Most In-Demand Data Analytics Skills
The most in-demand skills for Data Analytics roles right now are analytics, sql, python — ranked across 53385 open postings.
Updated October 28, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | analytics | 4,762 | +4,762 |
| 2 | sql | 4,755 | +4,755 |
| 3 | python | 3,386 | +3,386 |
| 4 | powerbi | 2,749 | +2,749 |
| 5 | ai | 2,578 | +2,578 |
| 6 | data-analytics | 2,283 | +2,283 |
| 7 | tableau | 2,233 | +2,233 |
| 8 | data-quality | 2,036 | +2,036 |
| 9 | cloud | 1,784 | +1,784 |
| 10 | business-intelligence | 1,751 | +1,751 |
| 11 | automation | 1,620 | +1,620 |
| 12 | data-science | 1,481 | +1,481 |
| 13 | data-modeling | 1,396 | +1,396 |
| 14 | data-visualization | 1,390 | +1,390 |
| 15 | statistics | 1,384 | +1,384 |
| 16 | data-engineering | 1,148 | +1,148 |
| 17 | machine-learning | 1,137 | +1,137 |
| 18 | snowflake | 1,053 | +1,053 |
| 19 | etl | 1,050 | +1,050 |
| 20 | dbt | 1,027 | +1,027 |
| 21 | looker | 982 | +982 |
| 22 | data-governance | 917 | +917 |
| 23 | data-warehousing | 893 | +893 |
| 24 | data-pipelines | 859 | +859 |
| 25 | agile | 828 | +828 |
| 26 | aws | 756 | +756 |
| 27 | databricks | 748 | +748 |
| 28 | azure | 738 | +738 |
| 29 | bigquery | 705 | +705 |
| 30 | api | 596 | +596 |
| 31 | gcp | 535 | +535 |
| 32 | git | 533 | +533 |
| 33 | llm | 457 | +457 |
| 34 | airflow | 433 | +433 |
| 35 | ci-cd | 430 | +430 |
| 36 | elt | 421 | +421 |
| 37 | stakeholder-management | 399 | +399 |
| 38 | agentic-ai | 395 | +395 |
| 39 | crm | 389 | +389 |
| 40 | generative-ai | 368 | +368 |