Tech Demand

What is worth learning · reported week 2026-W37 (last completed ISO week, SGT) · 3-5 yrs
Experience: all0-23-56+unstated
Role: allAI-MLBackendDataFrontendFullstackMobileOther-ITPlatformSRESecurity

1. Demand ranking

774 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.

python272aws257sql212azure175java165docker152javascript152kubernetes147react117git110google-cloud106linux106machine-learning87typescript84shell82

2. Momentum (vs the previous 4 weeks)

Heating up

TechnologyShareChangePostings
jenkins8.8%+3.5pp68
java21.3%+3.2pp165
react15.1%+2.2pp117
kubernetes19.0%+2.0pp147
typescript10.9%+1.9pp84
javascript19.6%+1.9pp152
google-cloud13.7%+1.9pp106
machine-learning11.2%+1.8pp87
docker19.6%+1.8pp152
go6.8%+1.8pp53

Cooling down

TechnologyShareChangePostings
csharp5.9%-1.9pp46
html2.8%-1.8pp22
angular5.9%-1.4pp46
mssql5.4%-1.3pp42
pytorch2.5%-1.2pp19
tensorflow1.7%-1.1pp13
linux13.7%-0.8pp106
css4.3%-0.8pp33
azure22.6%-0.8pp175
elasticsearch1.9%-0.7pp15

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$7500, the median of 7065 postings advertising a monthly range — medians pin the unit so the figures are comparable. Separately, 100.0% of SWE postings state pay at all (7065 of 7065, 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
pythonlanguage27235.1% +6.7% 0.0%
awscloud25733.2% +3.3% 0.0%
sqllanguage21227.4% +0.0% 0.0%
azurecloud17522.6% +0.0% 0.0%
javalanguage16521.3% +3.3% 0.0%
dockertool15219.6% +0.0% 0.0%
javascriptlanguage15219.6% +0.0% 0.0%
kubernetestool14719.0% +5.3% 0.0%
reactframework11715.1% +0.0% 0.0%
gittool11014.2% +0.0% 0.0%
google-cloudcloud10613.7% +6.7% 0.0%
linuxtool10613.7% +0.0% 0.0%
machine-learningai8711.2% +13.3% 0.0%
typescriptlanguage8410.9% +3.3% 0.0%
shelllanguage8210.6% +6.7% 0.0%
terraformtool8210.6% +6.7% 0.0%
llmai7810.1% +9.3% 0.0%
nodejslanguage739.4% +0.0% 0.0%
postgresqldatabase739.4% +0.0% 0.0%
jenkinstool688.8% +4.7% 0.0%
ansibletool597.6% +6.7% 0.0%
kafkatool567.2% +3.3% 0.0%
springframework567.2% +0.0% 0.0%
golanguage536.8% +30.0% 0.0%
grafanatool486.2% +0.0% 0.0%
prometheustool476.1% +1.3% 0.0%
angularframework465.9% -1.3% 0.0%
csharplanguage465.9% -4.7% 0.0%
ragai435.6% +6.7% 0.0%
mssqldatabase425.4% -3.3% 0.0%

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 7065 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 Science154221.8%2.3%
Python94713.4%12.5%
AWS88312.5%21.2%
Design88212.5%1.1%
Java74410.5%18.7%
Information Technology6989.9%2.0%
Computer Engineering5918.4%1.7%
Software Development5638.0%10.5%
JavaScript5607.9%14.3%
SQL5537.8%13.0%
Kubernetes5347.6%8.4%
Software Engineering4987.0%9.0%
API3965.6%7.8%
Docker3965.6%9.8%
Troubleshooting3865.5%1.8%
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.