Most In-Demand Legal Skills
The most in-demand skills for Legal roles right now are legal-research, ai, regulatory-compliance — ranked across 17256 open postings.
Updated October 28, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | legal-research | 2,367 | +2,367 |
| 2 | ai | 1,826 | +1,826 |
| 3 | regulatory-compliance | 1,530 | +1,530 |
| 4 | risk-assessment | 1,084 | +1,084 |
| 5 | business-development | 650 | +650 |
| 6 | gdpr | 649 | +649 |
| 7 | stakeholder-management | 646 | +646 |
| 8 | corrective-action | 523 | +523 |
| 9 | cybersecurity | 506 | +506 |
| 10 | automation | 505 | +505 |
| 11 | cloud | 446 | +446 |
| 12 | saas | 425 | +425 |
| 13 | process-improvement | 419 | +419 |
| 14 | ccpa | 365 | +365 |
| 15 | analytics | 359 | +359 |
| 16 | contract-lifecycle-management | 319 | +319 |
| 17 | accessibility | 317 | +317 |
| 18 | contract-negotiation | 309 | +309 |
| 19 | fintech | 306 | +306 |
| 20 | contract-drafting | 292 | +292 |
| 21 | program-management | 257 | +257 |
| 22 | dfars | 235 | +235 |
| 23 | sharepoint | 226 | +226 |
| 24 | hipaa | 216 | +216 |
| 25 | machine-learning | 197 | +197 |
| 26 | microsoft-365 | 190 | +190 |
| 27 | itar | 187 | +187 |
| 28 | data-governance | 179 | +179 |
| 29 | performance-management | 179 | +179 |
| 30 | agile | 170 | +170 |
| 31 | employee-relations | 169 | +169 |
| 32 | iso-27001 | 157 | +157 |
| 33 | llm | 148 | +148 |
| 34 | salesforce | 137 | +137 |
| 35 | nist | 135 | +135 |
| 36 | sap | 134 | +134 |
| 37 | ecommerce | 130 | +130 |
| 38 | generative-ai | 125 | +125 |
| 39 | agentic-ai | 121 | +121 |
| 40 | data-analytics | 121 | +121 |