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Backend Skills
Python is the most in-demand skill for Backend roles, asked for in 56% of 568 live Backend listings. The most-requested skills are Python, Distributed Systems, AWS, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.
Ranked by live-role demand across active Backend listings. Updated 15 hours ago.
Most-requested skills
| Skill | Share of roles | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 56% | 316 |
| Distributed Systems | 47% | 265 |
| AWS | 38% | 216 |
| PostgreSQL | 37% | 212 |
| Kubernetes | 36% | 202 |
| Machine Learning | 35% | 199 |
| TypeScript | 31% | 176 |
| LLMs | 29% | 163 |
| GCP | 28% | 157 |
| Agentic AI | 27% | 155 |
| Data Engineering | 24% | 134 |
| Docker | 22% | 127 |
| CI/CD | 20% | 114 |
| Azure | 18% | 103 |
| Node.js | 18% | 103 |
| Java | 18% | 101 |
| Kafka | 17% | 99 |
| SQL | 17% | 94 |
| Redis | 16% | 89 |
| C++ | 14% | 78 |
| React | 13% | 75 |
| Terraform | 12% | 66 |
| Rust | 11% | 63 |
| FastAPI | 10% | 55 |
| Go | 9% | 52 |
| Generative AI | 9% | 50 |
| JavaScript | 8% | 46 |
| Elasticsearch | 8% | 46 |
| GPU | 8% | 43 |
| Django | 7% | 37 |
| Spark | 6% | 34 |
| GraphQL | 5% | 31 |
| RAG | 5% | 30 |
| Snowflake | 5% | 26 |
| Data Science | 4% | 24 |
| MongoDB | 4% | 23 |
| Scala | 3% | 19 |
| Time Series | 3% | 17 |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 3% | 17 |
| Vector Databases | 3% | 16 |
| Flask | 3% | 16 |
| Databricks | 3% | 16 |
| C# | 3% | 15 |
| CUDA | 3% | 15 |
| Prompt Engineering | 3% | 15 |
| Model Context Protocol | 2% | 14 |
| Multimodal | 2% | 14 |
| Kotlin | 2% | 13 |
| BigQuery | 2% | 13 |
| Fine-tuning | 2% | 13 |
| Speech Recognition | 2% | 12 |
| Airflow | 2% | 12 |
| LangGraph | 2% | 12 |
| Robotics | 2% | 12 |
| Deep Learning | 2% | 11 |
| NLP | 2% | 11 |
| PyTorch | 2% | 11 |
| TensorRT | 2% | 10 |
| LangChain | 2% | 10 |
| vLLM | 2% | 9 |
| Computer Vision | 1% | 8 |
| Foundation Models | 1% | 7 |
| Triton | 1% | 7 |
| LangSmith | 1% | 7 |
| Vertex AI | 1% | 6 |
| MLOps | 1% | 6 |
| Hugging Face | 1% | 6 |
| Android | 1% | 6 |
| Tableau | 1% | 5 |
| iOS | 1% | 5 |
| Embeddings | 1% | 5 |
| dbt | 1% | 5 |
| Quantization | 1% | 4 |
| Diffusion Models | 1% | 4 |
| Mistral | 1% | 4 |
| Transformers | 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 56% of 568 live Backend listings. The most-requested skills are Python, Distributed Systems, AWS, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.
- 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.