Most In-Demand Legal Skills
The most in-demand skills for Legal roles right now are legal-research, regulatory-compliance, ai — ranked across 25342 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | legal-research | 3,162 | +1,401 |
| 2 | regulatory-compliance | 2,904 | +715 |
| 3 | ai | 2,382 | +346 |
| 4 | business-development | 1,653 | +825 |
| 5 | stakeholder-management | 1,338 | +295 |
| 6 | gdpr | 870 | +181 |
| 7 | automation | 754 | +144 |
| 8 | process-improvement | 709 | +164 |
| 9 | cybersecurity | 700 | +220 |
| 10 | saas | 697 | +125 |
| 11 | cloud | 664 | +84 |
| 12 | fintech | 622 | +107 |
| 13 | analytics | 576 | +147 |
| 14 | contract-negotiation | 550 | +139 |
| 15 | contract-drafting | 550 | +158 |
| 16 | performance-management | 425 | +122 |
| 17 | ccpa | 423 | +25 |
| 18 | program-management | 417 | +122 |
| 19 | contract-lifecycle-management | 413 | +112 |
| 20 | accessibility | 396 | +54 |
| 21 | hipaa | 375 | +96 |
| 22 | dfars | 325 | +107 |
| 23 | agile | 315 | +79 |
| 24 | erp | 295 | +109 |
| 25 | llm | 291 | +63 |
| 26 | sharepoint | 285 | +73 |
| 27 | machine-learning | 285 | +21 |
| 28 | data-governance | 280 | +92 |
| 29 | itar | 272 | +82 |
| 30 | employee-relations | 269 | +75 |
| 31 | sap | 253 | +86 |
| 32 | data-analytics | 252 | +69 |
| 33 | ecommerce | 245 | +49 |
| 34 | iso-13485 | 217 | +25 |
| 35 | generative-ai | 210 | +29 |
| 36 | iso-27001 | 199 | +39 |
| 37 | strategic-planning | 196 | +28 |
| 38 | networking | 194 | +59 |
| 39 | financial-reporting | 190 | +89 |
| 40 | technical-writing | 189 | +41 |