Most In-Demand Software Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for Software Engineering roles right now are ai, distributed-systems, api — ranked across 2074 open postings.
Updated November 5, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 232 | +232 |
| 2 | distributed-systems | 123 | +123 |
| 3 | api | 111 | +111 |
| 4 | anthropic | 101 | +101 |
| 5 | rust | 96 | +96 |
| 6 | dns | 88 | +88 |
| 7 | cloudflare | 88 | +88 |
| 8 | python | 86 | +86 |
| 9 | cloud | 82 | +82 |
| 10 | observability | 81 | +81 |
| 11 | kubernetes | 68 | +68 |
| 12 | typescript | 61 | +61 |
| 13 | machine-learning | 60 | +60 |
| 14 | networking | 58 | +58 |
| 15 | llm | 55 | +55 |
| 16 | agentic-ai | 53 | +53 |
| 17 | cpp | 44 | +44 |
| 18 | automation | 42 | +42 |
| 19 | aws | 39 | +39 |
| 20 | gcp | 37 | +37 |
| 21 | postgresql | 36 | +36 |
| 22 | linux | 34 | +34 |
| 23 | sql | 33 | +33 |
| 24 | ci-cd | 33 | +33 |
| 25 | javascript | 28 | +28 |
| 26 | azure | 25 | +25 |
| 27 | data-pipelines | 24 | +24 |
| 28 | mcp | 23 | +23 |
| 29 | analytics | 22 | +22 |
| 30 | infrastructure-as-code | 22 | +22 |
| 31 | clickhouse | 22 | +22 |
| 32 | figma | 20 | +20 |
| 33 | grafana | 20 | +20 |
| 34 | kafka | 19 | +19 |
| 35 | gitlab | 19 | +19 |
| 36 | prometheus | 18 | +18 |
| 37 | react | 18 | +18 |
| 38 | unix | 18 | +18 |
| 39 | saas | 18 | +18 |
| 40 | docker | 17 | +17 |