Work & AI Pulse

Know what’s shifting in skills, hiring and careers

Updated October 2026

Companies employing AI talent

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AI-related jobs created since 2023

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Members adding AI skills each day

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The world develops AI talent

AI talent is expanding around the world, but it remains concentrated in a handful of regions.

This shows which countries and regions have more AI talent than the global average. A score of 1.0 represents the worldwide benchmark.

Building AI = People creating AI and AI-based tools and AI systems. Using AI = People using AI in their everyday work. Values are indexed to the global benchmark.

Top 10 countries and regions

Where AI talent and job demand line up, and where they don’t

Compare AI talent concentration and the share of AI jobs across countries and regions.

Hover over a country or region name to see how it appears in all rankings. Click on a country or region to highlight where it appears on each list

Where hiring is happening

Compare AI hiring trends via LinkedIn Hiring Rate (LHR) across countries and regions, industries, generations, company sizes, and job levels.

Select a country or region, then use the toggle to compare overall and AI hiring, generation, seniority, company size, or industries grouped by AI adoption intensity.

Available countries/regions and breakdowns depend on the selected measure.

How work and careers are changing

Choose a country or region and an occupation to see how AI is affecting work, which skills are growing, and where workers in that role came from or moved next.

AI adoption

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YoY growth in the share adding AI skills among members adding any skill.
Gen AI exposure

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Task exposure category: Low, Medium or High, where available.
Top AI skill added

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Most frequently added AI skill, where available.

Career figures appear after the data has loaded. Availability depends on the selected country or region and occupation.

Methodology

Results use aggregated LinkedIn profile and job-posting data. Members self-report their skills and work experience.

Definitions

AI talent refers to members who are Building AI or Using AI, as defined below.

Building AI—members listing at least two AI engineering skills or working in an AI-building occupation.

Using AI—members listing at least one AI literacy skill. Both groups are considered AI talent.

Gen AI exposure is the level of exposure of job skills to AI automation.

Coverage and cadence

Coverage and reporting periods vary by measure. Details appear with the validated data, rather than assuming one country/region set or date for all charts.

AI talent concentration uses a global benchmark of 1.0. Other measures retain their own units; not every chart is an index.

Limitations

LinkedIn coverage varies by country or region and by sector; comparisons across countries and regions should be read as directional.

Measure-specific limitations and data-quality notes appear after the data has loaded. Missing figures are not replaced with estimates.

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Source: LinkedIn Network Data.