Most In-Demand Recruiting Skills
The most in-demand skills for Recruiting roles right now are candidate-experience, ai, full-cycle-recruiting — ranked across 36525 open postings.
Updated October 8, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | candidate-experience | 6,351 | +729 |
| 2 | ai | 3,137 | +394 |
| 3 | full-cycle-recruiting | 2,729 | +422 |
| 4 | networking | 2,656 | +312 |
| 5 | linkedin-recruiter | 2,579 | +356 |
| 6 | employer-branding | 2,517 | +289 |
| 7 | stakeholder-management | 1,987 | +300 |
| 8 | analytics | 1,712 | +241 |
| 9 | automation | 1,017 | +147 |
| 10 | crm | 817 | +180 |
| 11 | cloud | 807 | +124 |
| 12 | process-improvement | 793 | +130 |
| 13 | business-development | 771 | +57 |
| 14 | boolean-search | 746 | +156 |
| 15 | talent-sourcing | 686 | +108 |
| 16 | machine-learning | 590 | +122 |
| 17 | saas | 498 | +61 |
| 18 | talent-management | 466 | +69 |
| 19 | agile | 425 | +48 |
| 20 | github | 361 | +66 |
| 21 | fintech | 352 | +43 |
| 22 | agentic-ai | 345 | +56 |
| 23 | go-to-market | 336 | +35 |
| 24 | ecommerce | 336 | +56 |
| 25 | pipeline-management | 306 | +56 |
| 26 | devops | 283 | +36 |
| 27 | employee-relations | 280 | +57 |
| 28 | accessibility | 274 | +70 |
| 29 | cybersecurity | 266 | +51 |
| 30 | performance-management | 262 | +22 |
| 31 | succession-planning | 243 | +48 |
| 32 | lead-generation | 235 | +11 |
| 33 | data-analytics | 206 | +25 |
| 34 | gdpr | 197 | +66 |
| 35 | data-science | 187 | +32 |
| 36 | vendor-management | 169 | +49 |
| 37 | oracle | 164 | +12 |
| 38 | generative-ai | 151 | +26 |
| 39 | itar | 145 | +24 |
| 40 | salesforce | 143 | +8 |