Tech Demand

What is worth learning · reported week 2026-W37 (last completed ISO week, SGT) · 6+ yrs · Backend
Experience: all0-23-56+unstated
Role: allAI-MLBackendDataFrontendFullstackMobileOther-ITPlatformSRESecurity

1. Demand ranking

136 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.

aws46azure42java34docker27python27spring27sql26google-cloud24kubernetes24kafka19react19linux18postgresql16jenkins14csharp13

2. Momentum (vs the previous 4 weeks)

Heating up

TechnologyShareChangePostings
aws33.8%+10.3pp46
azure30.9%+6.4pp42
google-cloud17.6%+6.1pp24
kafka14.0%+4.7pp19
spring19.9%+4.6pp27
machine-learning9.6%+3.0pp13
docker19.9%+2.9pp27
linux13.2%+2.8pp18
react14.0%+2.2pp19
angular8.1%+0.9pp11

Cooling down

TechnologyShareChangePostings
sql19.1%-12.7pp26
javascript9.6%-10.1pp13
git8.8%-7.9pp12
jenkins10.3%-6.0pp14
java25.0%-5.2pp34
mssql9.6%-3.8pp13
kubernetes17.6%-2.4pp24
postgresql11.8%-0.1pp16

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$10000, the median of 1215 postings advertising a monthly range — medians pin the unit so the figures are comparable. Separately, 100.0% of SWE postings state pay at all (1215 of 1215, 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
awscloud4633.8% +3.5% 0.0%
azurecloud4230.9% +0.0% 0.0%
javalanguage3425.0% -5.0% 0.0%
dockertool2719.9% -5.0% 0.0%
pythonlanguage2719.9% +2.5% 0.0%
springframework2719.9% -5.0% 0.0%
sqllanguage2619.1% -5.0% 0.0%
google-cloudcloud2417.6% +12.5% 0.0%
kubernetestool2417.6% +0.0% 0.0%
kafkatool1914.0% +0.0% 0.0%
reactframework1914.0% -5.0% 0.0%
linuxtool1813.2% +0.0% 0.0%
postgresqldatabase1611.8% -2.5% 0.0%
jenkinstool1410.3% -5.0% 0.0%
csharplanguage139.6% -10.0% 0.0%
javascriptlanguage139.6% -5.0% 0.0%
machine-learningai139.6% +15.0% 0.0%
mssqldatabase139.6% -5.0% 0.0%
gittool128.8% -6.5% 0.0%
angularframework118.1% -2.5% 0.0%
generative-aiai96.6% +15.0% 0.0%
golanguage96.6% +15.0% 0.0%
kotlinlanguage96.6% +20.0% 0.0%
cpplanguage85.9% +30.0% 0.0%
shelllanguage85.9% -5.0% 0.0%
typescriptlanguage85.9% -5.0% 0.0%
mongodbdatabase75.1% -10.0% 0.0%
mysqldatabase75.1% -5.0% 0.0%
sparkframework75.1% +0.0% 0.0%
llmai64.4% +12.5% 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 1215 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 Science19215.8%4.2%
Java16113.3%21.1%
Design13411.0%3.7%
Software Development12910.6%12.4%
AWS12410.2%13.7%
Solution Architecture12110.0%12.4%
JavaScript1088.9%6.5%
Python998.1%17.2%
SQL957.8%6.3%
Computer Engineering927.6%3.3%
Software Engineering887.2%10.2%
Architect836.8%8.4%
Information Technology776.3%10.4%
Spring Boot776.3%20.8%
Stakeholder Management776.3%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.