Most In-Demand Design Skills
The most in-demand skills for Design roles right now are ai, figma, photoshop — ranked across 181270 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 14,943 | -1,021 |
| 2 | figma | 12,147 | -1,053 |
| 3 | photoshop | 11,905 | +393 |
| 4 | illustrator | 10,543 | +295 |
| 5 | autocad | 8,068 | -176 |
| 6 | cad | 6,892 | -168 |
| 7 | prototyping | 6,727 | -355 |
| 8 | adobe-creative-suite | 6,408 | -555 |
| 9 | accessibility | 5,716 | -460 |
| 10 | typography | 5,534 | -439 |
| 11 | indesign | 5,522 | -182 |
| 12 | wireframing | 5,262 | -271 |
| 13 | user-research | 5,108 | -384 |
| 14 | html | 4,887 | -32 |
| 15 | automation | 4,792 | -320 |
| 16 | css | 4,520 | -79 |
| 17 | cloud | 4,176 | -298 |
| 18 | agile | 4,028 | -387 |
| 19 | revit | 3,976 | -164 |
| 20 | analytics | 3,675 | -445 |
| 21 | interaction-design | 3,540 | -297 |
| 22 | usability-testing | 2,952 | -177 |
| 23 | javascript | 2,764 | -61 |
| 24 | sketch | 2,698 | +31 |
| 25 | python | 2,516 | -162 |
| 26 | user-flows | 2,505 | -86 |
| 27 | motion-graphics | 2,420 | -95 |
| 28 | ecommerce | 2,334 | -242 |
| 29 | bim | 2,271 | -97 |
| 30 | saas | 2,216 | -118 |
| 31 | sketchup | 2,177 | +182 |
| 32 | motion-design | 2,118 | -161 |
| 33 | design-thinking | 2,116 | -231 |
| 34 | information-architecture | 2,109 | -91 |
| 35 | agentic-ai | 2,039 | -64 |
| 36 | assembly | 1,994 | -29 |
| 37 | api | 1,974 | -192 |
| 38 | stakeholder-management | 1,969 | -152 |
| 39 | business-development | 1,887 | -29 |
| 40 | video-editing | 1,842 | -91 |