Tech Demand

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

1. Demand ranking

53 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.

python6shell6aws4linux4azure3csharp3go3google-cloud3java3kubernetes3ansible1cloudflare1llm1machine-learning1

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 433 postings advertising a monthly range — medians pin the unit so the figures are comparable. Separately, 100.0% of SWE postings state pay at all (433 of 433, 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
pythonlanguage611.3% +18.6% 100.0%
shelllanguage611.3% +18.6% 100.0%
awscloud47.5% +3.1% 100.0%
linuxtool47.5% +18.6% 100.0%
azurecloud35.7% +3.1% 100.0%
csharplanguage35.7% +18.6% 100.0%
golanguage35.7% +18.6% 100.0%
google-cloudcloud35.7% —(n=15) 100.0%
javalanguage35.7% +18.6% 100.0%
kubernetestool35.7% —(n=7) 100.0%
ansibletool11.9% —(n=1) 100.0%
cloudflarecloud11.9% —(n=1) 100.0%
llmai11.9% —(n=2) 100.0%
machine-learningai11.9% —(n=3) 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 433 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 Security22952.9%1.3%
Networking15235.1%0.7%
Cybersecurity Framework Application14232.8%0.0%
Information Technology12929.8%0.8%
Network Security12027.7%6.7%
CISSP10524.2%1.9%
Computer Science9722.4%0.0%
Vulnerability Assessment7517.3%9.3%
Cybersecurity7216.6%15.3%
Penetration Testing6314.5%7.9%
Security Operations6314.5%6.3%
Technology Presales6013.9%3.3%
Deployment5713.2%1.8%
Negotiation5412.5%0.0%
B2B5111.8%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.