Tech Demand

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

1. Demand ranking

241 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.

aws89kubernetes59python54azure53docker49linux49terraform48sql42shell40ansible37grafana31prometheus30java28google-cloud25gitlab-ci24

2. Momentum (vs the previous 4 weeks)

Heating up

TechnologyShareChangePostings
docker20.3%+7.5pp49
kubernetes24.5%+6.2pp59
kafka8.3%+4.4pp20
aws36.9%+4.2pp89
gitlab-ci10.0%+4.0pp24
github-actions6.6%+3.1pp16
postgresql5.0%+2.9pp12
prometheus12.4%+2.9pp30
git8.7%+2.7pp21
mongodb5.0%+2.6pp12

Cooling down

TechnologyShareChangePostings
python22.4%-4.4pp54
shell16.6%-2.4pp40
azure22.0%-2.0pp53
javascript5.4%-0.3pp13
linux20.3%-0.2pp49
sql17.4%-0.0pp42

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$7000, the median of 2241 postings advertising a monthly range — medians pin the unit so the figures are comparable. Separately, 100.0% of SWE postings state pay at all (2241 of 2241, 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
awscloud8936.9% +7.1% 0.0%
kubernetestool5924.5% +7.1% 0.0%
pythonlanguage5422.4% +12.1% 0.0%
azurecloud5322.0% +7.1% 0.0%
dockertool4920.3% +12.9% 0.0%
linuxtool4920.3% -1.4% 0.0%
terraformtool4819.9% +14.3% 0.0%
sqllanguage4217.4% -0.7% 0.0%
shelllanguage4016.6% +14.3% 0.0%
ansibletool3715.4% +10.7% 0.0%
grafanatool3112.9% +0.0% 0.0%
prometheustool3012.4% -3.6% 0.0%
javalanguage2811.6% +0.0% 0.0%
google-cloudcloud2510.4% +17.9% 0.0%
gitlab-citool2410.0% +17.9% 0.0%
gittool218.7% +7.1% 0.0%
jenkinstool218.7% +14.3% 0.0%
kafkatool208.3% -3.6% 0.0%
github-actionstool166.6% +21.4% 0.0%
mssqldatabase166.6% -7.1% 0.0%
javascriptlanguage135.4% +0.0% 0.0%
reactframework135.4% +7.1% 0.0%
mongodbdatabase125.0% -15.7% 0.0%
postgresqldatabase125.0% +10.7% 0.0%
llmai114.6% +12.9% 0.0%
nginxtool93.7% -28.6% 0.0%
typescriptlanguage93.7% +7.1% 0.0%
machine-learningai83.3% +7.1% 0.0%
nodejslanguage83.3% -14.3% 0.0%
golanguage72.9% +21.4% 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 2241 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 Science46420.7%1.5%
Information Technology32614.5%1.5%
AWS30613.7%21.2%
Kubernetes27212.1%11.0%
Networking2139.5%3.3%
Computer Engineering2029.0%1.0%
Cloud Infrastructure2008.9%20.5%
Design1767.9%2.3%
Troubleshooting1767.9%1.7%
Ansible1647.3%11.0%
Stakeholder Management1567.0%5.8%
Python1526.8%7.2%
Terraform1466.5%15.1%
Linux1386.2%16.7%
UAT1376.1%17.5%
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.