{"h1":"Most requested AI skills in design jobs","faq":[{"a":"AI tools in daily work is the most requested AI skill in design jobs: it is named in 14.5% of openings.","q":"Which skill ranks first: most requested ai skills in design jobs?"},{"a":"10 skills have at least 30 openings, so the list has 10 entries.","q":"How many skills are ranked?"},{"a":"A AI skill's score is the share of design open professional roles whose posting names it, read by our AI-skill tagger from the full posting text across 24 AI skills in three groups: using AI in your work, leading AI, and building AI systems. Only skills named in at least 30 openings are ranked.","q":"How is the ranking calculated?"},{"a":"Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. Older editions stay on this site at their own dated addresses.","q":"How often is it updated?"}],"lead":"AI tools in daily work is the most requested AI skill in design jobs: it is named in 14.5% of openings.","minN":30,"rows":[{"n":777,"key":"skill:a_tool_use","sub":"Using AI in your work","href":null,"name":"AI tools in daily work","rank":1,"stats":[{"label":"Openings naming it","value":"777"},{"label":"Median posted pay with it","value":"$191k"},{"label":"Pay against all design openings","value":"+11%"}],"value":0.1445581395348837,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"14.5%"},{"n":217,"key":"skill:a_agentic_automation","sub":"Using AI in your work","href":null,"name":"AI workflow automation","rank":2,"stats":[{"label":"Openings naming it","value":"217"},{"label":"Median posted pay with it","value":"$203k"},{"label":"Pay against all design 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3.4%","10 skills ranked across design jobs","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"skills","commentary":["The lead is wide: AI tools in daily work (14.5%) is well clear of AI governance and risk at #10 (0.60%).","AI adoption and change management reaches #9 on a sample of 32 openings, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.","AI tools in daily work is the largest market in the top ten, with 777 openings behind its figure.","Skills with fewer than 30 openings are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful."],"license":"Free to use and share with a link to https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/ai-skills-most-requested-in-design-jobs"}