In October AI jobs were 2.4% of new job ads on Jobnet, up 0.8 percentage points
AI jobs made up 2.4% of new job ads in Denmark on Jobnet in October, up 0.8 percentage points from 1.6% in September. New AI postings rose 34.5% to 519, and 441 AI roles were open at the end of the month, up 92. AI software engineer was the most common open role, and software and IT the largest sector.
- 2.4% AI jobs, share of all new ads — +0.8 points on September
- 7.1% New ads that mention AI — +2.3 points on September
- 519 New AI postings — 31 of 31 days covered, +34.5% on September
- 441 Open AI roles, 2026-10-31 — +92 on the month before
AI share of all new job ads in Denmark, by month
| Month | AI jobs | Ads mentioning AI | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | not measured | not measured | 17 of 31 |
| September 2026 | 1.6% | 4.8% | 30 of 30 |
| October 2026 | 2.4% | 7.1% | 31 of 31 |
How much of the market is AI
Ads mentioning AI in any kind of job made up 7.1% of new ads in October, up 2.3 percentage points from 4.8% in September, while the AI-job share rose from 1.6% in September to 2.4% in October; the August shares were not measurable because the census missed days that month.
New and open AI roles
In October 519 new AI postings appeared, 34.5% more than the 386 the month before, and 441 AI roles were open at the end of the month, up from 349.
Roles and sectors in demand
Among the 441 open AI roles, AI software engineer led with 75 (17.0%), ahead of PhD / postdoc with 70 (15.9%) and ML engineer with 68 (15.4%), while software and IT was the largest sector with 147 (33.3%), followed by universities and research with 99 (22.4%).
Roles
- AI Software Engineer — 75 (17.0%)
- PhD / Postdoc — 70 (15.9%)
- ML Engineer — 68 (15.4%)
- AI Consultant — 51 (11.6%)
- Data Engineer — 43 (9.8%)
Sectors
- Software & IT — 147 (33.3%)
- Universities & research — 99 (22.4%)
- Consulting & advisory — 70 (15.9%)
- Life sciences & health — 65 (14.7%)
- Manufacturing & industry — 60 (13.6%)
Entry level
Entry-level posts made up 9.7% of open AI roles, 35 of 361, a share that leaves out 80 PhD, postdoc and faculty posts.
9.7% of 361 open roles outside PhD, postdoc and faculty posts
Stated pay
The median monthly pay stated in industry and applied AI ads was DKK 62,500 over the 12 months to the end of the month, based on 94 ads.
62,500 DKK a month, median, industry & applied ads (94 ads state it)
How we count
The denominator is every job ad published on Jobnet, Denmark's public job portal, counted day by day from 2026-08-15. An ad counts as an AI job when our classifier files it as an AI or data role. It counts as mentioning AI when its text contains a narrow list of AI terms in English or Danish (list version 1), in any kind of job.
A share is printed only for a month in which every day was counted. Where a day is missing the counts are shown and the share is not.
New AI postings are those first seen during the calendar month (Copenhagen time) across Jobnet, TheHub, Jobindex and the universities, with duplicates across boards merged. The figure is printed only when every day of the month had a successful run of all four scrapers; otherwise the page says how many days were covered and prints no total. The weekly postings in the notes are context with their own coverage, and do not add up to the month because a week can straddle two months.
Open AI roles are the postings open on the last day of the month, with duplicates across boards merged. The entry-level share is student and junior roles among those, leaving out PhD, postdoc and faculty posts. Pay is the median of monthly pay stated in industry ads from the 12 months to month end, shown only when at least eight ads state it.
These are counts from the job boards CPH AI Hub tracks, not the whole labour market. The opening sentences are written by a language model from the figures above and checked in code against them; every number comes from the data.