Tech Demand

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

1. Demand ranking

278 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.

java102python102sql81aws70javascript70docker51kubernetes50git49azure47linux39spring39react37machine-learning35cpp33jenkins32

2. Momentum (vs the previous 4 weeks)

Heating up

TechnologyShareChangePostings
python36.7%+7.8pp102
java36.7%+6.9pp102
jenkins11.5%+5.7pp32
machine-learning12.6%+5.4pp35
go11.2%+4.4pp31
shell9.7%+3.9pp27
nodejs10.4%+2.3pp29
redis4.3%+1.5pp12
llm10.8%+1.5pp30
pytorch4.0%+1.3pp11

Cooling down

TechnologyShareChangePostings
csharp10.1%-4.2pp28
angular8.3%-3.8pp23
sql29.1%-3.5pp81
react13.3%-3.2pp37
html4.7%-3.1pp13
mssql5.4%-2.3pp15
mysql6.1%-2.1pp17
postgresql9.4%-1.9pp26
css6.8%-1.6pp19
aws25.2%-1.6pp70

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$7900, the median of 2433 postings advertising a monthly range — medians pin the unit so the figures are comparable. Separately, 100.0% of SWE postings state pay at all (2433 of 2433, 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
javalanguage10236.7% +1.3% 0.0%
pythonlanguage10236.7% +4.4% 0.0%
sqllanguage8129.1% -5.1% 0.0%
awscloud7025.2% +1.3% 0.0%
javascriptlanguage7025.2% -5.1% 0.0%
dockertool5118.3% +1.3% 0.0%
kubernetestool5018.0% +1.3% 0.0%
gittool4917.6% -1.9% 0.0%
azurecloud4716.9% -1.9% 0.0%
linuxtool3914.0% -5.1% 0.0%
springframework3914.0% -5.1% 0.0%
reactframework3713.3% -5.1% 0.0%
machine-learningai3512.6% +13.9% 0.0%
cpplanguage3311.9% -5.1% 0.0%
jenkinstool3211.5% +1.3% 0.0%
golanguage3111.2% +26.6% 0.0%
llmai3010.8% +1.3% 0.0%
google-cloudcloud2910.4% +1.3% 0.0%
nodejslanguage2910.4% -3.2% 0.0%
csharplanguage2810.1% -11.4% 0.0%
shelllanguage279.7% +1.3% 0.0%
postgresqldatabase269.4% -5.1% 0.0%
typescriptlanguage259.0% +1.3% 0.0%
angularframework238.3% -8.2% 0.0%
kafkatool217.6% +1.3% 0.0%
terraformtool207.2% +1.3% 0.0%
csslanguage196.8% -9.5% 0.0%
mysqldatabase176.1% -5.1% 0.0%
ragai176.1% -5.1% 0.0%
mssqldatabase155.4% -8.2% 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 2433 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 Science49820.5%2.2%
Java45918.9%18.3%
Software Development40816.8%12.5%
Design37315.3%0.8%
Python34714.3%13.0%
Software Engineering33913.9%11.2%
JavaScript33713.9%13.6%
SQL24310.0%7.4%
AWS2399.8%18.0%
C#2299.4%7.0%
API2189.0%6.9%
C++2158.8%10.7%
Computer Engineering2028.3%2.0%
Information Technology2008.2%3.5%
Development1807.4%2.8%
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.