Most In-Demand Management Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Management roles right now are ai, performance-management, analytics — ranked across 280653 open postings.
Updated July 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 22,316 | +8,584 |
| 2 | performance-management | 18,349 | +9,770 |
| 3 | analytics | 16,918 | +7,435 |
| 4 | automation | 14,318 | +6,135 |
| 5 | stakeholder-management | 12,097 | +5,870 |
| 6 | cloud | 12,004 | +4,876 |
| 7 | workday | 10,954 | +5,878 |
| 8 | process-improvement | 9,828 | +4,768 |
| 9 | agile | 9,649 | +4,461 |
| 10 | regulatory-compliance | 8,137 | +4,073 |
| 11 | sap | 6,812 | +3,178 |
| 12 | strategic-planning | 6,805 | +3,342 |
| 13 | crm | 6,734 | +2,974 |
| 14 | compensation-and-benefits | 6,385 | +3,092 |
| 15 | erp | 6,231 | +2,908 |
| 16 | assembly | 6,126 | -2,861 |
| 17 | sql | 5,938 | +2,376 |
| 18 | employee-relations | 5,654 | +3,532 |
| 19 | ecommerce | 5,530 | +2,082 |
| 20 | python | 5,166 | +2,120 |
| 21 | program-management | 5,000 | +2,071 |
| 22 | salesforce | 4,966 | +1,787 |
| 23 | financial-reporting | 4,904 | +2,534 |
| 24 | powerbi | 4,901 | +2,390 |
| 25 | express | 4,849 | +1,911 |
| 26 | networking | 4,749 | +1,988 |
| 27 | succession-planning | 4,510 | +1,949 |
| 28 | api | 4,446 | +1,794 |
| 29 | saas | 4,406 | +1,256 |
| 30 | machine-learning | 4,319 | +1,512 |
| 31 | aws | 4,223 | +1,270 |
| 32 | data-analytics | 4,153 | +1,916 |
| 33 | employee-engagement | 4,092 | +1,997 |
| 34 | six-sigma | 4,089 | +1,964 |
| 35 | due-diligence | 3,884 | +1,978 |
| 36 | oracle | 3,731 | +2,054 |
| 37 | vendor-management | 3,621 | +1,680 |
| 38 | azure | 3,292 | +1,403 |
| 39 | agentic-ai | 3,285 | +1,016 |
| 40 | tdd | 3,282 | -3,144 |