Businesses are looking for IT pros with deep expertise in the following popular and prominent platforms across the IT stack. Credit: BalanceFormCreative / Shutterstock The software and services an organization chooses to fuel the enterprise can make or break its overall success. And part of that success comes from investing in talented IT pros who have the skills necessary to work with your organization’s preferred technology platforms, from the database to the cloud. Indeed’s 2024 Insights report analyzed the technology platforms most frequently listed in job ads on its site to uncover which tools, software, and programming languages are the most in-demand for job openings today. Indeed also examined resumes posted on its platform to see how many active candidates list these skills. While some in-demand skills have a larger talent pool to meet the demand, others have a much smaller talent pool to choose from, potentially increasing competition for that talent — and likely compensation as well. Here are the 10 enterprise technology skills that are the most in-demand right now — and how stiff the competition may be based on the number of available candidates with resume skills listings to match. 1. Python Python is a programming language used in several fields, including data analysis, web development, software programming, scientific computing, and for building AI and machine learning models. It’s a versatile language used by a wide range of IT professionals such as software developers, web developers, data scientists, data analysts, machine learning engineers, cybersecurity analysts, cloud engineers, and more. Its widespread use in the enterprise makes it a steady entry on any in-demand skill list. Job listings (August 2023 to August 2024): 131,609 Year-over-year increase: 4% Total resumes: 72,703,986 2. AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most widely used cloud platform today. Central to cloud strategies across nearly every industry, AWS skills are in high demand as organizations look to make the most of the platform’s wide range of offerings. It’s a common skill for cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, solutions architects, data engineers, cybersecurity analysts, software developers, network administrators, and many more IT roles. Job listings: 90,550 Year-over-year increase: 7% Total resumes: 32,773,163 3. Oracle Oracle offers a wide range of enterprise software, hardware, and tools designed to support enterprise IT, with a focus on database management. Oracle skills are common for database administrators, database developers, cloud architects, business intelligence analysts, data engineers, supply chain analysts, and more. Oracle enjoys wide adoption in the enterprise, thanks to a wide span of products and services for businesses across every industry. As such, Oracle skills are perennially in-demand skill. Job listings: 80,650 Year-over-year increase: 1% Total resumes: 66,497,945 4. Java Java is a programming language used for core object-oriented programming (OOP) most often for developing scalable and platform-independent applications. It’s used for web development, multithreading and concurrency, QA testing, developing cloud and microservices, and database integration. It’s a common skill for developers, software engineers, full-stack developers, DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, mobile app developers, backend developers, and big data engineers. It’s a popular skill that is in-demand for organizations looking to build products, apps, and services — though its currency in the enterprise is less than it once was. Job listings: 78,962 Year-over-year increase: -3% Total resumes: 64,977,221 5. JavaScript JavaScript is a popular programming language used for everything for web security, designing front-end frameworks, game development, data visualizations, building software tools and applications, creating responsive designs, and much more. With such widespread applications, JavaScript has remained an in-demand programming language over the years and continues to be sought after by organizations hiring tech workers. It’s a skill most common for web developers, front-end developers, full-stack developers, software engineers, and UI/UX designers. Job listings: 60,637,475 Year-over-year increase: -8% Total resumes: 60,000 6. Azure Microsoft Azure is another widely used cloud computing service deployed for cloud infrastructure management, data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and network virtualization. Azure skills are common for cloud engineers, solutions architects, azure administrators, data engineers, full-stack developers, and cybersecurity analysts. Job listings: 52,597 Year-over-year increase: -33% Total resumes: 24,308,580 7. Power BI Power BI is a data visualization tool from Microsoft that enables users to connect data sources, visualize data through reports and dashboards, and share data and reports with other stakeholders. The software is used for data analytics, importing data, manipulating data, data modeling, and building data visualizations and reports. It’s a skill common with data analysts, business intelligence professionals, and business analysts. Job listings: 44,128 Year-over-year increase: -1% Total resumes: 19,082,420 8. Tableau Tableau is a popular software platform used for data analysis to help organizations make better data-driven decisions. A popular skill for data and business analysts, accountants and financial analysts, Tableau skills are in-demand for organizations looking to make sense of their data. Tableau allows users to extract and organize data, while also offering aesthetics to help communicate the data to others outside of the data analyst team. Job listings: 38,858 Year-over-year increase: -8% Total resumes: 28,505,402 9. Kubernetes Kubernetes is an open-source automation tool that helps companies deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications. Originally developed by Google, but now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Kubernetes helps companies automate the deployment and scale of containerized applications across a set of machines, with a focus on container and storage orchestration, automatic scaling, self-healing, and service discovery and load balancing. It’s a common skill for cloud engineers, platform engineers, site reliability engineers, microservices developers, systems administrators, containerization specialists, and DevOps engineers. Job listings: 34,931 Year-over-year increase: 10% Total resumes: 6,965,686 10. Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft and is widely used in organizations for managing enterprise database systems. As organizations rely heavily on data in modern times, database management has only become increasingly important for businesses. It’s a common skill for BI developers, data scientists, ETL developers, and database administrators, who are tasked with overseeing organization’s database systems on SQL Server. Job listings: 33,822 Year-over-year increase: -19% Total resumes: 45,221,455 See also: 10 highest-paying IT skills for 2024 The 20 most valuable IT certifications today 5 dead-end IT skills — and how to avoid becoming obsolete State of IT jobs: Mixed signals, changes ahead SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe