Most In-Demand Data Analytics Skills
The most in-demand skills for Data Analytics roles right now are analytics, sql, python — ranked across 129751 open postings.
Updated October 8, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | analytics | 12,556 | +1,008 |
| 2 | sql | 11,969 | +835 |
| 3 | python | 8,093 | +659 |
| 4 | powerbi | 7,914 | +822 |
| 5 | ai | 6,005 | +665 |
| 6 | data-analytics | 5,993 | +470 |
| 7 | data-quality | 5,264 | +510 |
| 8 | tableau | 5,109 | +359 |
| 9 | cloud | 4,100 | +306 |
| 10 | automation | 3,987 | +502 |
| 11 | data-modeling | 3,652 | +297 |
| 12 | data-science | 3,528 | +380 |
| 13 | statistics | 3,419 | +445 |
| 14 | data-visualization | 3,305 | +289 |
| 15 | data-engineering | 3,028 | +241 |
| 16 | etl | 2,952 | +195 |
| 17 | machine-learning | 2,713 | +347 |
| 18 | snowflake | 2,560 | +325 |
| 19 | data-pipelines | 2,559 | +191 |
| 20 | data-governance | 2,524 | +187 |
| 21 | data-warehousing | 2,379 | +161 |
| 22 | dbt | 2,302 | +116 |
| 23 | azure | 2,187 | +169 |
| 24 | databricks | 1,965 | +162 |
| 25 | looker | 1,866 | +57 |
| 26 | agile | 1,769 | +122 |
| 27 | aws | 1,671 | +68 |
| 28 | api | 1,402 | +216 |
| 29 | bigquery | 1,396 | +69 |
| 30 | git | 1,312 | +116 |
| 31 | elt | 1,134 | +60 |
| 32 | gcp | 1,100 | +90 |
| 33 | power-query | 1,072 | +128 |
| 34 | sql-server | 1,061 | +199 |
| 35 | ci-cd | 1,051 | +70 |
| 36 | stakeholder-management | 1,038 | +53 |
| 37 | airflow | 975 | -32 |
| 38 | crm | 966 | +40 |
| 39 | version-control | 947 | +98 |
| 40 | process-improvement | 928 | +107 |