Tech Demand

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

1. Demand ranking

57 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.

aws14azure14python14google-cloud11linux8shell8kubernetes5cloudflare3java3docker2machine-learning2cpp1

2. Momentum (vs the previous 4 weeks)

Heating up

TechnologyShareChangePostings
google-cloud19.3%+6.7pp11
python24.6%+0.7pp14
azure24.6%+0.3pp14

Cooling down

TechnologyShareChangePostings
aws24.6%-3.0pp14

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$7250, the median of 580 postings advertising a monthly range — medians pin the unit so the figures are comparable. Separately, 100.0% of SWE postings state pay at all (580 of 580, 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
awscloud1424.6% +10.3% 0.0%
azurecloud1424.6% +6.9% 0.0%
pythonlanguage1424.6% +11.0% 0.0%
google-cloudcloud1119.3% +13.8% 0.0%
linuxtool814.0% +3.4% 0.0%
shelllanguage814.0% +17.2% 0.0%
kubernetestool58.8% +17.2% 0.0%
cloudflarecloud35.3% —(n=19) 0.0%
javalanguage35.3% -3.4% 0.0%
dockertool23.5% —(n=17) 0.0%
machine-learningai23.5% —(n=4) 0.0%
cpplanguage11.8% —(n=6) 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 580 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
Cybersecurity15927.4%25.2%
Computer Science14725.3%0.7%
CISSP12721.9%9.4%
Cyber Security12120.9%19.8%
Security Operations10618.3%15.1%
Network Security8314.3%20.5%
Certifications8214.1%1.2%
Vulnerability Assessment7713.3%10.4%
Information Technology7512.9%2.7%
Cyberark7412.8%44.6%
Penetration Testing7412.8%4.1%
Threat and Vulnerability Management6611.4%15.2%
Cybersecurity Framework Application6511.2%10.8%
Enterprise Security Solutions6110.5%3.3%
Networking6110.5%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.