Most In-Demand Operations Skills
The most in-demand skills for Operations roles right now are accounts-receivable, ai, process-improvement — ranked across 78966 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accounts-receivable | 6,607 | +6,143 |
| 2 | ai | 6,297 | +654 |
| 3 | process-improvement | 4,469 | +1,110 |
| 4 | automation | 4,293 | +668 |
| 5 | analytics | 3,846 | +651 |
| 6 | stakeholder-management | 3,499 | +709 |
| 7 | performance-management | 3,471 | +1,047 |
| 8 | accounts-payable | 3,256 | +2,384 |
| 9 | erp | 3,238 | +885 |
| 10 | sap | 2,709 | +611 |
| 11 | vendor-management | 2,342 | +595 |
| 12 | regulatory-compliance | 2,164 | +949 |
| 13 | cloud | 2,125 | +296 |
| 14 | hipaa | 1,991 | +1,602 |
| 15 | strategic-planning | 1,669 | +437 |
| 16 | powerbi | 1,635 | +283 |
| 17 | sql | 1,595 | +221 |
| 18 | business-development | 1,579 | +412 |
| 19 | crm | 1,570 | +417 |
| 20 | oracle | 1,369 | -29 |
| 21 | program-management | 1,337 | +203 |
| 22 | salesforce | 1,282 | +215 |
| 23 | saas | 1,201 | +91 |
| 24 | six-sigma | 1,177 | +360 |
| 25 | sharepoint | 1,163 | +254 |
| 26 | ecommerce | 1,120 | +269 |
| 27 | agile | 1,098 | +171 |
| 28 | data-analytics | 1,091 | +164 |
| 29 | data-quality | 953 | +202 |
| 30 | accessibility | 944 | +170 |
| 31 | statistics | 865 | +529 |
| 32 | networking | 857 | +130 |
| 33 | succession-planning | 847 | +224 |
| 34 | tableau | 812 | +59 |
| 35 | ariba | 787 | +134 |
| 36 | python | 753 | +108 |
| 37 | financial-reporting | 753 | +191 |
| 38 | slack | 741 | +132 |
| 39 | quickbooks | 739 | +572 |
| 40 | employee-relations | 722 | +273 |