Semantic Kernel jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, Semantic Kernel appears in 316 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — AI Engineer has the most postings mentioning Semantic Kernel, with demand share up 10.6% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
316
Demand vs prior month
up 10.6% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 21.2% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about Semantic Kernel

+Is Semantic Kernel in demand in 2026?

Yes. Semantic Kernel appears in 316 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. AI Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Semantic Kernel (21.2% of all postings mentioning Semantic Kernel).

+What jobs require Semantic Kernel?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Semantic Kernel are Agentic AI Engineer (9.7% of that role’s postings mention Semantic Kernel), Artificial Intelligence Engineer (8.3% of that role’s postings mention Semantic Kernel), Generative AI Engineer (5.6% of that role’s postings mention Semantic Kernel).

+What skills are commonly paired with Semantic Kernel?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Semantic Kernel most often appears alongside LangChain, Python, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI.

+Where is Semantic Kernel most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Semantic Kernel are New York City, Hyderabad, London, Bengaluru, San Jose, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after Semantic Kernel?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Semantic Kernel — last 90 days

Career paths around Semantic Kernel

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Semantic Kernel

Before Semantic Kernelscikit-learn → Semantic Kernel: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairServiceNow → Semantic Kernel: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSciPy → Semantic Kernel: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairRBAC → Semantic Kernel: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → Semantic Kernel: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairGitLab → Semantic Kernel: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure → Semantic Kernel: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairGitHub Actions → Semantic Kernel: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSemanticKernelscikit-learn: 1 movesscikit-learn1 movesServiceNow: 1 movesServiceNow1 movesSciPy: 1 movesSciPy1 movesRBAC: 1 movesRBAC1 moveskubernetes: 1 moveskubernetes1 movesGitLab: 1 movesGitLab1 movesAzure: 1 movesAzure1 movesGitHub Actions: 1 movesGitHub Actions1 moves

Skills after Semantic Kernel

After Semantic KernelSemantic Kernel → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSemantic Kernel → langgraph: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSemantic Kernel → FastAPI: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSemantic Kernel → langchain: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSemantic Kernel → Azure OpenAI GPT-4o: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSemanticKernelpython: 1 movespython1 moveslanggraph: 1 moveslanggraph1 movesFastAPI: 1 movesFastAPI1 moveslangchain: 1 moveslangchain1 movesAzure OpenAI GPT-4o: 1 movesAzure OpenAIGPT-4o1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: scikit-learn1
Before: ServiceNow1
Before: SciPy1
Before: RBAC1
Before: kubernetes1
Before: GitLab1
Before: Azure1
Before: GitHub Actions1
After: python1
After: langgraph1
After: FastAPI1
After: langchain1
After: Azure OpenAI GPT-4o1

Roles most likely to require Semantic Kernel

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Agentic AI Engineer69.7%
Artificial Intelligence Engineer28.3%
Generative AI Engineer35.6%
Gen AI Engineer15.0%
GenAI Engineer24.9%
AI Platform Architect14.5%
AI Solutions Engineer14.3%
AI Architect113.9%
AI/ML Architect13.8%
Lead Architect13.8%

Roles with the most Semantic Kernel postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
AI Engineer6721.2%
Software Engineer206.3%
Data Scientist123.8%
AI Architect113.5%
Forward Deployed Engineer92.8%
Security Engineer82.5%
AI Software Engineer61.9%
Agentic AI Engineer61.9%
ML Engineer61.9%
AI/ML Engineer51.6%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Semantic Kernel

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Semantic Kernel
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Bosch10
PwC7
Cisco7
BigCommerce5
ServiceNow5
Accenture5
The Trade Desk4
Version 14
Thetradedesk4
Kyndryl4

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Semantic Kernel

NamePostingsShare
New York City92.8%
Hyderabad82.5%
London82.5%
Bengaluru72.2%
San Jose72.2%
Singapore72.2%
Pune61.9%
Bucharest51.6%
Atlanta41.3%

Skills commonly paired with Semantic Kernel

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Semantic Kernel by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Semantic Kernel postings by all Semantic Kernel postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index