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What employers ask for this month.

October 2026. Counted from 41,409 job postings on international and startup job boards, published in September 2026.

We collect job postings from international, remote, startup and Nordic sources. AI classifies every posting into skills, professions, industries and seniority levels to show what the market asks for right now.

Tech-heavy roles still dominate the boards. AI is on top with 3,713 postings, 89.7 per 1,000 in September 2026. Close behind sit machine learning, cloud, cybersecurity and Python, each around 25 per 1,000 or more.

But the data also highlights evergreen commercial work. Sales skills show up in 2,310 postings, 55.8 per 1,000, and customer service in 2,142 postings, 51.7 per 1,000. Project management appears in 964 postings, 23.3 per 1,000 alongside strong demand for account executives and operations leads.

What to focus on

Five skills to learn first, October 2026.

  1. 1AI: mentioned in 3,713 postings in September 2026, 89.7 per 1,000 postings.
  2. 2Sales: mentioned in 2,310 postings in September 2026, 55.8 per 1,000 postings.
  3. 3Customer Service: mentioned in 2,142 postings in September 2026, 51.7 per 1,000 postings.
  4. 4Data Analysis: mentioned in 1,628 postings in September 2026, 39.3 per 1,000 postings.
  5. 5Project Management: mentioned in 964 postings in September 2026, 23.3 per 1,000 postings.
Skills

Skills in demand

Postings that mention each skill, and how many per 1,000 postings.

  • AI Engineering3,71389.7 per 1,000
  • B2B SaaS2,45259.2 per 1,000
  • Sales2,31055.8 per 1,000
  • Customer Service2,14251.7 per 1,000
  • Data Analysis1,62839.3 per 1,000
  • Machine Learning1,18928.7 per 1,000
  • Cloud Engineering1,11326.9 per 1,000
  • Cybersecurity1,04525.2 per 1,000
  • Python1,02924.8 per 1,000
  • Project Management96423.3 per 1,000
  • AWS92622.4 per 1,000
  • Infrastructure91922.2 per 1,000
Skill bundles

Skills that show up in the same postings

AI Engineering shows up with Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Cloud Engineering, Python in 1,741 postings.

AI Engineering1,741 jobs
with Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Cloud Engineering, Python
B2B SaaS1,545 jobs
with Sales, Salesforce, Customer Engagement, Sales Strategy
AWS1,413 jobs
with Kubernetes, Python, CI/CD, SQL
Data Analysis738 jobs
with Machine Learning, Python, TensorFlow, SQL
Machine Learning521 jobs
with Python, TensorFlow
Customer Service504 jobs
with Sales, Teamwork
Professions

Professions in demand

  1. 1Software Engineer5,937
  2. 2Account Executive2,293
  3. 3Operations Management2,097
  4. 4Sales1,793
  5. 5Product Manager1,316
  6. 6Machine Learning Engineer1,010
  7. 7DevOps Engineer925
  8. 8Recruiter818
  9. 9Security Engineer739
  10. 10Marketing724

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