems1
Before: ETL/ELT1
Before: C#1
Before: oracle1
Before: Analytics tagging1
Before: automation1
Before: ServiceNow1
Before: customer engagement metrics1
After: NLP1
After: Levenshtein distance1
After: Kinesis1
After: OOP1
After: security protocols1
After: python1
After: VGG161
After: Call Center auditors1

Roles most likely to require Intelligent automation

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
AI Business Analyst730.4%
Lecturer313.0%
AI Product Owner39.7%
AI Director28.0%
AI Analyst26.9%
AI Transformation Manager26.5%
AI Data Scientist15.0%
Customer Program Manager24.9%
Security Operations Analyst14.8%
Business Consultant14.2%

Roles with the most Intelligent automation postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Product Manager529.6%
Software Engineer387.0%
Business Analyst234.2%
AI Engineer224.0%
Automation Engineer152.8%
Data Scientist152.8%
Solution Architect91.7%
Business Systems Architect81.5%
Technical Program Manager81.5%
AI Business Analyst71.3%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Intelligent automation

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Intelligent automation
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Roboyo26
Cisco14
Capco13
Gusto11
Axon8
Workday8
SentinelOne8
JJ8
Mastercard7
Workato7

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 Intelligent automation

NamePostingsShare
Hyderabad224.0%
New York City193.5%
London152.8%
Bengaluru122.2%
San Jose122.2%
San Francisco112.0%
Boston91.7%
Austin71.3%
Chicago71.3%

Skills commonly paired with Intelligent automation

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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 Intelligent automation by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Intelligent automation postings by all Intelligent automation 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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