Most In-Demand Recruiting Skills
The most in-demand skills for Recruiting roles right now are candidate-experience, ai, networking — ranked across 42217 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | candidate-experience | 7,224 | -484 |
| 2 | ai | 3,470 | -179 |
| 3 | networking | 3,083 | -153 |
| 4 | employer-branding | 2,986 | -171 |
| 5 | linkedin-recruiter | 2,959 | -228 |
| 6 | full-cycle-recruiting | 2,855 | -213 |
| 7 | stakeholder-management | 2,316 | -177 |
| 8 | analytics | 1,991 | -145 |
| 9 | automation | 1,160 | -44 |
| 10 | business-development | 1,015 | -32 |
| 11 | cloud | 939 | -74 |
| 12 | crm | 934 | -60 |
| 13 | boolean-search | 921 | +72 |
| 14 | process-improvement | 859 | -93 |
| 15 | talent-sourcing | 788 | -38 |
| 16 | hris | 771 | -133 |
| 17 | machine-learning | 614 | -38 |
| 18 | saas | 531 | -52 |
| 19 | talent-management | 505 | -74 |
| 20 | agile | 426 | -47 |
| 21 | cybersecurity | 404 | +5 |
| 22 | github | 395 | -15 |
| 23 | employee-relations | 392 | +30 |
| 24 | go-to-market | 377 | -6 |
| 25 | agentic-ai | 360 | -7 |
| 26 | pipeline-management | 347 | -7 |
| 27 | fintech | 341 | -44 |
| 28 | performance-management | 334 | -5 |
| 29 | ecommerce | 328 | -51 |
| 30 | devops | 306 | -69 |
| 31 | data-analytics | 289 | +7 |
| 32 | accessibility | 268 | -31 |
| 33 | oracle | 259 | +15 |
| 34 | successfactors | 237 | +71 |
| 35 | succession-planning | 225 | -79 |
| 36 | sap | 223 | +30 |
| 37 | lead-generation | 212 | -58 |
| 38 | vendor-management | 203 | -21 |
| 39 | data-science | 191 | -41 |
| 40 | gdpr | 179 | -22 |