What Principal Design Jobs Ask For
Across 1,011 open Principal Design postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, automation, prototyping.
Updated October 6, 2026
1,144 open Principal Design postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,011 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 41% |
| automation | 21% |
| prototyping | 18% |
| python | 15% |
| cad | 15% |
| figma | 14% |
| cloud | 10% |
| accessibility | 10% |
| agile | 10% |
| interaction-design | 9% |
| machine-learning | 9% |
| agentic-ai | 9% |
| user-research | 9% |
| verilog | 9% |
| analytics | 8% |
| firmware | 7% |
| autocad | 7% |
| perl | 7% |
| tcl | 7% |
| uvm | 7% |
| systemverilog | 6% |
| api | 6% |
| cpp | 6% |
| networking | 6% |
| information-architecture | 6% |
| assembly | 6% |
| stakeholder-management | 6% |
| design-thinking | 6% |
| pcie | 5% |
| ethernet | 5% |
| rtl | 5% |
| matlab | 5% |
| wireframing | 5% |
| corrective-action | 5% |
| fpga | 5% |
| cmos | 5% |
| usability-testing | 5% |
| css | 4% |
| design-patterns | 4% |
| business-development | 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.
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Across all Design levels
Most Design postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 13,309
- figma 10,641
- photoshop 8,281
- illustrator 7,486
- prototyping 5,851
- autocad 5,845
- cad 5,157
- accessibility 4,954
- typography 4,890
- user-research 4,321
- indesign 4,267
- wireframing 4,261