MES
Manufacturing execution systems, tying work orders to the shop floor.
- 3.8%
- of core AI postings mention it
- 135
- postings
- 87
- companies
History starts on September 11, 2026. Movement needs a comparable later edition at least 30 days on.
Where it is mentioned most
Each row divides by that role's postings in this edition, highest share first.
Postings in 7 role families mention MES in this edition.
In 1 of the 8 role families with a page of their own, at least one posting in five mentions MES: Smart Manufacturing / AOI 30.2%.
MES is more concentrated in Smart Manufacturing / AOI postings (30.2%) than across all core AI postings (3.8%): at least twice the overall share.
MES is in Domain knowledge: a framework, LLM or domain signal. Read it together with the foundation and production skills that appear with it below.
How the readings are made: "more concentrated than overall" means that in a role family with a page of its own, at least 10 postings mention the skill and its share is at least 2 times its share of all core AI postings; "common" means at least 20% of a role's postings mention it. They describe the postings open in this edition, not a trend.
- 68 of 225 postings · at least twice overall
- MLOps / Platform Engineer5.3%2 of 38 postings · Sample below the page threshold; not read
- Data Scientist4.0%6 of 151 postings
- 9 of 305 postings
- AI Engineer2.5%44 of 1,741 postings
- 1 of 175 postings
- 1 of 321 postings
Skills that appear with it
Each share divides by the postings that mention MES: how many of them also mention each skill, grouped into three lenses.
Foundations and problem-solving
Categories: Languages, Machine learning, Data engineering, Databases, Methods and process
- System Architecture56.3%Methods and process · 76 postings
- Python54.1%Languages · 73 postings
- SQL50.4%Languages · 68 postings
- C#32.6%Languages · 44 postings
- SQL Server29.6%Databases · 40 postings
- Data Analysis28.1%Data engineering · 38 postings
- REST API26.7%Methods and process · 36 postings
- Relational Databases25.2%Databases · 34 postings
Production and delivery
Categories: DevOps, Cloud, Tools
No skill in this group made the list.
Framework, LLM and domain signals
Categories: Frameworks, LLM applications, Domain knowledge, Office software
Industries and places
Share of this skill's postings.
- Electronics & Hardware5742.2%
- Manufacturing2115.6%
- Software & Internet1914.1%
- Telecom, Media & Digital Content1813.3%
- Semiconductor96.7%
- Consulting & Marketing Services43.0%
- Professional Services32.2%
- Wholesale, Retail & E-commerce21.5%
- Energy, Utilities & Natural Resources10.7%
- Healthcare & Biotech10.7%
- New Taipei3123.0%
- Taoyuan2720.0%
- Taichung2014.8%
- Taipei1914.1%
- Hsinchu City96.7%
- Hsinchu County85.9%
- Kaohsiung53.7%
- Tainan32.2%
- Chiayi County32.2%
- Changhua21.5%
- Yunlin10.7%
- Pingtung10.7%
Where this number is read from
Of the 135 postings, how many were found through the employer's own skill tags, the title, and the job description. A posting can carry more than one kind of evidence, so the three add up to more than the posting count.
- Employer's skill tags25
- Job title19
- Job description127