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Job Market Observatory

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See how much evidence is available in each country sample, then open a report for roles, skills, locations and advertised pay.

Most requested skills by role

The ranking combines all countries in the current publication. Open a role family to see its most requested skills.

  • Cloud & infrastructure Adverts (6,294)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Linux 626 9.9%
    Azure 458 7.3%
    Kubernetes 438 7.0%
    Docker 229 3.6%
    Terraform 219 3.5%
    PowerShell 190 3.0%
    AWS 166 2.6%
    Python 145 2.3%
    SQL 110 1.7%
    Bash 88 1.4%
  • Software engineering Adverts (5,501)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    .NET 612 11.1%
    C# 606 11.0%
    SQL 499 9.1%
    Java 327 5.9%
    Kubernetes 264 4.8%
    Python 242 4.4%
    Docker 202 3.7%
    TypeScript 183 3.3%
    Azure 154 2.8%
    JavaScript 152 2.8%
  • Data & AI Adverts (2,093)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SQL 378 18.1%
    Python 371 17.7%
    LLM 119 5.7%
    Azure 118 5.6%
    Machine learning 102 4.9%
    AWS 62 3.0%
    Java 35 1.7%
    Docker 26 1.2%
    Kubernetes 25 1.2%
    Terraform 20 1.0%
  • IT support Adverts (2,017)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SQL 90 4.5%
    Linux 73 3.6%
    Azure 33 1.6%
    PowerShell 13 0.6%
    Python 12 0.6%
    Java 11 0.5%
    Kubernetes 11 0.5%
    AWS 10 0.5%
    Docker 8 0.4%
    C# 7 0.3%
  • IT leadership & projects Adverts (1,567)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SQL 13 0.8%
    SAP 11 0.7%
    LLM 9 0.6%
    Azure 8 0.5%
    Linux 8 0.5%
    Machine learning 7 0.4%
    AWS 4 0.3%
    GCP 3 0.2%
    Java 3 0.2%
    Claude Code 2 0.1%
  • Business applications Adverts (1,267)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SQL 99 7.8%
    SAP 71 5.6%
    Salesforce 24 1.9%
    JavaScript 20 1.6%
    C# 17 1.3%
    .NET 13 1.0%
    Linux 11 0.9%
    Azure 6 0.5%
    Python 6 0.5%
    Java 5 0.4%
  • Cybersecurity Adverts (765)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Linux 29 3.8%
    Azure 19 2.5%
    AWS 13 1.7%
    PowerShell 10 1.3%
    Kubernetes 8 1.0%
    Python 8 1.0%
    SQL 8 1.0%
    Terraform 7 0.9%
    Docker 6 0.8%
    LLM 4 0.5%
  • Other roles Adverts (650)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SQL 18 2.8%
    Kubernetes 9 1.4%
    Linux 7 1.1%
    AWS 4 0.6%
    Docker 4 0.6%
    LLM 4 0.6%
    Salesforce 4 0.6%
    Azure 3 0.5%
    GCP 2 0.3%
    JavaScript 2 0.3%
  • Product & design Adverts (240)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SQL 4 1.7%
    Kubernetes 2 0.8%
    Linux 2 0.8%
    .NET 1 0.4%
    AWS 1 0.4%
    Azure 1 0.4%
    C# 1 0.4%
    Docker 1 0.4%
    Java 1 0.4%
    LLM 1 0.4%
  • Industrial & embedded Adverts (229)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Linux 20 8.7%
    C++ 13 5.7%
    SCADA 11 4.8%
    C 10 4.4%
    .NET 9 3.9%
    C# 8 3.5%
    PLC 8 3.5%
    Python 6 2.6%
    SQL 6 2.6%
    Docker 2 0.9%

How to read the rankings

Each role family shows up to 10 explicitly required skills, ranked by the number of distinct adverts that require them. Shares use all published adverts in that role family. An advert can require several skills.