Tech Demand

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

1. Demand ranking

56 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.

linux6python5aws3go3java3shell3azure2csharp2cpp1google-cloud1kubernetes1rust1

2. Momentum (vs the previous 4 weeks)

No technology cleared the momentum bar this week (10+ postings under this lens): with counts that thin, a share delta would read noise as trend, so the boards stay empty rather than calling the market flat.

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$4850, the median of 521 postings advertising a monthly range — medians pin the unit so the figures are comparable. Separately, 100.0% of SWE postings state pay at all (521 of 521, 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
linuxtool610.7% +18.6% 100.0%
pythonlanguage58.9% +18.6% 100.0%
awscloud35.4% +11.3% 100.0%
golanguage35.4% +18.6% 100.0%
javalanguage35.4% +18.6% 100.0%
shelllanguage35.4% +18.6% 100.0%
azurecloud23.6% +18.6% 100.0%
csharplanguage23.6% +18.6% 100.0%
cpplanguage11.8% —(n=6) 100.0%
google-cloudcloud11.8% —(n=17) 100.0%
kubernetestool11.8% —(n=11) 100.0%
rustlanguage11.8% —(n=2) 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 521 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
Cyber Security27953.6%0.7%
Networking18836.1%1.1%
Information Technology16431.5%1.8%
Cybersecurity Framework Application16030.7%0.0%
CISSP13225.3%1.5%
Network Security13225.3%6.1%
Computer Science10820.7%0.0%
Vulnerability Assessment10119.4%7.9%
Cybersecurity9618.4%11.5%
Penetration Testing9418.0%5.3%
Security Operations9418.0%4.3%
IT Security Operations7113.6%0.0%
Deployment6211.9%0.0%
Microsoft Word6111.7%0.0%
Recruitment6111.7%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.