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Seventy-three percent of tech job ads require AI skills.
Job seekers need to demonstrate their AI fluency.
Domain expertise remains crucial.
More job descriptions than ever are soliciting AI skills, according to a new report from tech hiring platform Dice.
An analysis of 7 million tech job postings in the US from May 2026 revealed that 73% required at least one AI skill, underscoring that a practical grasp of the technology is becoming a baseline expectation among employers. In January 2024, that percentage stood at 15%.
"A lot of these [skills] are going to just become table stakes," Dice CEO Art Zeile told ZDNET.
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