What is Data Science and how common is it in AI job postings?

Data Science is a skill in the "Applied ML Domains" category. It currently appears in 1,591 active AI roles across 161 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Data Science?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Data Science are: Amazon (183), NVIDIA (166), Google (129), Capital One (86), Apple (78).

Is demand for Data Science growing?

Over the last 13 weeks, 1,099 new AI postings mentioned Data Science. Demand is rising — up 317% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Data Science used?

Roles requiring Data Science are concentrated in: agents (43%), serving infrastructure (18%), application (16%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Data Science?

Job postings that mention Data Science most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Production ML Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Software Engineering.

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1,591 active AI roles across 161 companies mention Data Science. Category: Applied ML Domains.

Top employers

Amazon183Big Tech NVIDIA166Semiconductors Google129Big Tech Capital One86Banking Apple78Big Tech Walmart76Retail JPMorgan Chase64Banking Microsoft61Big Tech Adobe43Enterprise Deloitte37Consulting Visa27Fintech OpenAI24AI Frontier Mistral AI24AI Frontier Anduril

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Data Science per week — 1,099 total over 13 weeks.

1595 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Meta	Research Scientist, FAIR SGT - New York	Big Tech	10	L1
OpenAI	Researcher, Misalignment Research	AI Frontier	10	L5
NVIDIA	Senior Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI	Semiconductors	10	L1
NVIDIA	Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI - New College Grad 2026	Semiconductors	10	L1
Meta	Research Scientist, FAIR SGT - Paris	Big Tech	10	L1
Apptronik	Senior Reinforcement Learning Engineer	Robotics	10	L6
Together AI	Research Engineer, Core ML	Data AI	10	L3
Lila Sciences	Research Scientist, Dexterous Manipulation & Robot Learning	AI Frontier	10	L4
Anthropic	Research Scientist, Interpretability	AI Frontier	10	L2
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Frequently asked questions

What is Data Science and how common is it in AI job postings?
Data Science is a skill in the "Applied ML Domains" category. It currently appears in 1,591 active AI roles across 161 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Data Science?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Data Science are: Amazon (183), NVIDIA (166), Google (129), Capital One (86), Apple (78).
Is demand for Data Science growing?
Over the last 13 weeks, 1,099 new AI postings mentioned Data Science. Demand is rising — up 317% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Data Science used?
Roles requiring Data Science are concentrated in: agents (43%), serving infrastructure (18%), application (16%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Data Science?
Job postings that mention Data Science most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Production ML Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Software Engineering.

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