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Skill · Languages · Foundations and problem-solving

Shell

Command-line scripting on Linux.

3.3%
of core AI postings mention it
116
postings
84
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 8 role families mention Shell in this edition.

None of the 8 role families with a page of their own mentions Shell in one posting in five or more.

No role family with a page of its own mentions Shell 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. MLOps / Platform Engineer13.2%
    5 of 38 postings · Sample below the page threshold; not read
  2. Edge AI / Hardware Engineer4.9%
    6 of 123 postings
  3. Data Scientist4.6%
    7 of 151 postings
  4. AI Engineer4.6%
    80 of 1,741 postings
  5. Computer Vision Engineer2.6%
    3 of 113 postings
  6. Smart Manufacturing / AOI2.2%
    5 of 225 postings
  7. LLM / NLP Engineer1.7%
    3 of 175 postings
  8. Algorithm Engineer0.9%
    3 of 321 postings

Skills that appear with it

Each share divides by the postings that mention Shell: 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. Python87.1%
    Languages · 101 postings
  2. System Architecture50.0%
    Methods and process · 58 postings
  3. Machine Learning24.1%
    Machine learning · 28 postings
  4. PostgreSQL23.3%
    Databases · 27 postings

Production and delivery

Categories: DevOps, Cloud, Tools

  1. Linux88.8%
    DevOps · 103 postings
  2. Docker56.0%
    DevOps · 65 postings
  3. Git51.7%
    Tools · 60 postings
  4. CI/CD40.5%
    DevOps · 47 postings
  5. Kubernetes37.1%
    DevOps · 43 postings

Framework, LLM and domain signals

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

  1. LLM41.4%
    LLM applications · 48 postings
  2. AI Agents27.6%
    LLM applications · 32 postings
  3. RAG21.6%
    LLM applications · 25 postings

Industries and places

Share of this skill's postings.

Industry
  1. Software & Internet
    47
    40.5%
  2. Electronics & Hardware
    41
    35.3%
  3. Semiconductor
    12
    10.3%
  4. Telecom, Media & Digital Content
    5
    4.3%
  5. Finance & Insurance
    4
    3.5%
  6. Healthcare & Biotech
    2
    1.7%
  7. Wholesale, Retail & E-commerce
    2
    1.7%
  8. Consulting & Marketing Services
    1
    0.9%
  9. Manufacturing
    1
    0.9%
  10. Hospitality & Consumer Services
    1
    0.9%
Place
  1. Taipei
    55
    47.4%
  2. New Taipei
    33
    28.4%
  3. Hsinchu City
    7
    6.0%
  4. Taoyuan
    6
    5.2%
  5. Hsinchu County
    5
    4.3%
  6. Taichung
    4
    3.5%
  7. Kaohsiung
    2
    1.7%
  8. Nantou
    2
    1.7%
  9. Miaoli
    1
    0.9%
  10. Hualien
    1
    0.9%

Where this number is read from

Of the 116 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
    41
  2. Job title
    0
  3. Job description
    89
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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