Most In-Demand AI Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for AI Engineering roles right now are ai, llm, rag — ranked across 639 open postings.
Updated October 27, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 71 | +71 |
| 2 | llm | 50 | +50 |
| 3 | rag | 49 | +49 |
| 4 | python | 43 | +43 |
| 5 | java | 39 | +39 |
| 6 | mcp | 25 | +25 |
| 7 | agentic-ai | 20 | +20 |
| 8 | pytorch | 19 | +19 |
| 9 | machine-learning | 17 | +17 |
| 10 | databricks | 14 | +14 |
| 11 | lakehouse | 14 | +14 |
| 12 | unity | 14 | +14 |
| 13 | generative-ai | 14 | +14 |
| 14 | langchain | 14 | +14 |
| 15 | unity-catalog | 14 | +14 |
| 16 | analytics | 14 | +14 |
| 17 | prompt-engineering | 13 | +13 |
| 18 | spark | 13 | +13 |
| 19 | fine-tuning | 13 | +13 |
| 20 | aws | 12 | +12 |
| 21 | react | 12 | +12 |
| 22 | gcp | 11 | +11 |
| 23 | azure | 11 | +11 |
| 24 | cloud | 10 | +10 |
| 25 | spring | 9 | +9 |
| 26 | typescript | 9 | +9 |
| 27 | api | 9 | +9 |
| 28 | claude-code | 9 | +9 |
| 29 | deep-learning | 8 | +8 |
| 30 | mlflow | 7 | +7 |
| 31 | gpu | 7 | +7 |
| 32 | cloud-native | 7 | +7 |
| 33 | vector-search | 7 | +7 |
| 34 | mlops | 6 | +6 |
| 35 | rlhf | 6 | +6 |
| 36 | sql | 6 | +6 |
| 37 | mysql | 6 | +6 |
| 38 | openai | 6 | +6 |
| 39 | distributed-training | 6 | +6 |
| 40 | tensorflow | 5 | +5 |