Most In-Demand HR Skills
The most in-demand skills for HR roles right now are employee-relations, performance-management, hris — ranked across 79380 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employee-relations | 16,095 | -897 |
| 2 | performance-management | 12,114 | -971 |
| 3 | hris | 7,441 | -739 |
| 4 | talent-management | 5,163 | -523 |
| 5 | succession-planning | 4,990 | -395 |
| 6 | analytics | 4,417 | -388 |
| 7 | ai | 3,028 | -293 |
| 8 | corrective-action | 2,815 | -198 |
| 9 | stakeholder-management | 2,295 | -109 |
| 10 | process-improvement | 2,081 | -117 |
| 11 | automation | 1,602 | -141 |
| 12 | osha | 1,236 | -32 |
| 13 | regulatory-compliance | 1,108 | -165 |
| 14 | employer-branding | 1,028 | +18 |
| 15 | sap | 996 | +154 |
| 16 | people-analytics | 989 | -44 |
| 17 | candidate-experience | 879 | -137 |
| 18 | oracle | 705 | +71 |
| 19 | accessibility | 672 | -143 |
| 20 | successfactors | 661 | +205 |
| 21 | agile | 659 | -77 |
| 22 | data-analytics | 659 | -37 |
| 23 | powerbi | 635 | +51 |
| 24 | cloud | 634 | -61 |
| 25 | statistics | 615 | +42 |
| 26 | networking | 522 | +22 |
| 27 | strategic-planning | 516 | -77 |
| 28 | sharepoint | 506 | -6 |
| 29 | hipaa | 446 | -57 |
| 30 | data-quality | 439 | +17 |
| 31 | ecommerce | 382 | -19 |
| 32 | full-cycle-recruiting | 366 | -90 |
| 33 | erp | 358 | +81 |
| 34 | risk-assessment | 353 | -23 |
| 35 | program-management | 345 | -31 |
| 36 | adp | 336 | +71 |
| 37 | lidar | 334 | +130 |
| 38 | gdpr | 332 | -67 |
| 39 | business-development | 316 | -1 |
| 40 | saas | 312 | -24 |