sentiment analysis jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, sentiment analysis appears in 180 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Scientist has the most postings mentioning sentiment analysis.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
180
Top role · 38.3% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about sentiment analysis

+Is sentiment analysis in demand in 2026?

Yes. sentiment analysis appears in 180 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Data Scientist accounts for the most postings mentioning sentiment analysis (38.3% of all postings mentioning sentiment analysis).

+What jobs require sentiment analysis?

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 sentiment analysis are Marketing Data Scientist (4.8% of that role’s postings mention sentiment analysis), Tech Lead Manager (4.5% of that role’s postings mention sentiment analysis), AI Intern (4.2% of that role’s postings mention sentiment analysis).

+What skills are commonly paired with sentiment analysis?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), sentiment analysis most often appears alongside Python, machine learning, SQL, clustering, R.

+Where is sentiment analysis most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring sentiment analysis are New York City, Madrid, McLean, San Antonio, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new sentiment analysis content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning sentiment analysis alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new sentiment analysis content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after sentiment analysis?

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 sentiment analysis — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around sentiment analysis

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before sentiment analysis

Before sentiment analysispython → sentiment analysis: 44 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → sentiment analysis: 22 observed employer moves with this skill pairTableau → sentiment analysis: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → sentiment analysis: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairtensorflow → sentiment analysis: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairscikit-learn → sentiment analysis: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairNLP → sentiment analysis: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairETL → sentiment analysis: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairsentimentanalysispython: 44 movespython44 movessql: 22 movessql22 movesTableau: 18 movesTableau18 movesPower BI: 16 movesPower BI16 movestensorflow: 13 movestensorflow13 movesscikit-learn: 10 movesscikit-learn10 movesNLP: 8 movesNLP8 movesETL: 8 movesETL8 moves

Skills after sentiment analysis

After sentiment analysissentiment analysis → python: 25 observed employer moves with this skill pairsentiment analysis → Tableau: 21 observed employer moves with this skill pairsentiment analysis → sql: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairsentiment analysis → kubernetes: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairsentiment analysis → AWS: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairsentiment analysis → docker: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairsentiment analysis → pandas: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairsentiment analysis → ETL: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairsentimentanalysispython: 25 movespython25 movesTableau: 21 movesTableau21 movessql: 17 movessql17 moveskubernetes: 13 moveskubernetes13 movesAWS: 10 movesAWS10 movesdocker: 9 movesdocker9 movespandas: 9 movespandas9 movesETL: 9 movesETL9 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: python44
Before: sql22
Before: Tableau18
Before: Power BI16
Before: tensorflow13
Before: scikit-learn10
Before: NLP8
Before: ETL8
After: python25
After: Tableau21
After: sql17
After: kubernetes13
After: AWS10
After: docker9
After: pandas9
After: ETL9

Roles most likely to require sentiment analysis

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Marketing Data Scientist14.8%
Tech Lead Manager14.5%
AI Intern14.2%
Principal Data Scientist12.5%
Success Architect12.4%
Data Science Manager52.2%
Data Science Director11.7%
Data Science Consultant11.4%
AI Specialist11.3%
Data Scientist691.2%

Roles with the most sentiment analysis postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Data Scientist6938.3%
Data Analyst105.6%
Product Manager73.9%
Data Science Manager52.8%
Business Analyst42.2%
Solutions Architect42.2%
AI & Machine Learning Engineer31.7%
AI Engineer31.7%
Customer Experience Analyst31.7%
ML Engineer31.7%

Top companies posting jobs requiring sentiment analysis

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring sentiment analysis
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Capital One49
Ebury6
Experian4
CACI3
Philips3
TechMagic3
USAA3
Fractal3
Waymo3
Accenture3

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 sentiment analysis

NamePostingsShare
New York City105.6%
Madrid73.9%
McLean73.9%
San Antonio31.7%
Seattle31.7%
Cyberjaya21.1%
Gurugram21.1%
London21.1%
Menlo Park21.1%

Skills commonly paired with sentiment analysis

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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 sentiment analysis by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s sentiment analysis postings by all sentiment analysis 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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
9034d9baff7e2717
data_as_of
2026-09-30
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index