Insights/Skills Demand

Skills Demand Report 2026

The most frequently requested skills across 23,564 active job postings. 11,843 postings (50.3%) include parseable skills data.

Skills are extracted via deterministic text matching from job titles, departments, and descriptions. AI enrichment covers a small subset. 50.3% coverage means 50% of postings have no parseable skills — figures reflect demand among postings that do.

Top 30 skills

1python

4,05017.2%

2aws

2,97912.6%

3machine learning

2,71011.5%

4sql

2,2199.4%

5large language models

2,1339.1%

6google cloud

2,0568.7%

7ai

2,0258.6%

8azure

2,0208.6%

9ci/cd

1,9108.1%

10kubernetes

1,6777.1%

11typescript

1,5216.5%

12java

1,3285.6%

13javascript

1,1434.9%

14react

9884.2%

15c++

9243.9%

16terraform

8833.7%

17docker

8703.7%

18apache spark

8623.7%

19node.js

7873.3%

20postgres

6872.9%

21jira

6292.7%

22mongodb

6182.6%

23microservices

5992.5%

24kafka

5702.4%

25github

5492.3%

26git

5462.3%

27snowflake

4982.1%

28scala

4201.8%

29aws s3

4111.7%

30rust

3861.6%

Top skills by function

Customer Success

188 roles with skills

large language models27.1%

python27.1%

aws23.4%

ai21.8%

machine learning21.3%

sql21.3%

azure19.1%

google cloud18.6%

Data & Analytics

595 roles with skills

python81.8%

sql65.9%

machine learning51.3%

aws27.6%

large language models24.7%

snowflake24.5%

airflow23.9%

dbt20.2%

Design

143 roles with skills

figma69.9%

ai13.3%

sketch12.6%

react11.9%

javascript8.4%

machine learning8.4%

large language models4.2%

express.js3.5%

DevOps

294 roles with skills

kubernetes76.5%

aws70.1%

python68.7%

terraform66%

ci/cd65.3%

google cloud47.6%

docker40.1%

azure35%

Finance

66 roles with skills

sql53%

python25.8%

machine learning21.2%

ai21.2%

snowflake7.6%

google cloud6.1%

large language models6.1%

node.js6.1%

Legal

64 roles with skills

ai46.9%

machine learning29.7%

express.js9.4%

large language models9.4%

apache spark7.8%

confluence3.1%

jira3.1%

swift3.1%

Marketing

87 roles with skills

ai34.5%

machine learning28.7%

large language models20.7%

sql11.5%

aws10.3%

apache spark10.3%

azure8%

google cloud8%

Operations

283 roles with skills

ai25.4%

jira24.7%

sql20.5%

large language models18.7%

machine learning15.5%

aws13.4%

azure11.7%

google cloud10.6%

Human Resources

51 roles with skills

machine learning29.4%

ai21.6%

large language models19.6%

express.js9.8%

apache spark5.9%

github5.9%

jira5.9%

sql3.9%

Product Management

411 roles with skills

machine learning37%

large language models30.9%

sql30.2%

ai11.2%

aws10%

azure10%

jira9.5%

google cloud7.5%

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 (11,843 of 23,564, 50.3%) 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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