Most In-Demand Business Analysis Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Business Analysis roles right now are agile, sql, user-stories — ranked across 49837 open postings.
Updated July 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agile | 3,920 | +1,654 |
| 2 | sql | 3,635 | +1,637 |
| 3 | user-stories | 2,476 | +1,033 |
| 4 | ai | 2,395 | +1,114 |
| 5 | analytics | 2,221 | +952 |
| 6 | jira | 2,147 | +1,021 |
| 7 | automation | 2,091 | +911 |
| 8 | cloud | 1,785 | +820 |
| 9 | api | 1,735 | +899 |
| 10 | scrum | 1,597 | +726 |
| 11 | stakeholder-management | 1,504 | +665 |
| 12 | confluence | 1,432 | +696 |
| 13 | requirements-gathering | 1,376 | +596 |
| 14 | acceptance-criteria | 1,369 | +582 |
| 15 | process-improvement | 1,318 | +604 |
| 16 | powerbi | 1,274 | +532 |
| 17 | erp | 1,219 | +516 |
| 18 | bpmn | 1,108 | +624 |
| 19 | solution-design | 1,059 | +426 |
| 20 | sap | 1,032 | +454 |
| 21 | uml | 1,000 | +576 |
| 22 | python | 909 | +381 |
| 23 | visio | 866 | +380 |
| 24 | oracle | 849 | +374 |
| 25 | azure | 806 | +405 |
| 26 | data-quality | 784 | +362 |
| 27 | sdlc | 778 | +286 |
| 28 | tableau | 742 | +280 |
| 29 | crm | 739 | +317 |
| 30 | devops | 689 | +309 |
| 31 | salesforce | 688 | +304 |
| 32 | data-analytics | 594 | +244 |
| 33 | gap-analysis | 524 | +213 |
| 34 | rest | 479 | +324 |
| 35 | data-modeling | 474 | +196 |
| 36 | data-governance | 461 | +210 |
| 37 | workday | 451 | +204 |
| 38 | aws | 448 | +254 |
| 39 | machine-learning | 434 | +201 |
| 40 | process-modeling | 429 | +209 |