Most In-Demand AI Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for AI Engineering roles right now are ai, llm, python — ranked across 223900 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 19,170 | -856 |
| 2 | llm | 14,293 | -368 |
| 3 | python | 14,267 | -244 |
| 4 | cloud | 10,572 | -481 |
| 5 | machine-learning | 10,525 | -742 |
| 6 | api | 10,320 | -49 |
| 7 | agentic-ai | 9,695 | -498 |
| 8 | rag | 9,308 | -102 |
| 9 | generative-ai | 8,590 | -365 |
| 10 | aws | 7,292 | -187 |
| 11 | azure | 6,880 | -312 |
| 12 | ci-cd | 6,186 | -55 |
| 13 | automation | 5,386 | -274 |
| 14 | prompt-engineering | 4,934 | -472 |
| 15 | observability | 4,912 | -136 |
| 16 | gcp | 4,760 | -464 |
| 17 | langchain | 4,662 | -291 |
| 18 | docker | 4,432 | +248 |
| 19 | data-science | 4,311 | -176 |
| 20 | vector-databases | 4,061 | -25 |
| 21 | openai | 3,969 | -194 |
| 22 | kubernetes | 3,908 | -50 |
| 23 | sql | 3,797 | +136 |
| 24 | pytorch | 3,439 | -142 |
| 25 | langgraph | 3,431 | -29 |
| 26 | mlops | 3,276 | -266 |
| 27 | mcp | 3,134 | +210 |
| 28 | analytics | 3,050 | -461 |
| 29 | fine-tuning | 2,942 | -205 |
| 30 | typescript | 2,921 | +9 |
| 31 | embeddings | 2,817 | +94 |
| 32 | git | 2,768 | +277 |
| 33 | data-pipelines | 2,760 | -122 |
| 34 | java | 2,561 | -124 |
| 35 | devops | 2,560 | -67 |
| 36 | nlp | 2,489 | -105 |
| 37 | tensorflow | 2,434 | -53 |
| 38 | rest | 2,421 | +162 |
| 39 | agile | 2,341 | -190 |
| 40 | data-engineering | 2,326 | -176 |