SkillTrendLab
Skills

Skills the AI job market asks for

Each skill's share of core AI postings, grouped by category. Every share divides by this edition's core AI postings.

190
skills tracked
145
skills with a page
3,523
core AI postings

Top 20 by penetration

  1. Python
    Languages · 1,894
    53.8%
  2. System Architecture
    Methods and process · 1,168
    33.1%
  3. LLM
    LLM applications · 1,097
    31.1%
  4. Machine Learning
    Machine learning · 897
    25.5%
  5. Git
    Tools · 828
    23.5%
  6. Deep Learning
    Machine learning · 737
    20.9%
  7. C++
    Languages · 734
    20.8%
  8. Linux
    DevOps · 681
    19.3%
  9. AI Agents
    LLM applications · 670
    19.0%
  10. Generative AI
    LLM applications · 669
    19.0%
  11. RAG
    LLM applications · 664
    18.9%
  12. PyTorch
    Frameworks · 619
    17.6%
  13. Docker
    DevOps · 610
    17.3%
  14. Data Analysis
    Data engineering · 577
    16.4%
  15. SQL
    Languages · 540
    15.3%
  16. TensorFlow
    Frameworks · 521
    14.8%
  17. Computer Vision
    Machine learning · 487
    13.8%
  18. REST API
    Methods and process · 475
    13.5%
  19. Prompt Engineering
    LLM applications · 441
    12.5%
  20. Claude
    LLM applications · 436
    12.4%

By category

Languages

25
  1. 01
    53.8%
  2. 02
    20.8%
  3. 03
    15.3%
  4. 04
    12.3%
  5. 05
    11.8%
  6. 06
    8.8%
  7. 07
    8.0%
  8. 08
    4.9%
  9. 09
    4.1%
  10. 10
    3.4%
  11. 11
    3.3%
  12. 12
    3.3%
  13. 13
    2.0%
  14. 14
    1.3%
  15. 15
    1.3%
  16. 16
    1.1%
  17. 17
    0.9%
  18. 18
    Kotlin
    0.4%
  19. 19
    Perl
    0.4%
  20. 20
    Delphi
    0.3%
  21. 21
    Swift
    0.3%
  22. 22
    Scala
    0.3%
  23. 23
    Rust
    0.3%
  24. 24
    Ruby
    0.2%
  25. 25
    Objective-C
    0.1%

LLM applications

15
  1. 01
    31.1%
  2. 02
    19.0%
  3. 03
    19.0%
  4. 04
    18.9%
  5. 05
    12.5%
  6. 06
    12.4%
  7. 07
    12.1%
  8. 08
    8.6%
  9. 09
    6.2%
  10. 10
    5.6%
  11. 11
    3.4%
  12. 12
    1.9%
  13. 13
    1.1%
  14. 14
    1.0%
  15. 15
    RLHF
    0.6%

Frameworks

26
  1. 01
    17.6%
  2. 02
    14.8%
  3. 03
    7.0%
  4. 04
    5.9%
  5. 05
    5.5%
  6. 06
    5.3%
  7. 07
    4.8%
  8. 08
    4.5%
  9. 09
    3.9%
  10. 10
    3.8%
  11. 11
    3.0%
  12. 12
    3.0%
  13. 13
    2.7%
  14. 14
    2.7%
  15. 15
    2.7%
  16. 16
    2.6%
  17. 17
    2.6%
  18. 18
    2.6%
  19. 19
    1.8%
  20. 20
    1.5%
  21. 21
    1.5%
  22. 22
    1.2%
  23. 23
    XGBoost
    0.8%
  24. 24
    Unity
    0.7%
  25. 25
    React Native
    0.5%
  26. 26
    Flutter
    0.5%

Machine learning

16
  1. 01
    25.5%
  2. 02
    20.9%
  3. 03
    13.8%
  4. 04
    9.9%
  5. 05
    9.7%
  6. 06
    4.6%
  7. 07
    3.5%
  8. 08
    2.7%
  9. 09
    2.1%
  10. 10
    1.9%
  11. 11
    1.7%
  12. 12
    1.4%
  13. 13
    Stable Diffusion
    0.8%
  14. 14
    Transformer Models
    0.5%
  15. 15
    Diffusion Models
    0.5%
  16. 16
    AI Image Generation
    0.4%

Methods and process

9
  1. 01
    33.1%
  2. 02
    13.5%
  3. 03
    11.3%
  4. 04
    9.0%
  5. 05
    8.2%
  6. 06
    5.3%
  7. 07
    3.6%
  8. 08
    1.7%
  9. 09
    gRPC
    0.7%

Domain knowledge

23
  1. 01
    8.6%
  2. 02
    8.5%
  3. 03
    8.3%
  4. 04
    7.3%
  5. 05
    6.5%
  6. 06
    5.4%
  7. 07
    4.2%
  8. 08
    4.0%
  9. 09
    3.8%
  10. 10
    3.7%
  11. 11
    3.0%
  12. 12
    2.1%
  13. 13
    1.8%
  14. 14
    1.5%
  15. 15
    1.3%
  16. 16
    1.1%
  17. 17
    0.9%
  18. 18
    Embedded Linux
    0.8%
  19. 19
    Graphic Design
    0.7%
  20. 20
    RTOS
    0.6%
  21. 21
    SEO
    0.5%
  22. 22
    Digital Advertising
    0.5%
  23. 23
    Video Editing
    0.3%

DevOps

10
  1. 01
    19.3%
  2. 02
    17.3%
  3. 03
    11.8%
  4. 04
    9.4%
  5. 05
    4.5%
  6. 06
    1.8%
  7. 07
    1.6%
  8. 08
    1.4%
  9. 09
    1.4%
  10. 10
    Ansible
    0.7%

Tools

31
  1. 01
    23.5%
  2. 02
    6.9%
  3. 03
    3.7%
  4. 04
    3.2%
  5. 05
    3.0%
  6. 06
    2.5%
  7. 07
    2.5%
  8. 08
    2.4%
  9. 09
    1.9%
  10. 10
    1.8%
  11. 11
    1.8%
  12. 12
    1.7%
  13. 13
    1.7%
  14. 14
    1.4%
  15. 15
    1.2%
  16. 16
    1.2%
  17. 17
    1.1%
  18. 18
    1.0%
  19. 19
    OpenVINO
    0.8%
  20. 20
    Kubeflow
    0.8%
  21. 21
    ComfyUI
    0.7%
  22. 22
    3D Modeling
    0.7%
  23. 23
    MidJourney
    0.7%
  24. 24
    Adobe Photoshop
    0.5%
  25. 25
    Canva
    0.4%
  26. 26
    Adobe Illustrator
    0.3%
  27. 27
    Weights & Biases
    0.2%
  28. 28
    WordPress
    0.1%
  29. 29
    After Effects
    0.1%
  30. 30
    Adobe Premiere Pro
    0.1%
  31. 31
    Runway
    0.0%

Databases

9
  1. 01
    10.7%
  2. 02
    7.8%
  3. 03
    7.1%
  4. 04
    7.1%
  5. 05
    6.7%
  6. 06
    4.5%
  7. 07
    3.3%
  8. 08
    2.2%
  9. 09
    1.8%

Data engineering

17
  1. 01
    16.4%
  2. 02
    6.7%
  3. 03
    2.8%
  4. 04
    2.2%
  5. 05
    2.2%
  6. 06
    2.1%
  7. 07
    1.7%
  8. 08
    1.6%
  9. 09
    1.4%
  10. 10
    1.3%
  11. 11
    1.0%
  12. 12
    0.9%
  13. 13
    SAS
    0.8%
  14. 14
    Looker Studio
    0.6%
  15. 15
    Snowflake
    0.4%
  16. 16
    Apache Flink
    0.3%
  17. 17
    dbt
    0.2%

Cloud

4
  1. 01
    11.4%
  2. 02
    10.2%
  3. 03
    9.7%
  4. 04
    Firebase
    0.4%

Office software

5
  1. 01
    7.6%
  2. 02
    6.9%
  3. 03
    5.5%
  4. 04
    2.1%
  5. 05
    VBA
    0.5%
The data on this page
Data as of
September 11, 2026
Core AI postings this edition
3,523
Method version
2026.09.1