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Pakistan AI Jobs Report 2026
By BvLogic Academy. Published 18 Oct 2026. Free to quote with a link (CC BY 4.0). Download the data (CSV) · PDF
Open AI related postings counted on Rozee, the skills named in the postings of the employers the academy has read, and what learners in Faisalabad choose when they take the academy's career test. Three views, kept apart.
Findings
AI related roles are a small share of open postings: the counts for AI engineer, machine learning, data scientist, generative AI and prompt engineering are printed below next to the general Python count, which is several times larger.
Evidence: From the academy's own records, counted when this page was opened. Counted on Rozee by the academy's monthly demand count, the month and the search page for each count printed in the table.
Of the employers whose postings the academy could read, the skills most often named for entry roles are not AI skills at all but communication, customer service, SQL, Excel and networking; Python and object oriented programming lead the technical list.
Evidence: Public source. Forty three employers read from their own careers pages and public job boards between August and October 2026; the method and each employer's sources are in the academy's employer research. Read 18 Oct 2026. Source
Much of what is public is senior: several large employers' postings ask for four or more years, so an entry level learner should read the junior counts, not the headline.
Evidence: Public source. Known limits recorded in the employer research: Careem, foodpanda and Royal Cyber postings required four or more years on the day they were read. Read 20 Aug 2026. Source
Learners lean towards AI automation: of the career tests taken on the academy's site, the largest group chose AI automation specialist, ahead of full stack development and design.
Evidence: From the academy's own records, counted when this page was opened. Career test results on the academy's site, counted when this page renders.
Supply outruns the junior openings: tens of thousands of IT graduates a year against a market that, by the industry body's own estimate, absorbs about 15,000.
Evidence: Public source. The Friday Times (75,000 graduates a year, citing a Ministry of IT document), the HEC (50,000 in 2022) and ProPakistani (P@SHA chairman on 15,000 a year). Read 18 Oct 2026. Source
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https://bvlogic.academy/research/pakistan-ai-jobs-report-2026/chart-2.svgOpen AI related postings, October 2026
| Search phrase | Open postings on Rozee | Source |
|---|---|---|
AI automation automation n8n | refused | search page |
AI engineer ai engineer | refused | search page |
Data analyst data analyst | refused | search page |
Data scientist data scientist | refused | search page |
Generative AI generative ai | refused | search page |
Machine learning machine learning | refused | search page |
Prompt engineer prompt engineer | refused | search page |
Python python | refused | search page |
Python, for scale python | not counted | search page |
The full thirty two skill ranking, every month, is the Demand Index.
What employers name in entry level postings
43 employers whose postings could be read, between 20 Aug 2026 and 20 Aug 2026. A skill counts once per employer. The employers and their sources are on the academy's careers pages.
| Skill named | Employers naming it |
|---|---|
| Business communication | 22 |
| Customer service | 21 |
| Sql | 8 |
| Microsoft excel | 8 |
| Microsoft word | 8 |
| Networking fundamentals | 8 |
| Spoken english | 7 |
| Listening reading skills | 7 |
| Python | 6 |
| Object oriented programming | 5 |
| Rest apis | 5 |
| Network security | 4 |
| React | 3 |
| Node js | 3 |
| Flutter | 3 |
| Vulnerability assessment | 3 |
| Incident response | 3 |
| Linux | 3 |
| Security tooling | 3 |
| App store deployment | 2 |
What the academy sees
- Career tests taken on the academy's site: 67. Roles chosen: AI Automation Specialist 32, Full Stack Developer 13, Graphic Designer 9, Digital Marketer 5, Data Analyst 4, Cybersecurity Analyst 3, Independent Freelancer 1 .
- Free course enrolments: 109, of which 50 finished with a statement. By subject group: AI & Data 38, Marketing 22, Programming 16, Security & Cloud 16, Freelancing & Business 6, Office & English 4, Design & Media 3, Communication & English 3, Web & Apps 1 .
- Placements recorded with an AI job title: 2.
Evidence: From the academy's own records, counted when this page was opened. These are the academy's learners, not Pakistan.
Method
Posting counts: once a month the academy's system opens the public Rozee search page for each query and records the number of results the page states, with the date and the search address. Indeed refused automated reading (HTTP 403) and LinkedIn needs a login, so neither is counted; the method says so rather than guessing.
Employer skills: for each employer the academy read the company's own careers page and its postings on public boards, recorded only the technologies named in text it could read, and rated its confidence. Skills from generic guides were not attributed to any employer.
The academy's own view: counts from its career test and free courses, printed as what the academy sees, never as the market.
Limits
- Rozee is one board; counts are open postings on one day a month, not hires.
- A search for a word counts every posting that mentions it, including senior roles.
- The academy's learners are mostly in Faisalabad and are not a sample of Pakistan.
Public figures behind the reports
- Pakistan's IT exports reached a record US$4.6 billion in the financial year 2025 to 2026, up about 21 percent on the year. State Bank of Pakistan figures reported by Business Recorder, read 17 Oct 2026. Source
- Freelancers in Pakistan earned a record US$1.76 billion in export receipts in the financial year 2026, up 78 percent on the year. Finance Ministry data reported by The Nation, read 17 Oct 2026. Source
- 34,420 IT and IT enabled services companies were registered with the SECP by March 2026. Pakistan Economic Survey 2025 to 26, chapter 15, read 17 Oct 2026. Source
- About 75,000 IT graduates leave HEC accredited institutes each year, and a Ministry of IT document put the share employable by export firms below ten percent. The Friday Times, citing a Ministry of IT and Telecommunication document, read 18 Oct 2026. Source
- The Higher Education Commission said in 2022 that Pakistani institutions produce about 50,000 IT graduates a year. Higher Education Commission news page, read 18 Oct 2026. Source
- The chairman of the software industry body P@SHA has said the local market needs about 15,000 fresh IT graduates a year. ProPakistani, read 18 Oct 2026. Source
Questions
Why only Rozee?
It is the one large Pakistani board that lets a script read its result count. Indeed refuses automated reading and LinkedIn needs a login; the report says so instead of estimating.
Does a count mean a hire?
No. It is the number of open postings that mention the term on one day each month.
Where is the employer list?
On the academy's careers pages, each employer with the sources that were read.
Cite this report
BvLogic Academy (2026). Pakistan AI Jobs Report 2026. bvlogic.academy/research/pakistan-ai-jobs-report-2026
Press summary and the raw data are free to use with a link. Press contact: info@bvlogic.academy, +92 336 5475500.
In ten lines
- Open AI related postings counted monthly on Rozee, with the search page for every count.
- Entry level postings from forty three employers ask first for communication, SQL, Excel and Python, not model training.
- Much of the public AI demand is senior: four or more years in several large employers' postings.
- Learners choose AI automation first in the academy's career test.
- Supply outruns junior demand: tens of thousands of graduates a year against about 15,000 absorbed.
- Raw counts as CSV, charts free to embed with a link back.