Most In-Demand Data Analytics Skills
The most in-demand skills for Data Analytics roles right now are analytics, sql, python — ranked across 118502 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | analytics | 11,571 | +1,171 |
| 2 | sql | 11,085 | +722 |
| 3 | python | 7,386 | +158 |
| 4 | powerbi | 7,140 | +762 |
| 5 | data-analytics | 5,483 | +268 |
| 6 | ai | 5,409 | +329 |
| 7 | data-quality | 4,712 | +362 |
| 8 | tableau | 4,704 | +46 |
| 9 | cloud | 3,775 | +273 |
| 10 | automation | 3,514 | +68 |
| 11 | data-modeling | 3,294 | +321 |
| 12 | data-science | 3,112 | +264 |
| 13 | data-visualization | 3,022 | +3 |
| 14 | statistics | 2,992 | +52 |
| 15 | etl | 2,823 | +334 |
| 16 | data-engineering | 2,785 | +298 |
| 17 | data-pipelines | 2,406 | +268 |
| 18 | machine-learning | 2,340 | -18 |
| 19 | data-governance | 2,282 | +171 |
| 20 | snowflake | 2,277 | +263 |
| 21 | data-warehousing | 2,238 | +236 |
| 22 | dbt | 2,134 | +268 |
| 23 | azure | 2,018 | +291 |
| 24 | databricks | 1,800 | +284 |
| 25 | looker | 1,773 | -74 |
| 26 | agile | 1,620 | +48 |
| 27 | aws | 1,561 | -39 |
| 28 | bigquery | 1,319 | +42 |
| 29 | api | 1,243 | +165 |
| 30 | git | 1,183 | +137 |
| 31 | elt | 1,079 | +246 |
| 32 | gcp | 1,024 | +46 |
| 33 | ci-cd | 997 | +183 |
| 34 | sql-server | 990 | +219 |
| 35 | crm | 943 | +109 |
| 36 | stakeholder-management | 936 | +47 |
| 37 | airflow | 929 | -23 |
| 38 | power-query | 928 | +191 |
| 39 | version-control | 845 | +110 |
| 40 | process-improvement | 830 | +70 |