Most In-Demand Design Skills
The most in-demand skills for Design roles right now are ai, figma, prototyping — ranked across 399 open postings.
Updated October 27, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 67 | +67 |
| 2 | figma | 31 | +31 |
| 3 | prototyping | 26 | +26 |
| 4 | interaction-design | 25 | +25 |
| 5 | accessibility | 21 | +21 |
| 6 | stripe | 19 | +19 |
| 7 | user-research | 15 | +15 |
| 8 | cloud | 13 | +13 |
| 9 | data-science | 12 | +12 |
| 10 | observability | 10 | +10 |
| 11 | analytics | 9 | +9 |
| 12 | typography | 9 | +9 |
| 13 | information-architecture | 9 | +9 |
| 14 | datadog | 7 | +7 |
| 15 | ubuntu | 7 | +7 |
| 16 | iot | 7 | +7 |
| 17 | agentic-ai | 6 | +6 |
| 18 | unity-catalog | 6 | +6 |
| 19 | unity | 6 | +6 |
| 20 | databricks | 6 | +6 |
| 21 | lakehouse | 6 | +6 |
| 22 | go-to-market | 6 | +6 |
| 23 | stakeholder-management | 6 | +6 |
| 24 | llm | 6 | +6 |
| 25 | api | 5 | +5 |
| 26 | automation | 5 | +5 |
| 27 | generative-ai | 5 | +5 |
| 28 | networking | 5 | +5 |
| 29 | express | 5 | +5 |
| 30 | saas | 5 | +5 |
| 31 | mcp | 4 | +4 |
| 32 | react | 4 | +4 |
| 33 | user-flows | 4 | +4 |
| 34 | machine-learning | 4 | +4 |
| 35 | developer-experience | 3 | +3 |
| 36 | sql | 3 | +3 |
| 37 | claude-code | 3 | +3 |
| 38 | usability-testing | 3 | +3 |
| 39 | design-patterns | 3 | +3 |
| 40 | ab-testing | 3 | +3 |