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Market Pulse

What skills are companies actually hiring for? We track demand signals across job boards and hiring threads so you know exactly where to focus.

Updated 20 days agoMarch 28, 2026— March 2026 update: LinkedIn Jobs, Indeed, HN Who is Hiring, Levels.fyi. Added AI/ML category.

Rank	Skill	Demand	Trend	Mentions
01	TypeScriptFull-Stack	96	Up	4,300
02	PythonBackend	94	Up	4,100
03	ReactFrontend	93	Up	3,600
04	Pandasdata_science	90	Up	3,500
05	Next.jsFull-Stack	89	Up	2,400
06	OpenAI/Anthropic APIsAI / Machine Learning	88	Up	3,200
07	SQL for Analyticsdata_science	87	Up	3,100
08	AWSDevOps	86	Stable	2,400
09	PostgreSQLBackend	84	Up	2,100
10	Node.jsBackend	84	Stable	2,700
11	RAG PipelinesAI / Machine Learning	84	Up	2,500
12	DockerDevOps	83	Stable	2,100
13	PyTorchAI / Machine Learning	82	Up	2,200
14	CI/CD PipelinesDevOps	81	Stable	1,850
15	Statistical Modelingdata_science	80	Up	2,200
16	KubernetesDevOps	79	Stable	1,600
17	LangChainAI / Machine Learning	79	Up	1,900
18	Data Visualizationdata_science	78	Stable	1,800
19	Tailwind CSSFrontend	78	Up	1,500
20	Feature Engineeringdata_science	77	Up	1,900
21	GoBackend	76	Up	1,400
22	Scikit-learndata_science	75	Stable	1,700
23	MLOpsAI / Machine Learning	75	Up	1,600
24	Jupyter Notebooksdata_science	72	Stable	1,500
25	Hugging FaceAI / Machine Learning	72	Up	1,300
26	Apache Sparkdata_science	71	Stable	1,400
27	TerraformDevOps	70	Stable	1,150
28	RedisBackend	69	Stable	1,050
29	TensorFlowAI / Machine Learning	68	Down	1,400
30	GraphQLBackend	60	Down	1,000
31	Vue.jsFrontend	57	Stable	880
32	RustBackend	55	Up	800
33	SvelteFrontend	47	Up	650

#1TypeScriptFull-Stack

4,300 mentions

#2PythonBackend

4,100 mentions

#3ReactFrontend

3,600 mentions

#4Pandasdata_science

3,500 mentions

#5Next.jsFull-Stack

2,400 mentions

#6OpenAI/Anthropic APIsAI / Machine Learning

3,200 mentions

#7SQL for Analyticsdata_science

3,100 mentions

#8AWSDevOps

Stable

2,400 mentions

#9PostgreSQLBackend

2,100 mentions

#10Node.jsBackend

Stable

2,700 mentions

#11RAG PipelinesAI / Machine Learning

2,500 mentions

#12DockerDevOps

Stable

2,100 mentions

#13PyTorchAI / Machine Learning

2,200 mentions

#14CI/CD PipelinesDevOps

Stable

1,850 mentions

#15Statistical Modelingdata_science

2,200 mentions

#16KubernetesDevOps

Stable

1,600 mentions

#17LangChainAI / Machine Learning

1,900 mentions

#18Data Visualizationdata_science

Stable

1,800 mentions

#19Tailwind CSSFrontend

1,500 mentions

#20Feature Engineeringdata_science

1,900 mentions

#21GoBackend

1,400 mentions

#22Scikit-learndata_science

Stable

1,700 mentions

#23MLOpsAI / Machine Learning

1,600 mentions

#24Jupyter Notebooksdata_science

Stable

1,500 mentions

#25Hugging FaceAI / Machine Learning

1,300 mentions

#26Apache Sparkdata_science

Stable

1,400 mentions

#27TerraformDevOps

Stable

1,150 mentions

#28RedisBackend

Stable

1,050 mentions

#29TensorFlowAI / Machine Learning

Down

1,400 mentions

#30GraphQLBackend

Down

1,000 mentions

#31Vue.jsFrontend

Stable

880 mentions

#32RustBackend

800 mentions

#33SvelteFrontend

650 mentions

High-demand skills

Skills you need to know

These skills scored 70+ in demand — employers are actively hiring for them right now.

TypeScript

96demand score

Universal requirement — TypeScript-first is now the default

Python

94demand score

AI/ML boom pushing Python to near-TypeScript levels of demand

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Skills tracked

TypeScript

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