Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

Frequently asked questions

• What is Chain-of-Thought Reasoning and how common is it in AI job postings?

  Chain-of-Thought Reasoning is a skill in the "LLM & Foundation Models" category. It currently appears in 145 active AI roles across 48 companies in our index.

• Which companies are hiring for Chain-of-Thought Reasoning?

  The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Chain-of-Thought Reasoning are: Amazon (47), Adobe (10), NVIDIA (7), OpenAI (6), JPMorgan Chase (5).

• Is demand for Chain-of-Thought Reasoning growing?

  Over the last 12 weeks, 97 new AI postings mentioned Chain-of-Thought Reasoning. Demand is rising — up 183% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

• At which stage of AI development is Chain-of-Thought Reasoning used?

  Roles requiring Chain-of-Thought Reasoning are concentrated in: agents (63%), application (14%), post-training (13%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

• What skills are commonly paired with Chain-of-Thought Reasoning?

  Job postings that mention Chain-of-Thought Reasoning most often also require: Machine Learning, Agentic Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, Python.