Most In-Demand AI Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for AI Engineering roles right now are ai, llm, python — ranked across 175018 open postings.
Updated October 10, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 15,603 | -1,106 |
| 2 | llm | 11,206 | +86 |
| 3 | python | 11,115 | +154 |
| 4 | machine-learning | 8,745 | -493 |
| 5 | cloud | 8,536 | -109 |
| 6 | api | 8,068 | +193 |
| 7 | agentic-ai | 7,992 | -179 |
| 8 | rag | 6,954 | +177 |
| 9 | generative-ai | 6,480 | -156 |
| 10 | aws | 5,538 | -287 |
| 11 | azure | 5,381 | +74 |
| 12 | ci-cd | 4,768 | +92 |
| 13 | automation | 4,510 | -297 |
| 14 | prompt-engineering | 3,947 | -172 |
| 15 | observability | 3,900 | +253 |
| 16 | gcp | 3,849 | +41 |
| 17 | data-science | 3,437 | -7 |
| 18 | langchain | 3,372 | -107 |
| 19 | docker | 3,062 | -138 |
| 20 | openai | 2,994 | +47 |
| 21 | kubernetes | 2,962 | -90 |
| 22 | vector-databases | 2,914 | -112 |
| 23 | sql | 2,894 | +15 |
| 24 | analytics | 2,788 | -209 |
| 25 | pytorch | 2,590 | +39 |
| 26 | mlops | 2,510 | -117 |
| 27 | langgraph | 2,433 | +43 |
| 28 | typescript | 2,378 | +146 |
| 29 | fine-tuning | 2,312 | -10 |
| 30 | data-pipelines | 2,301 | -75 |
| 31 | mcp | 2,254 | +58 |
| 32 | devops | 2,067 | +3 |
| 33 | java | 2,060 | +22 |
| 34 | data-engineering | 2,051 | +8 |
| 35 | embeddings | 2,021 | +150 |
| 36 | git | 1,923 | +55 |
| 37 | agile | 1,892 | -115 |
| 38 | github | 1,750 | -54 |
| 39 | nlp | 1,735 | -74 |
| 40 | react | 1,726 | +91 |