Tech Demand

What is worth learning · reported week 2026-W37 (last completed ISO week, SGT) · 0-2 yrs · Platform
Experience: all0-23-56+unstated
Role: allAI-MLBackendDataFrontendFullstackMobileOther-ITPlatformSRESecurity

1. Demand ranking

122 enriched SWE postings in 2026-W37. 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.

sql33aws27linux26azure20python20terraform20kubernetes12google-cloud11shell11ansible10docker10mssql8grafana7prometheus6ruby6

2. Momentum (vs the previous 4 weeks)

Heating up

TechnologyShareChangePostings
sql27.0%+8.6pp33
linux21.3%+0.2pp26

Cooling down

TechnologyShareChangePostings
kubernetes9.8%-7.9pp12
aws22.1%-6.4pp27
docker8.2%-5.8pp10
google-cloud9.0%-5.6pp11
azure16.4%-5.1pp20
shell9.0%-3.3pp11
terraform16.4%-3.2pp20
ansible8.2%-1.9pp10
python16.4%-1.1pp20

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$4700, the median of 1168 postings advertising a monthly range — medians pin the unit so the figures are comparable. Separately, 100.0% of SWE postings state pay at all (1168 of 1168, 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
sqllanguage3327.0% +1.1% 100.0%
awscloud2722.1% +14.9% 100.0%
linuxtool2621.3% +17.0% 100.0%
azurecloud2016.4% +14.9% 100.0%
pythonlanguage2016.4% +21.3% 100.0%
terraformtool2016.4% +17.0% 100.0%
kubernetestool129.8% +17.0% 100.0%
google-cloudcloud119.0% +17.0% 100.0%
shelllanguage119.0% +19.1% 100.0%
ansibletool108.2% +23.4% 100.0%
dockertool108.2% +17.0% 100.0%
mssqldatabase86.6% -4.3% 100.0%
grafanatool75.7% +19.1% 100.0%
prometheustool64.9% +22.3% 100.0%
rubylanguage64.9% +24.5% 100.0%
gittool43.3% +23.4% 100.0%
github-actionstool43.3% +23.4% 100.0%
gitlab-citool43.3% +17.0% 100.0%
jenkinstool43.3% +23.4% 100.0%
csharplanguage32.5% —(n=19) 100.0%
mongodbdatabase32.5% +23.4% 100.0%
aliyuncloud21.6% -99.6% 100.0%
elasticsearchdatabase21.6% —(n=11) 100.0%
javalanguage21.6% -4.3% 100.0%
llmai21.6% —(n=17) 100.0%
mysqldatabase21.6% +23.4% 100.0%
openaiai21.6% —(n=14) 100.0%
postgresqldatabase21.6% +23.4% 100.0%
cpplanguage10.8% —(n=18) 100.0%
datadogtool10.8% +23.4% 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 (2026-06-23 → 2026-09-20) across 1168 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
Information Technology22719.4%1.3%
Computer Science16414.0%0.6%
AWS16013.7%21.2%
Computer Engineering13611.6%0.7%
Troubleshooting12811.0%4.7%
Kubernetes12410.6%35.5%
Cloud Infrastructure12210.4%7.4%
Networking12210.4%11.5%
Docker1169.9%14.7%
Linux1149.8%12.3%
SQL998.5%9.1%
Microsoft Excel938.0%0.0%
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)917.8%14.3%
Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills867.4%1.2%
Able To Work Independently837.1%0.0%
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.