Most In-Demand Architecture Skills
The most in-demand skills for Architecture roles right now are cloud, ai, azure — ranked across 205632 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 20,121 | +290 |
| 2 | ai | 15,289 | -792 |
| 3 | azure | 10,496 | +586 |
| 4 | api | 9,889 | +602 |
| 5 | aws | 9,521 | -261 |
| 6 | automation | 7,694 | -11 |
| 7 | analytics | 6,739 | +162 |
| 8 | python | 6,089 | -119 |
| 9 | ci-cd | 6,040 | +490 |
| 10 | agile | 5,767 | +494 |
| 11 | machine-learning | 5,611 | -195 |
| 12 | devops | 5,576 | +381 |
| 13 | gcp | 5,365 | -193 |
| 14 | sql | 5,251 | +257 |
| 15 | solution-design | 5,225 | +547 |
| 16 | cloud-native | 4,552 | +87 |
| 17 | pre-sales | 4,533 | +437 |
| 18 | networking | 4,359 | +70 |
| 19 | agentic-ai | 4,260 | -150 |
| 20 | java | 4,187 | +143 |
| 21 | kubernetes | 3,939 | -68 |
| 22 | microservices | 3,660 | +167 |
| 23 | stakeholder-management | 3,619 | +277 |
| 24 | observability | 3,320 | +72 |
| 25 | generative-ai | 3,313 | -164 |
| 26 | llm | 3,176 | -272 |
| 27 | data-modeling | 3,073 | +323 |
| 28 | data-governance | 3,048 | +146 |
| 29 | event-driven-architecture | 3,040 | +231 |
| 30 | infrastructure-as-code | 2,978 | +165 |
| 31 | oracle | 2,866 | -389 |
| 32 | erp | 2,818 | +566 |
| 33 | sap | 2,808 | +478 |
| 34 | crm | 2,686 | +479 |
| 35 | salesforce | 2,647 | +111 |
| 36 | terraform | 2,494 | +128 |
| 37 | saas | 2,485 | +77 |
| 38 | databricks | 2,382 | -2 |
| 39 | data-engineering | 2,381 | -37 |
| 40 | etl | 2,335 | +96 |