What Principal Design Jobs Ask For
Across 1,122 open Principal Design postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, automation, prototyping.
Updated November 3, 2026
1,243 open Principal Design postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,122 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 39% |
| automation | 21% |
| prototyping | 16% |
| cad | 15% |
| python | 13% |
| cloud | 13% |
| figma | 13% |
| agentic-ai | 9% |
| agile | 9% |
| accessibility | 9% |
| autocad | 9% |
| machine-learning | 9% |
| interaction-design | 8% |
| user-research | 8% |
| analytics | 7% |
| verilog | 7% |
| stakeholder-management | 7% |
| cmos | 6% |
| oracle | 6% |
| tcl | 6% |
| networking | 6% |
| perl | 6% |
| assembly | 6% |
| firmware | 6% |
| api | 5% |
| wireframing | 5% |
| corrective-action | 5% |
| business-development | 5% |
| information-architecture | 5% |
| systemverilog | 5% |
| saas | 5% |
| design-thinking | 5% |
| design-patterns | 4% |
| adobe-creative-suite | 4% |
| signal-integrity | 4% |
| uvm | 4% |
| usability-testing | 4% |
| css | 4% |
| matlab | 4% |
| root-cause-analysis | 4% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,243 open Principal Design jobs →
Across all Design levels
Most Design postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 14,943
- figma 12,147
- photoshop 11,905
- illustrator 10,543
- autocad 8,068
- cad 6,892
- prototyping 6,727
- adobe-creative-suite 6,408
- accessibility 5,716
- typography 5,534
- indesign 5,522
- wireframing 5,262