Skills
Forward Deployed Skills
Python is the most in-demand skill for Forward Deployed roles, asked for in 67% of 570 live Forward Deployed listings. The most-requested skills are Python, LLMs, Machine Learning, Agentic AI, and TypeScript.
Ranked by live-role demand across active Forward Deployed listings. Updated 1 hour ago.
Most-requested skills
| Skill | Share of roles | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 67% | 381 |
| LLMs | 44% | 249 |
| Machine Learning | 33% | 190 |
| Agentic AI | 32% | 180 |
| TypeScript | 26% | 146 |
| JavaScript | 22% | 123 |
| AWS | 18% | 105 |
| Data Science | 17% | 96 |
| SQL | 17% | 95 |
| Data Engineering | 15% | 87 |
| React | 14% | 82 |
| Java | 14% | 81 |
| C++ | 14% | 78 |
| GCP | 13% | 76 |
| Azure | 13% | 73 |
| Generative AI | 12% | 71 |
| Kubernetes | 11% | 60 |
| Embeddings | 9% | 54 |
| RAG | 9% | 50 |
| Node.js | 8% | 46 |
| Docker | 8% | 43 |
| Distributed Systems | 7% | 41 |
| Fine-tuning | 7% | 39 |
| Prompt Engineering | 7% | 39 |
| PostgreSQL | 7% | 39 |
| Mistral | 7% | 38 |
| CI/CD | 6% | 36 |
| MATLAB | 6% | 33 |
| Robotics | 5% | 31 |
| Terraform | 5% | 27 |
| Foundation Models | 4% | 22 |
| PyTorch | 4% | 22 |
| Rust | 4% | 21 |
| NLP | 4% | 21 |
| Model Context Protocol | 4% | 21 |
| Vector Databases | 4% | 20 |
| GPU | 3% | 19 |
| Snowflake | 3% | 17 |
| Spark | 3% | 17 |
| MLOps | 3% | 16 |
| LangChain | 3% | 15 |
| MongoDB | 2% | 14 |
| Multimodal | 2% | 14 |
| Reinforcement Learning | 2% | 13 |
| FastAPI | 2% | 12 |
| Deep Learning | 2% | 12 |
| Hugging Face | 2% | 9 |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 2% | 9 |
| Databricks | 2% | 9 |
| Diffusion Models | 1% | 8 |
| Kafka | 1% | 8 |
| GraphQL | 1% | 8 |
| Go | 1% | 8 |
| Redis | 1% | 8 |
| pandas | 1% | 7 |
| LangGraph | 1% | 7 |
| Speech Recognition | 1% | 6 |
| vLLM | 1% | 5 |
| NumPy | 1% | 5 |
| Django | 1% | 5 |
| Computer Vision | 1% | 5 |
| Airflow | 1% | 5 |
| LangSmith | 1% | 4 |
| dbt | 1% | 4 |
| Flask | 1% | 4 |
| CrewAI | 1% | 4 |
| Triton | 1% | 3 |
| TensorRT | 1% | 3 |
| JAX | 1% | 3 |
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About this data
- What skills do Forward Deployed roles need?
- Python is the most in-demand skill for Forward Deployed roles, asked for in 67% of 570 live Forward Deployed listings. The most-requested skills are Python, LLMs, Machine Learning, Agentic AI, and TypeScript.
- How is demand measured?
- We scan the title and description of every active Forward Deployed 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 Forward Deployed roles.
- How current is it?
- It reflects live listings and updates as new roles are posted and old ones close.