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Which Tech Skills Are
Rising in 2026?

Live velocity radar tracking 184+ skills across 17+ roles. Search by skill, filter by role, or browse by category.

Verified Market Data Snapshot: January 2026 (249 days ago)
184+
Skills Tracked
17+
Roles Analyzed
90
Day Window
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Engineering
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Data & AI

Top 10 Skills Right Now

Global Index

Python

48,200 mentions

+18% avg

SQL

44,100 mentions

+12% avg

AWS

41,900 mentions

+22% avg

TypeScript

39,800 mentions

+16% avg

React.js

38,500 mentions

+14% avg

Kubernetes

33,200 mentions

+28% avg

Docker

31,500 mentions

+15% avg

Git & GitHub

29,800 mentions

Foundational

LLM / GenAI

28,400 mentions

+45% avg

REST APIs

27,100 mentions

Foundational

Rising in Demand

Fastest velocity gains over 90 days

AI Test Generation
Quality & Support
+337%
480 → 2,100+32%
AI Team Leadership
Leadership
+327%
890 → 3,800+42%
AI Content / Copy
Marketing
+300%
2,100 → 8,400
AI-Assisted Design
Product & Design
+271%
1,400 → 5,200
React Server Components
Engineering
+225%
1,200 → 3,900+24%
vLLM / Triton
Data & AI
+225%
1,200 → 3,900
LangChain / LlamaIndex
Data & AI
+224%
2,100 → 6,800+40%
Pinecone / Qdrant
Data & AI
+200%
1,400 → 4,200+35%
LLM Deployment
Data & AI
+158%
4,800 → 12,400
AI Product Management
Product & Design
+144%
3,200 → 7,800

Declining in Demand

Skills losing hiring frequency

Universal Analytics
Marketing
-86%
QTP / UFT
Quality & Support
-66%
InVision
Product & Design
-64%
Print Advertising
Marketing
-64%
Manual Testing Only
Quality & Support
-63%
Adobe XD
Product & Design
-58%
Sketch (Legacy)
Product & Design
-56%
Caffe
Data & AI
-56%

Stable Baseline Skills

Core requirements with consistent demand

SQL(44,100)React.js(38,500)Docker(31,500)Git & GitHub(29,800)REST APIs(27,100)Node.js(24,100)Excel (Advanced)(18,400)Tableau(17,200)JavaScript ES6+(16,800)Linux Admin(15,800)
Data provenance: Velocity calculated across a 90-day rolling window analyzing skill mentions from live job feeds, GitHub trends, and Stack Overflow surveys.

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