Most In-Demand Business Analysis Skills
The most in-demand skills for Business Analysis roles right now are agile, sql, user-stories — ranked across 112576 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agile | 8,486 | -591 |
| 2 | sql | 7,592 | -68 |
| 3 | user-stories | 6,160 | -508 |
| 4 | ai | 4,971 | -221 |
| 5 | jira | 4,686 | -450 |
| 6 | analytics | 4,597 | -395 |
| 7 | automation | 4,287 | -248 |
| 8 | scrum | 3,826 | -387 |
| 9 | stakeholder-management | 3,804 | -18 |
| 10 | api | 3,685 | -136 |
| 11 | cloud | 3,544 | -176 |
| 12 | acceptance-criteria | 3,498 | -465 |
| 13 | requirements-gathering | 3,364 | -270 |
| 14 | powerbi | 3,265 | -110 |
| 15 | confluence | 3,120 | +82 |
| 16 | process-improvement | 3,107 | -432 |
| 17 | erp | 3,105 | -83 |
| 18 | solution-design | 2,456 | -21 |
| 19 | sap | 2,415 | +8 |
| 20 | bpmn | 2,190 | +45 |
| 21 | oracle | 2,109 | +16 |
| 22 | visio | 2,088 | -102 |
| 23 | azure | 2,045 | +66 |
| 24 | sdlc | 1,923 | -82 |
| 25 | data-quality | 1,917 | +29 |
| 26 | python | 1,737 | -214 |
| 27 | devops | 1,727 | -20 |
| 28 | uml | 1,656 | +12 |
| 29 | crm | 1,560 | -71 |
| 30 | tableau | 1,521 | -106 |
| 31 | data-analytics | 1,445 | -88 |
| 32 | root-cause-analysis | 1,392 | +34 |
| 33 | salesforce | 1,387 | -48 |
| 34 | gap-analysis | 1,326 | +60 |
| 35 | business-intelligence | 1,301 | -76 |
| 36 | azure-devops | 1,114 | +71 |
| 37 | data-modeling | 1,113 | -261 |
| 38 | data-governance | 1,097 | -32 |
| 39 | requirements-elicitation | 988 | +51 |
| 40 | sharepoint | 972 | -152 |