Most In-Demand AI Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for AI Engineering roles right now are ai, llm, python — ranked across 164359 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 15,610 | -953 |
| 2 | llm | 10,448 | -491 |
| 3 | python | 10,219 | -225 |
| 4 | machine-learning | 8,629 | -393 |
| 5 | cloud | 7,982 | -471 |
| 6 | agentic-ai | 7,696 | -330 |
| 7 | api | 7,248 | -176 |
| 8 | generative-ai | 6,302 | -638 |
| 9 | rag | 6,255 | -215 |
| 10 | aws | 5,386 | -490 |
| 11 | azure | 4,933 | -243 |
| 12 | automation | 4,393 | -427 |
| 13 | ci-cd | 4,251 | -190 |
| 14 | prompt-engineering | 3,826 | -1 |
| 15 | gcp | 3,548 | -361 |
| 16 | observability | 3,353 | -287 |
| 17 | data-science | 3,278 | -91 |
| 18 | langchain | 3,269 | -164 |
| 19 | docker | 2,926 | -146 |
| 20 | kubernetes | 2,781 | -232 |
| 21 | openai | 2,756 | -240 |
| 22 | vector-databases | 2,735 | -259 |
| 23 | analytics | 2,663 | -134 |
| 24 | sql | 2,595 | +38 |
| 25 | mlops | 2,452 | -7 |
| 26 | pytorch | 2,376 | -167 |
| 27 | data-pipelines | 2,251 | -113 |
| 28 | langgraph | 2,198 | -212 |
| 29 | fine-tuning | 2,149 | -166 |
| 30 | typescript | 2,078 | -79 |
| 31 | mcp | 2,036 | -52 |
| 32 | data-engineering | 1,972 | +183 |
| 33 | devops | 1,863 | +39 |
| 34 | java | 1,786 | -36 |
| 35 | agile | 1,759 | -96 |
| 36 | embeddings | 1,732 | -48 |
| 37 | git | 1,701 | -56 |
| 38 | nlp | 1,691 | -50 |
| 39 | github | 1,620 | -123 |
| 40 | tensorflow | 1,613 | -108 |