Most In-Demand Hardware Skills

Name: In-demand Hardware skills
Creator: freehire

The most in-demand skills for Hardware roles right now are ai, python, fpga — ranked across 59355 open postings.

Updated November 3, 2026

#	Skill	Open postings	30-day growth
1	ai	3,749	+105
2	python	3,376	+16
3	fpga	2,997	+197
4	pcb	2,782	+332
5	firmware	2,572	+124
6	verilog	2,549	+97
7	automation	2,515	-61
8	ethernet	1,858	+94
9	pcie	1,792	+192
10	oscilloscope	1,765	0
11	networking	1,719	-78
12	signal-integrity	1,531	+11
13	vhdl	1,512	+89
14	cpp	1,505	-7
15	altium	1,499	+154
16	systemverilog	1,495	+95
17	cad	1,478	+33
18	assembly	1,449	+95
19	cloud	1,418	+6
20	rtl	1,412	+44
21	perl	1,313	-36
22	tcl	1,294	-8
23	matlab	1,243	-52
24	embedded-systems	1,232	+79
25	linux	1,195	+87
26	prototyping	1,017	+27
27	asic	1,010	-16
28	root-cause-analysis	983	+2
29	i2c	969	+45
30	uvm	929	+32
31	signal-processing	874	+6
32	corrective-action	794	+39
33	machine-learning	763	+15
34	serdes	751	+90
35	bash	716	+7
36	cmos	707	-10
37	gpu	685	+39
38	agile	679	-66
39	uart	631	+17
40	iot	597	-49