Tool Use

Frequently asked questions

• What is Tool Use and how common is it in AI job postings?

  Tool Use is a skill in the "Agents & Autonomy" category. It currently appears in 314 active AI roles across 107 companies in our index.

• Which companies are hiring for Tool Use?

  The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Tool Use are: Amazon (23), OpenAI (20), Adobe (19), NVIDIA (18), Google (10).

• Is demand for Tool Use growing?

  Over the last 12 weeks, 233 new AI postings mentioned Tool Use. Demand is rising — up 173% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

• At which stage of AI development is Tool Use used?

  Roles requiring Tool Use are concentrated in: agents (75%), application (8%), serving infrastructure (8%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

• What skills are commonly paired with Tool Use?

  Job postings that mention Tool Use most often also require: Agentic Systems, Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), System Design, Agent Orchestration.