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Backend Skills
Python is the most in-demand skill for Backend roles, asked for in 57% of 485 live Backend listings. The most-requested skills are Python, Distributed Systems, AWS, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL.
Ranked by live-role demand across active Backend listings. Updated 11 hours ago.
Most-requested skills
| Skill | Share of roles | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 57% | 278 |
| Distributed Systems | 47% | 226 |
| AWS | 39% | 188 |
| Kubernetes | 37% | 180 |
| PostgreSQL | 36% | 174 |
| Machine Learning | 35% | 172 |
| GCP | 29% | 139 |
| LLMs | 29% | 139 |
| Agentic AI | 29% | 139 |
| TypeScript | 27% | 132 |
| Docker | 23% | 113 |
| Data Engineering | 22% | 109 |
| CI/CD | 21% | 102 |
| Kafka | 18% | 88 |
| Java | 18% | 87 |
| Azure | 18% | 86 |
| SQL | 17% | 82 |
| Redis | 17% | 82 |
| Node.js | 16% | 78 |
| React | 14% | 67 |
| C++ | 14% | 66 |
| Rust | 12% | 58 |
| Terraform | 12% | 57 |
| FastAPI | 11% | 51 |
| Go | 10% | 50 |
| Generative AI | 9% | 45 |
| Elasticsearch | 9% | 45 |
| JavaScript | 7% | 36 |
| GPU | 7% | 35 |
| Django | 7% | 32 |
| Spark | 7% | 32 |
| RAG | 5% | 25 |
| GraphQL | 5% | 24 |
| Data Science | 5% | 23 |
| Snowflake | 5% | 22 |
| MongoDB | 4% | 20 |
| Flask | 3% | 16 |
| Vector Databases | 3% | 16 |
| Scala | 3% | 15 |
| Prompt Engineering | 3% | 13 |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 3% | 13 |
| Databricks | 3% | 13 |
| Kotlin | 3% | 13 |
| BigQuery | 3% | 13 |
| Time Series | 2% | 12 |
| CUDA | 2% | 12 |
| PyTorch | 2% | 12 |
| LangGraph | 2% | 11 |
| C# | 2% | 11 |
| Robotics | 2% | 11 |
| Speech Recognition | 2% | 11 |
| Model Context Protocol | 2% | 11 |
| Fine-tuning | 2% | 11 |
| Multimodal | 2% | 10 |
| Airflow | 2% | 10 |
| TensorRT | 2% | 10 |
| Deep Learning | 2% | 9 |
| vLLM | 2% | 9 |
| NLP | 2% | 9 |
| LangChain | 2% | 8 |
| Computer Vision | 1% | 7 |
| Foundation Models | 1% | 7 |
| Triton | 1% | 7 |
| MLOps | 1% | 6 |
| LangSmith | 1% | 6 |
| Vertex AI | 1% | 6 |
| Hugging Face | 1% | 6 |
| Embeddings | 1% | 5 |
| Android | 1% | 5 |
| dbt | 1% | 5 |
| Mistral | 1% | 4 |
| Quantization | 1% | 4 |
| Diffusion Models | 1% | 4 |
| iOS | 1% | 4 |
| Transformers | 1% | 4 |
| Tableau | 1% | 3 |
| SageMaker | 1% | 3 |
| CrewAI | 1% | 3 |
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About this data
- What skills do Backend roles need?
- Python is the most in-demand skill for Backend roles, asked for in 57% of 485 live Backend listings. The most-requested skills are Python, Distributed Systems, AWS, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL.
- How is demand measured?
- We scan the title and description of every active Backend listing for a curated vocabulary of skills, then rank each by the number of distinct live roles that mention it. Share is that count divided by all active Backend roles.
- How current is it?
- It reflects live listings and updates as new roles are posted and old ones close.