Most In-Demand HR Skills
The most in-demand skills for HR roles right now are employee-relations, ai, performance-management — ranked across 3841 open postings.
Updated September 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employee-relations | 594 | +594 |
| 2 | ai | 523 | +523 |
| 3 | performance-management | 500 | +500 |
| 4 | analytics | 254 | +254 |
| 5 | automation | 201 | +201 |
| 6 | succession-planning | 155 | +155 |
| 7 | talent-management | 153 | +153 |
| 8 | stakeholder-management | 137 | +137 |
| 9 | people-analytics | 98 | +98 |
| 10 | candidate-experience | 90 | +90 |
| 11 | process-improvement | 80 | +80 |
| 12 | cloud | 78 | +78 |
| 13 | saas | 70 | +70 |
| 14 | agentic-ai | 65 | +65 |
| 15 | fintech | 64 | +64 |
| 16 | machine-learning | 56 | +56 |
| 17 | zoom | 56 | +56 |
| 18 | backbone | 54 | +54 |
| 19 | gdpr | 45 | +45 |
| 20 | vendor-management | 38 | +38 |
| 21 | agile | 35 | +35 |
| 22 | regulatory-compliance | 35 | +35 |
| 23 | slack | 34 | +34 |
| 24 | data-quality | 31 | +31 |
| 25 | go-to-market | 30 | +30 |
| 26 | bamboohr | 30 | +30 |
| 27 | demand-generation | 29 | +29 |
| 28 | data-analytics | 28 | +28 |
| 29 | program-management | 26 | +26 |
| 30 | ecommerce | 26 | +26 |
| 31 | jira | 26 | +26 |
| 32 | ai-enablement | 26 | +26 |
| 33 | ccpa | 25 | +25 |
| 34 | full-cycle-recruiting | 25 | +25 |
| 35 | linkedin-recruiter | 24 | +24 |
| 36 | accessibility | 24 | +24 |
| 37 | employer-branding | 20 | +20 |
| 38 | cybersecurity | 20 | +20 |
| 39 | itar | 19 | +19 |
| 40 | salesforce | 17 | +17 |