model development jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, model development appears in 347 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Scientist has the most postings mentioning model development, with demand share down 6.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about model development
+Is model development in demand in 2026?
Yes. model development appears in 347 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Data Scientist accounts for the most postings mentioning model development (17.0% of all postings mentioning model development).
+What jobs require model development?
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 model development are Quantitative Finance Analyst (45.5% of that role’s postings mention model development), Machine Learning Manager (12.0% of that role’s postings mention model development), Quantitative Risk Analyst (9.1% of that role’s postings mention model development).
+What skills are commonly paired with model development?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), model development most often appears alongside machine learning, Python, SQL, model deployment, model validation.
+Where is model development most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring model development are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new model development content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning model development alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new model development content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after model development?
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 model development — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around model development
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before model development
Skills after model development
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: logos | 1 |
| Before: modernizing legacy systems | 1 |
| Before: Asset Management | 1 |
| Before: analytics solutions | 1 |
| Before: double machine learning | 1 |
| Before: CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) | 1 |
| Before: Product Ideation | 1 |
| Before: structured data models | 1 |
| After: Data Visualization | 2 |
| After: machine learning models | 2 |
| After: stand-ups | 1 |
| After: fraud | 1 |
| After: privacy compliance products | 1 |
| After: a/b testing | 1 |
| After: propensity score matching | 1 |
| After: collections strategies | 1 |
Roles most likely to require model development
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Quantitative Finance Analyst | 10 | 45.5% |
| Machine Learning Manager | 3 | 12.0% |
| Quantitative Risk Analyst | 2 | 9.1% |
| Machine Learning Platform Engineer | 2 | 8.3% |
| Data Science Director | 4 | 6.9% |
| Sales Director | 2 | 5.7% |
| Quantitative Analyst | 6 | 5.2% |
| Security Engineering Manager | 3 | 5.2% |
| AI Data Scientist | 1 | 5.0% |
| Founding AI Engineer | 1 | 4.8% |
Roles with the most model development postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 59 | 17.0% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 31 | 8.9% |
| Systems Engineer | 14 | 4.0% |
| Software Engineer | 11 | 3.2% |
| AI Engineer | 10 | 2.9% |
| Quantitative Finance Analyst | 10 | 2.9% |
| AI/ML Engineer | 6 | 1.7% |
| ML Engineer | 6 | 1.7% |
| Quantitative Analyst | 6 | 1.7% |
| Data Science Manager | 5 | 1.4% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring model development
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Barclays | 11 |
| Ghr | 10 |
| USAA | 9 |
| Anthropic | 7 |
| Stripe | 5 |
| Robotsandpencils | 5 |
| Northrop Grumman | 5 |
| Axial Search | 5 |
| JJ | 5 |
| Globalpr | 4 |
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 model development
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 18 | 5.2% |
| San Francisco | 16 | 4.6% |
| London | 9 | 2.6% |
| Bengaluru | 7 | 2.0% |
| Boston | 6 | 1.7% |
| Toronto | 6 | 1.7% |
| Tucson | 6 | 1.7% |
| Austin | 5 | 1.4% |
| Budapest | 5 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with model development
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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 model development by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s model development postings by all model development 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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