Most In-Demand Hardware Skills · freehire

Name: In-demand Hardware skills
Creator: freehire

The most in-demand skills for Hardware roles right now are ai, python, fpga — ranked across 14763 open postings.

Updated July 23, 2026

#	Skill	Open postings	30-day growth
1	ai	1,088	+332
2	python	1,069	+342
3	fpga	1,039	+379
4	automation	832	+240
5	ethernet	715	+272
6	networking	648	+196
7	verilog	614	+250
8	pcie	577	+218
9	vhdl	570	+219
10	cpp	558	+197
11	assembly	509	+185
12	cloud	479	+158
13	linux	469	+149
14	embedded-systems	410	+132
15	cad	387	+128
16	systemverilog	385	+151
17	agile	380	+158
18	matlab	352	+95
19	signal-processing	322	+63
20	program-management	261	+77
21	machine-learning	237	+56
22	uart	230	+82
23	perl	221	+92
24	test-automation	211	+58
25	bash	203	+57
26	tcl	195	+53
27	git	191	+68
28	embedded-software	181	+63
29	jira	169	+31
30	microcontrollers	150	+57
31	compensation-and-benefits	140	+27
32	analytics	132	+55
33	cisco	123	+2
34	scrum	118	+66
35	jtag	110	+40
36	ci-cd	108	+27
37	typescript	101	+43
38	version-control	99	+27
39	backbone	91	+55
40	labview	89	+36