# Software Engineer Skills Employers Ask For in 2026

**Use case:** 

A ready-made run over every live software engineering posting on seven public job boards. Each row is a skill: how many ads ask for it, which employers, how senior those roles are, and what it is paired with. In the run behind this page React led at 43%, with AWS at 42% and Kubernetes and Observability tied at 37% and named as each other's top co-skill.

## Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "software engineer"
  ],
  "boards": [
    "WeWorkRemotely",
    "Jobicy",
    "RemoteOK",
    "WorkingNomads",
    "Arbeitnow",
    "Himalayas",
    "Remotive"
  ],
  "extraSkills": [
    "Webflow",
    "SAP",
    "Klaviyo"
  ],
  "minPostingsPerSkill": 3,
  "maxJobsPerQuery": 1000,
  "includeJobs": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "skill": {
    "label": "Skill"
  },
  "category": {
    "label": "Category"
  },
  "query": {
    "label": "Role"
  },
  "postings": {
    "label": "Postings",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "sharePercent": {
    "label": "Share of postings %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "seniorPlusPercent": {
    "label": "Senior or above %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "publishedPayPercent": {
    "label": "Publish pay %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "topCompanies": {
    "label": "Top employers",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "topCoSkills": {
    "label": "Asked for alongside",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "boards": {
    "label": "Boards",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "jobsAnalyzed": {
    "label": "Postings analysed",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Skills in Demand: What Employers Are Hiring For Now](https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/skills-in-demand.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/skills-in-demand.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/skills-in-demand.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).