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Most In-Demand Backend Skills

The most in-demand skills for Backend roles right now are api, java, cloud — ranked across 302618 open postings.

Updated September 14, 2026

#SkillOpen postings30-day growth
1api23,060+4,887
2java17,749+3,629
3cloud16,795+3,210
4ci-cd13,399+3,978
5aws13,281+2,429
6ai12,363+1,169
7python11,817+1,200
8sql10,768+2,608
9docker10,455+2,303
10kubernetes10,191+1,709
11spring10,183+3,156
12postgresql9,776+2,577
13microservices9,642+1,423
14rest9,561+1,622
15agile7,990+1,945
16kafka7,599+2,183
17git7,536+2,340
18distributed-systems6,485+167
19azure6,451+1,231
20devops6,418+1,688
21nodejs5,762+784
22gcp5,318+503
23observability5,267+539
24typescript4,836+634
25nosql4,769+636
26redis4,651+718
27mysql4,643+711
28event-driven-architecture4,572+1,005
29automation4,315+427
30github4,256+1,220
31mongodb4,026+937
32csharp3,595+919
33scrum3,474+1,210
34cloud-native3,433+496
35dotnet3,278+806
36react3,186+355
37rabbitmq3,046+663
38jenkins3,013+1,255
39oracle2,841+933
40machine-learning2,818-9

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