Most In-Demand Legal Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Legal roles right now are legal-research, ai, regulatory-compliance — ranked across 18090 open postings.
Updated July 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | legal-research | 2,250 | +966 |
| 2 | ai | 1,974 | +774 |
| 3 | regulatory-compliance | 1,873 | +792 |
| 4 | due-diligence | 1,417 | +613 |
| 5 | data-privacy | 858 | +317 |
| 6 | stakeholder-management | 796 | +396 |
| 7 | compensation-and-benefits | 728 | +227 |
| 8 | automation | 566 | +256 |
| 9 | saas | 525 | +136 |
| 10 | cloud | 506 | +173 |
| 11 | fintech | 487 | +183 |
| 12 | process-improvement | 440 | +202 |
| 13 | analytics | 395 | +166 |
| 14 | cybersecurity | 394 | +172 |
| 15 | contract-drafting | 369 | +148 |
| 16 | agile | 318 | +129 |
| 17 | contract-negotiation | 303 | +140 |
| 18 | contract-lifecycle-management | 262 | +62 |
| 19 | workday | 257 | +124 |
| 20 | performance-management | 249 | +78 |
| 21 | program-management | 221 | +93 |
| 22 | sharepoint | 211 | +102 |
| 23 | ecommerce | 189 | +63 |
| 24 | machine-learning | 187 | +52 |
| 25 | llm | 179 | +105 |
| 26 | sap | 174 | +70 |
| 27 | employee-relations | 170 | +58 |
| 28 | erp | 158 | +65 |
| 29 | generative-ai | 158 | +55 |
| 30 | data-governance | 158 | +64 |
| 31 | data-analytics | 154 | +69 |
| 32 | blockchain | 148 | +32 |
| 33 | strategic-planning | 145 | +69 |
| 34 | agentic-ai | 140 | +55 |
| 35 | salesforce | 129 | +50 |
| 36 | version-control | 128 | +58 |
| 37 | express | 126 | +46 |
| 38 | iso-27001 | 120 | +41 |
| 39 | networking | 116 | +55 |
| 40 | gcp | 112 | +56 |