Most In-Demand Retail Skills
The most in-demand skills for Retail roles right now are performance-management, osha, ecommerce — ranked across 47227 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | performance-management | 6,792 | +2,387 |
| 2 | osha | 3,264 | +1,383 |
| 3 | ecommerce | 3,243 | +864 |
| 4 | corrective-action | 3,002 | +593 |
| 5 | personal-protective-equipment | 2,835 | +1,053 |
| 6 | succession-planning | 2,631 | +408 |
| 7 | android | 2,468 | -315 |
| 8 | jest | 2,307 | +1,843 |
| 9 | ios | 2,140 | -318 |
| 10 | spark | 1,457 | +340 |
| 11 | assembly | 1,220 | -403 |
| 12 | ai | 1,127 | -672 |
| 13 | lidar | 953 | +517 |
| 14 | employee-relations | 937 | +317 |
| 15 | service-desk | 845 | +495 |
| 16 | blockchain | 748 | +6 |
| 17 | thrift | 713 | +323 |
| 18 | accessibility | 697 | +381 |
| 19 | ccpa | 619 | +343 |
| 20 | analytics | 610 | +138 |
| 21 | first-aid | 598 | -52 |
| 22 | talent-management | 568 | +192 |
| 23 | chatgpt | 534 | -823 |
| 24 | 1c | 529 | +90 |
| 25 | sas | 521 | +277 |
| 26 | business-development | 511 | +108 |
| 27 | process-improvement | 499 | +202 |
| 28 | salesforce | 487 | +277 |
| 29 | customer-retention | 481 | +151 |
| 30 | elk | 442 | -48 |
| 31 | lead-generation | 421 | -10 |
| 32 | crm | 411 | +111 |
| 33 | strategic-planning | 371 | +116 |
| 34 | stakeholder-management | 363 | +193 |
| 35 | epa | 359 | -204 |
| 36 | regulatory-compliance | 333 | +53 |
| 37 | candidate-experience | 300 | +139 |
| 38 | cad | 299 | +81 |
| 39 | automation | 299 | +139 |
| 40 | sap | 293 | +28 |