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Pakistan Digital Skills Demand Index
By BvLogic Academy. Published 18 Oct 2026, updated monthly. Free to quote with a link (CC BY 4.0). Download the data (CSV) · PDF
On the first days of each month the academy's system counts the open postings on Rozee for each skill and records the number with the search address. The table ranks the skills for the latest month; from the second month it shows the change; from the third it is an index.
Findings
The ranking and the counts are in the table below for the latest month; the text here does not repeat them, so it can never disagree with the table.
Evidence: From the academy's own records, counted when this page was opened. Counted by the academy's monthly demand count; each cell links to the Rozee search page it was read from.
A skill is counted by one search phrase; the phrase is printed beside the skill so anyone can repeat the count today.
Evidence: Stated by the academy. The query list is fixed in the method and changes only with a note in the next edition.
The index, October 2026
0 of 32 skills counted this month. Open postings on Rozee that mention the phrase, on the day of the count; each count links to the search it came from.
| Rank | Skill | Group | Open postings | Change | Index | Search phrase |
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| .NET | Programming | refused | asp.net |
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| AI automation | AI | refused | automation n8n |
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| AI engineer | AI | refused | ai engineer |
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| AWS cloud | Cloud | refused | aws |
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| Amazon virtual assistant | E commerce | refused | amazon virtual assistant |
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| Cyber security | Networks and security | refused | cyber security |
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| Data analyst | Data | refused | data analyst |
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| Data scientist | AI | refused | data scientist |
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| DevOps | Cloud | refused | devops |
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| Digital marketing | Marketing | refused | digital marketing |
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| Flutter | Programming | refused | flutter |
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| Generative AI | AI | refused | generative ai |
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| Graphic designer | Design and media | refused | graphic designer |
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| Java | Programming | refused | java |
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| JavaScript | Programming | refused | javascript |
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| Laravel | Programming | refused | laravel |
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| Machine learning | AI | refused | machine learning |
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| Microsoft Excel | Data | refused | excel |
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| Network engineer | Networks and security | refused | network engineer |
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| Node.js | Programming | refused | node js |
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| PHP | Programming | refused | php |
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| Power BI | Data | refused | power bi |
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| Prompt engineer | AI | refused | prompt engineer |
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| Python | Programming | refused | python |
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| React | Programming | refused | react |
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| SEO | Marketing | refused | seo |
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| SQL | Data | refused | sql |
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| Shopify | E commerce | refused | shopify |
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| Social media marketing | Marketing | refused | social media marketing |
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| UI and UX | Design and media | refused | ui ux |
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| Video editor | Design and media | refused | video editor |
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| WordPress | Programming | refused | wordpress |
Method
Thirty two skills, one public search phrase each, counted on Rozee on the first days of every month. The system records the number of results the page states, the search address and the date, and stores every month.
A count that could not be read (the page refused or changed) is stored as refused and the month shows how many skills were counted; the system retries daily until the seventh of the month and then stops, so a broken month is visible rather than silently filled.
Indeed and LinkedIn are not counted; see the AI Jobs Report for why.
Limits
- One board, one phrase per skill, open postings on one day: a signal of relative demand, not a measure of hiring.
- Short phrases match more than the skill (Java matches JavaScript postings); the phrase list is printed so the reader can judge.
Public figures behind the reports
- Pakistan's IT exports reached a record US$4.6 billion in the financial year 2025 to 2026, up about 21 percent on the year. State Bank of Pakistan figures reported by Business Recorder, read 17 Oct 2026. Source
- Freelancers in Pakistan earned a record US$1.76 billion in export receipts in the financial year 2026, up 78 percent on the year. Finance Ministry data reported by The Nation, read 17 Oct 2026. Source
- 34,420 IT and IT enabled services companies were registered with the SECP by March 2026. Pakistan Economic Survey 2025 to 26, chapter 15, read 17 Oct 2026. Source
- About 75,000 IT graduates leave HEC accredited institutes each year, and a Ministry of IT document put the share employable by export firms below ten percent. The Friday Times, citing a Ministry of IT and Telecommunication document, read 18 Oct 2026. Source
- The Higher Education Commission said in 2022 that Pakistani institutions produce about 50,000 IT graduates a year. Higher Education Commission news page, read 18 Oct 2026. Source
- The chairman of the software industry body P@SHA has said the local market needs about 15,000 fresh IT graduates a year. ProPakistani, read 18 Oct 2026. Source
Questions
How is the index computed?
For each skill the count of open postings on the latest count day, ranked. From the third month the index is the count divided by the first month's count, times one hundred.
Can I get the history?
Yes, the CSV holds every month and every skill.
Cite this report
BvLogic Academy (2026). Pakistan Digital Skills Demand Index, monthly. bvlogic.academy/research/pakistan-digital-skills-demand-index
Press summary and the raw data are free to use with a link. Press contact: info@bvlogic.academy, +92 336 5475500.
In ten lines
- Thirty two digital skills ranked monthly by open postings on Rozee.
- Every count links to the search page it came from, with the date.
- Months are kept; the change from the previous month appears from the second edition.
- Refused counts are shown as refused, never filled in.
- Raw table as CSV, chart free to embed with a link back.