SkillTrendLab
Skill · Methods and process · Foundations and problem-solving

REST API

Designing services as HTTP resources.

13.5%
of core AI postings mention it
475
postings
349
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.

Reading this edition

Postings in 10 role families mention REST API in this edition.

In 2 of the 8 role families with a page of their own, at least one posting in five mentions REST API: LLM / NLP Engineer 21.1%, AI Engineer 20.3%.

No role family with a page of its own mentions REST API at twice its share of all core AI postings or more.

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.

  1. 37 of 175 postings
  2. 353 of 1,741 postings
  3. MLOps / Platform Engineer15.8%
    6 of 38 postings · Sample below the page threshold; not read
  4. 20 of 225 postings
  5. 8 of 151 postings
  6. AI Researcher5.0%
    3 of 60 postings · Sample below the page threshold; not read
  7. 15 of 305 postings
  8. 10 of 321 postings
  9. 2 of 113 postings
  10. 1 of 123 postings

Skills that appear with it

Each share divides by the postings that mention REST API: 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

  1. Python73.5%
    Languages · 349 postings
  2. Methods and process · 273 postings
  3. SQL33.5%
    Languages · 159 postings

Production and delivery

Categories: DevOps, Cloud, Tools

  1. Git58.3%
    Tools · 277 postings
  2. Docker45.3%
    DevOps · 215 postings

Framework, LLM and domain signals

Categories: Frameworks, LLM applications, Domain knowledge, Office software

  1. LLM56.4%
    LLM applications · 268 postings
  2. RAG45.9%
    LLM applications · 218 postings
  3. LLM applications · 206 postings
  4. LLM applications · 152 postings
  5. Claude31.8%
    LLM applications · 151 postings
  6. ChatGPT31.6%
    LLM applications · 150 postings
  7. LLM applications · 145 postings

Industries and places

Share of this skill's postings.

Industry
  1. Software & Internet
    179
    37.7%
  2. Electronics & Hardware
    99
    20.8%
  3. Manufacturing
    29
    6.1%
  4. Wholesale, Retail & E-commerce
    28
    5.9%
  5. Healthcare & Biotech
    26
    5.5%
  6. Semiconductor
    26
    5.5%
  7. Finance & Insurance
    22
    4.6%
  8. Telecom, Media & Digital Content
    17
    3.6%
  9. Professional Services
    15
    3.2%
  10. Construction & Real Estate
    9
    1.9%
  11. Hospitality & Consumer Services
    8
    1.7%
  12. Consulting & Marketing Services
    8
    1.7%
Place
  1. Taipei
    215
    45.3%
  2. New Taipei
    94
    19.8%
  3. Taichung
    51
    10.7%
  4. Taoyuan
    27
    5.7%
  5. Kaohsiung
    27
    5.7%
  6. Hsinchu County
    20
    4.2%
  7. Hsinchu City
    15
    3.2%
  8. Tainan
    11
    2.3%
  9. Miaoli
    4
    0.8%
  10. Changhua
    4
    0.8%
  11. Nantou
    4
    0.8%
  12. Yunlin
    1
    0.2%

Where this number is read from

Of the 475 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.

  1. Employer's skill tags
    5
  2. Job title
    1
  3. Job description
    471
The data on this page
Data as of
September 11, 2026
Core AI postings this edition
3,523
Method version
2026.09.1

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