Most In-Demand Software Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for Software Engineering roles right now are cloud, ai, api — ranked across 913967 open postings.
Updated October 8, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cloud | 53,649 | -4,794 |
| 2 | ai | 50,470 | -1,814 |
| 3 | api | 48,447 | -3,238 |
| 4 | python | 45,409 | -756 |
| 5 | java | 45,003 | -3,545 |
| 6 | ci-cd | 37,564 | -1,920 |
| 7 | agile | 34,846 | -1,153 |
| 8 | sql | 32,815 | +554 |
| 9 | automation | 32,199 | +864 |
| 10 | aws | 31,062 | -2,358 |
| 11 | kubernetes | 23,671 | -1,083 |
| 12 | azure | 23,331 | -415 |
| 13 | git | 23,101 | +57 |
| 14 | javascript | 22,909 | +563 |
| 15 | cpp | 21,699 | +1,241 |
| 16 | docker | 21,338 | -1,547 |
| 17 | typescript | 21,031 | -848 |
| 18 | devops | 20,455 | -457 |
| 19 | rest | 20,364 | -394 |
| 20 | react | 20,018 | -866 |
| 21 | linux | 19,410 | +542 |
| 22 | csharp | 18,611 | +457 |
| 23 | microservices | 18,533 | -1,361 |
| 24 | spring | 18,374 | -2,701 |
| 25 | distributed-systems | 16,901 | -244 |
| 26 | observability | 15,909 | +296 |
| 27 | machine-learning | 14,992 | -771 |
| 28 | postgresql | 14,850 | -1,683 |
| 29 | dotnet | 14,411 | -150 |
| 30 | networking | 13,317 | +928 |
| 31 | github | 12,835 | -513 |
| 32 | gcp | 12,802 | -1,919 |
| 33 | test-automation | 12,416 | +639 |
| 34 | analytics | 12,318 | -1,178 |
| 35 | agentic-ai | 12,170 | -21 |
| 36 | scrum | 11,971 | +54 |
| 37 | kafka | 11,610 | -2,001 |
| 38 | llm | 11,196 | -708 |
| 39 | cloud-native | 10,995 | -1,407 |
| 40 | angular | 10,965 | -393 |