Most In-Demand Software Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for Software Engineering roles right now are ai, distributed-systems, cloud — ranked across 5687 open postings.
Updated October 27, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 587 | +587 |
| 2 | distributed-systems | 336 | +336 |
| 3 | cloud | 316 | +316 |
| 4 | api | 250 | +250 |
| 5 | python | 227 | +227 |
| 6 | kubernetes | 192 | +192 |
| 7 | java | 186 | +186 |
| 8 | analytics | 180 | +180 |
| 9 | aws | 165 | +165 |
| 10 | observability | 161 | +161 |
| 11 | cpp | 159 | +159 |
| 12 | automation | 137 | +137 |
| 13 | linux | 136 | +136 |
| 14 | lakehouse | 133 | +133 |
| 15 | databricks | 132 | +132 |
| 16 | unity | 131 | +131 |
| 17 | unity-catalog | 131 | +131 |
| 18 | azure | 124 | +124 |
| 19 | gcp | 123 | +123 |
| 20 | data-science | 121 | +121 |
| 21 | rust | 120 | +120 |
| 22 | machine-learning | 120 | +120 |
| 23 | typescript | 110 | +110 |
| 24 | agentic-ai | 102 | +102 |
| 25 | networking | 102 | +102 |
| 26 | ci-cd | 99 | +99 |
| 27 | dns | 98 | +98 |
| 28 | sql | 95 | +95 |
| 29 | cloudflare | 92 | +92 |
| 30 | cloud-native | 88 | +88 |
| 31 | ubuntu | 87 | +87 |
| 32 | javascript | 85 | +85 |
| 33 | stripe | 81 | +81 |
| 34 | iot | 80 | +80 |
| 35 | mongodb | 72 | +72 |
| 36 | llm | 71 | +71 |
| 37 | postgresql | 67 | +67 |
| 38 | scala | 66 | +66 |
| 39 | kafka | 63 | +63 |
| 40 | docker | 62 | +62 |