Which AI skills is the German job market actually hiring for? We searched the Federal Employment Agency's open positions for 16 AI terms. The result: AI has arrived in everyday work — not just in research.
Number of currently open positions that mention each term. Fields, tools and methods side by side.
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Concrete AI tools get 865 mentions, roughly 4× the classic ML frameworks (212). The market increasingly wants AI use, not just AI development. Whoever wields ChatGPT and Copilot confidently is more sought-after than whoever builds models from scratch.
Operational skills like data analysis and process automation (1,811 mentions) are wanted far more often than deep research fields like deep learning, computer vision and NLP (407). Demand is practical: companies want to use AI, not research it.
Prompt Engineering (126 positions) — unknown just a few years ago — is now requested more often than classic disciplines like Natural Language Processing (31). Requirements shift faster than training and degrees can follow.
We search the publicly accessible job database of the German Federal Employment Agency for 16 AI terms and count how many currently open positions mention each term in their text. Overlaps are possible; we count demand, not an exact full census. Values update continuously from the live job data — future editions will therefore also show change over time.
When using, please cite as: “i6eal German AI Skills Report 2026 (data: German Federal Employment Agency)” with a link to this page.
From the official, publicly available job data of Germany's Federal Employment Agency. We count how many currently-open positions mention each term — a direct demand indicator.
It shows market demand, not your specific need. But it's a good reality check: if a tool appears in hundreds of ads, it's established in the job market — not just hype.
The data status is shown at the top. The values are refreshed regularly from the live job data, so the report stays current and you can see which skills are growing fastest.
Yes — please credit “i6eal German AI Skills Report” with a link to this page. Details and a press contact are in the “Cite & press” section.
Data as of: 26 October 2026
We count open positions that mention the term in their text (overlaps possible). The figures are a demand indicator, not an exact full census. Data: German Federal Employment Agency.
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