Most In-Demand Recruiting Skills
The most in-demand skills for Recruiting roles right now are candidate-experience, ai, full-cycle-recruiting — ranked across 32142 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | candidate-experience | 5,695 | +1,170 |
| 2 | ai | 2,768 | +315 |
| 3 | full-cycle-recruiting | 2,432 | +614 |
| 4 | networking | 2,410 | +676 |
| 5 | linkedin-recruiter | 2,280 | +565 |
| 6 | employer-branding | 2,274 | +693 |
| 7 | stakeholder-management | 1,708 | +358 |
| 8 | analytics | 1,497 | +364 |
| 9 | automation | 854 | +140 |
| 10 | cloud | 688 | +172 |
| 11 | business-development | 685 | +144 |
| 12 | process-improvement | 681 | +193 |
| 13 | crm | 652 | +166 |
| 14 | boolean-search | 605 | +161 |
| 15 | talent-sourcing | 565 | +140 |
| 16 | machine-learning | 516 | +113 |
| 17 | saas | 442 | +23 |
| 18 | talent-management | 395 | +121 |
| 19 | agile | 391 | +137 |
| 20 | github | 326 | +71 |
| 21 | fintech | 303 | +35 |
| 22 | go-to-market | 297 | +49 |
| 23 | pipeline-management | 295 | +89 |
| 24 | ecommerce | 284 | +69 |
| 25 | agentic-ai | 265 | +10 |
| 26 | employee-relations | 249 | +82 |
| 27 | devops | 243 | +78 |
| 28 | performance-management | 243 | +79 |
| 29 | lead-generation | 230 | +121 |
| 30 | cybersecurity | 224 | +58 |
| 31 | accessibility | 220 | +39 |
| 32 | succession-planning | 192 | +60 |
| 33 | data-analytics | 185 | +74 |
| 34 | gdpr | 171 | +15 |
| 35 | data-science | 168 | +26 |
| 36 | vendor-management | 153 | +51 |
| 37 | oracle | 152 | +21 |
| 38 | sap | 142 | +85 |
| 39 | salesforce | 138 | +46 |
| 40 | generative-ai | 124 | -5 |