Tech Demand

What is worth learning · reported week 2026-W44 (last completed ISO week, SGT) · 0-2 yrs · AI-ML
Experience: all0-23-56+unstated
Role: allAI-MLBackendDataFrontendFullstackMobileOther-ITPlatformSRESecurity

1. Demand ranking

19 enriched SWE postings in 2026-W44. Share = postings mentioning the technology ÷ that number — postings still awaiting enrichment are excluded from the denominator, so a processing backlog cannot depress every share at once. The chart shows the top 15; the table in section 3 lists the top 30.

python18machine-learning16llm12rag10pytorch9tensorflow9generative-ai7aws6azure6langchain6computer-vision5docker5git5google-cloud5nlp5

2. Momentum (vs the previous 4 weeks)

Heating up

TechnologyShareChangePostings
machine-learning84.2%+19.0pp16
rag52.6%+13.8pp10
python94.7%+9.8pp18
llm63.2%+9.6pp12

Cooling down

Nothing fell this week.

Change is in percentage points of share, not relative percent: a technology going from 1 to 3 postings would otherwise read as +200% and top the board. Boards consider every technology above the bar, not only the 30 the table below shows.

3. Salary premium and entry-friendliness

Premium compares the median advertised monthly salary of postings mentioning a technology against the overall median, over the trailing 90 days. Baseline: S$6750, the median of 234 postings advertising a monthly range — medians pin the unit so the figures are comparable. Separately, 100.0% of SWE postings state pay at all (234 of 234, in any unit); the rest hide it, and no figure here describes them. Entry-friendly is computed over the same 90-day window. Premium mixes seniority in (senior roles name more infrastructure); pick an experience band above to compare within one. Entry-friendly = the share of postings mentioning the technology that ask for at most 2 years' experience, or are Intern/Junior roles with no stated requirement. The table lists the top 30 technologies by postings.

TechnologyKindPostingsShareSalary premiumEntry-friendly
pythonlanguage1894.7% -3.7% 100.0%
machine-learningai1684.2% +11.1% 100.0%
llmai1263.2% -3.7% 100.0%
ragai1052.6% -3.7% 100.0%
pytorchai947.4% -3.7% 100.0%
tensorflowai947.4% -3.7% 100.0%
generative-aiai736.8% -6.7% 100.0%
awscloud631.6% -3.7% 100.0%
azurecloud631.6% -12.6% 100.0%
langchainai631.6% -7.4% 100.0%
computer-visionai526.3% -11.1% 100.0%
dockertool526.3% +0.0% 100.0%
gittool526.3% -14.8% 100.0%
google-cloudcloud526.3% -12.6% 100.0%
nlpai526.3% +40.7% 100.0%
sqllanguage526.3% -3.7% 100.0%
deep-learningai421.1% +17.0% 100.0%
kubernetestool421.1% +3.7% 100.0%
openaiai421.1% -29.6% 100.0%
scikit-learnai421.1% -6.7% 100.0%
javascriptlanguage315.8% —(n=19) 100.0%
linuxtool315.8% -29.6% 100.0%
terraformtool315.8% —(n=5) 100.0%
airflowtool210.5% —(n=7) 100.0%
cpplanguage210.5% +44.4% 100.0%
fastapiframework15.3% —(n=19) 100.0%
github-actionstool15.3% —(n=1) 100.0%
llamaai15.3% —(n=3) 100.0%
postgresqldatabase15.3% —(n=7) 100.0%
reactframework15.3% —(n=17) 100.0%

4. What else they ask for

These are MyCareersFuture's own skill tags — the competencies the employer filled in on the form, over the trailing 90 days (2026-08-08 → 2026-11-05) across 234 postings. They are not the technology ranking above: languages and frameworks appear only in the free-text description, which is why this system reads it separately. "Must-have" is the share of postings listing the tag that marked it essential rather than desirable — a tag that is everywhere but rarely essential is table stakes, one that is usually essential is a filter someone is applying.

SkillPostingsShareMarked must-have
Computer Science8235.0%7.3%
Machine Learning8034.2%10.0%
Python7029.9%11.4%
PyTorch6728.6%16.4%
TensorFlow5925.2%8.5%
Artificial Intelligence5322.6%7.5%
Data Science4519.2%11.1%
LLMs4318.4%14.0%
Ai3615.4%11.1%
Computer Engineering3615.4%5.6%
AI Agents3414.5%14.7%
Natural Language Processing3314.1%3.0%
Programming3113.2%3.2%
Linux2912.4%20.7%
Computer Vision2812.0%21.4%
Numbers computed by SQL from public MyCareersFuture data; data is refreshed daily, so it lags the live market by up to 24h. Methodology: docs/03-data-model.md · data freshness · Compliance: aggregate statistics only, no personal data.