Most In-Demand Legal Skills
The most in-demand skills for Legal roles right now are legal-research, regulatory-compliance, ai — ranked across 38834 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | legal-research | 5,845 | +255 |
| 2 | regulatory-compliance | 3,769 | -463 |
| 3 | ai | 3,455 | -60 |
| 4 | risk-assessment | 2,715 | -325 |
| 5 | stakeholder-management | 1,750 | -210 |
| 6 | business-development | 1,568 | -249 |
| 7 | corrective-action | 1,436 | -115 |
| 8 | gdpr | 1,313 | +16 |
| 9 | cybersecurity | 1,132 | -77 |
| 10 | cloud | 1,001 | -12 |
| 11 | automation | 980 | -107 |
| 12 | process-improvement | 962 | -147 |
| 13 | saas | 774 | -153 |
| 14 | contract-drafting | 773 | -25 |
| 15 | analytics | 734 | -48 |
| 16 | fintech | 689 | -126 |
| 17 | contract-negotiation | 640 | -113 |
| 18 | contract-lifecycle-management | 594 | -19 |
| 19 | program-management | 548 | -26 |
| 20 | hipaa | 537 | -27 |
| 21 | sharepoint | 530 | +21 |
| 22 | ccpa | 528 | -28 |
| 23 | accessibility | 528 | -48 |
| 24 | performance-management | 458 | -82 |
| 25 | dfars | 408 | -50 |
| 26 | crm | 400 | +170 |
| 27 | llm | 386 | -42 |
| 28 | itar | 369 | -10 |
| 29 | iso-27001 | 367 | -19 |
| 30 | sap | 365 | -35 |
| 31 | qgis | 365 | +362 |
| 32 | agile | 363 | -73 |
| 33 | employee-relations | 362 | +11 |
| 34 | data-governance | 353 | -30 |
| 35 | erp | 329 | -55 |
| 36 | ecommerce | 320 | -29 |
| 37 | machine-learning | 312 | -43 |
| 38 | uscis | 308 | -13 |
| 39 | salesforce | 287 | +16 |
| 40 | chatgpt | 281 | +158 |