Most In-Demand Software Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for Software Engineering roles right now are cloud, api, ai — ranked across 899200 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 54,318 | -513 |
| 2 | api | 48,858 | +3,398 |
| 3 | ai | 48,349 | -2,828 |
| 4 | java | 46,525 | +5,438 |
| 5 | python | 44,372 | +1,301 |
| 6 | ci-cd | 37,055 | +1,422 |
| 7 | agile | 34,525 | +617 |
| 8 | sql | 31,986 | +3,293 |
| 9 | aws | 31,309 | +272 |
| 10 | automation | 29,285 | -344 |
| 11 | kubernetes | 23,209 | -112 |
| 12 | git | 22,409 | +2,987 |
| 13 | azure | 22,343 | +1,134 |
| 14 | javascript | 21,874 | +1,937 |
| 15 | docker | 21,671 | +665 |
| 16 | spring | 21,126 | +4,978 |
| 17 | typescript | 20,838 | +759 |
| 18 | react | 19,785 | +337 |
| 19 | rest | 19,628 | +980 |
| 20 | cpp | 19,308 | -276 |
| 21 | devops | 19,267 | +936 |
| 22 | microservices | 18,405 | +868 |
| 23 | linux | 18,365 | +984 |
| 24 | csharp | 17,575 | +1,156 |
| 25 | postgresql | 16,635 | +2,512 |
| 26 | distributed-systems | 15,887 | -1,211 |
| 27 | machine-learning | 14,497 | -1,338 |
| 28 | observability | 14,406 | -630 |
| 29 | dotnet | 14,095 | +1,259 |
| 30 | gcp | 13,557 | -988 |
| 31 | kafka | 13,374 | +2,100 |
| 32 | github | 12,699 | +1,081 |
| 33 | analytics | 12,325 | -644 |
| 34 | scrum | 11,669 | +1,089 |
| 35 | networking | 11,660 | +5 |
| 36 | angular | 11,369 | +1,165 |
| 37 | cloud-native | 11,330 | -636 |
| 38 | llm | 11,308 | -318 |
| 39 | test-automation | 11,005 | -263 |
| 40 | agentic-ai | 10,999 | -621 |