Insights/Skills Demand

Skills Demand Report 2026

The most frequently requested skills across 24,488 active job postings. 11,306 postings (46.2%) include parseable skills data.

Skills are extracted via deterministic text matching from job titles, departments, and descriptions. AI enrichment covers a small subset. 46.2% coverage means 54% of postings have no parseable skills — figures reflect demand among postings that do.

Top 30 skills

1python

4,05216.5%

2machine learning

2,73811.2%

3aws

2,71611.1%

4sql

2,3189.5%

5large language models

1,9217.8%

6azure

1,8417.5%

7google cloud

1,8187.4%

8ci/cd

1,7607.2%

9kubernetes

1,4125.8%

10java

1,2855.2%

11ai

1,2505.1%

12typescript

1,2094.9%

13javascript

1,1144.5%

14c++

9724%

15react

9603.9%

16apache spark

8613.5%

17docker

7833.2%

18terraform

7723.2%

19node.js

7383%

20postgres

6732.7%

21microservices

5772.4%

22jira

5722.3%

23mongodb

5442.2%

24github

5392.2%

25figma

5262.1%

26kafka

4771.9%

27scala

4491.8%

28git

4481.8%

29snowflake

4331.8%

30aws s3

3861.6%

Top skills by function

Customer Success

131 roles with skills

aws27.5%

azure26.7%

python24.4%

sql24.4%

google cloud22.9%

jira22.1%

large language models21.4%

machine learning18.3%

Data & Analytics

580 roles with skills

python84.7%

sql63.3%

machine learning56.4%

aws31.9%

large language models27.9%

airflow22.8%

snowflake20.2%

deep learning17.6%

Design

163 roles with skills

figma84.7%

ai23.3%

sketch15.3%

react6.7%

machine learning6.7%

javascript3.7%

express.js3.1%

jira2.5%

DevOps

257 roles with skills

kubernetes79.8%

aws72.8%

ci/cd72.4%

terraform70.8%

python69.6%

google cloud46.3%

azure38.5%

docker36.6%

Finance

67 roles with skills

sql62.7%

python22.4%

ai16.4%

machine learning14.9%

apache spark6%

aws4.5%

azure4.5%

snowflake4.5%

Legal

48 roles with skills

ai41.7%

machine learning31.3%

express.js10.4%

apache spark10.4%

large language models8.3%

next.js6.3%

vercel6.3%

google cloud4.2%

Marketing

95 roles with skills

machine learning32.6%

large language models31.6%

ai15.8%

sql13.7%

aws11.6%

azure9.5%

google cloud9.5%

mongodb6.3%

Operations

236 roles with skills

jira32.2%

sql23.7%

machine learning23.3%

large language models16.1%

ai14.4%

aws13.1%

google cloud11.9%

python11%

Human Resources

47 roles with skills

machine learning21.3%

ai17%

express.js10.6%

jira8.5%

large language models8.5%

figma8.5%

sql6.4%

azure4.3%

Product Management

393 roles with skills

machine learning37.9%

large language models28.5%

sql26.7%

jira11.7%

aws9.7%

azure9.2%

ai6.9%

google cloud6.6%

Methodology

Skills are extracted using deterministic pattern matching against a curated taxonomy of ~200 technology and functional skills. The matcher scans job titles, department names, and description text.

A small subset of postings (11,306 of 24,488, 46.2%) are also AI-enriched for higher precision skill extraction. Both sources are merged and deduplicated.

Percentage represents the share of skills-including postings in that role family that mention the skill. Role families with fewer than 20 skills-including postings are excluded.

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