Most In-Demand Data Analytics Skills
The most in-demand skills for Data Analytics roles right now are sql, analytics, python — ranked across 12854 open postings.
Updated November 1, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sql | 1,144 | +1,144 |
| 2 | analytics | 1,040 | +1,040 |
| 3 | python | 817 | +817 |
| 4 | powerbi | 715 | +715 |
| 5 | ai | 579 | +579 |
| 6 | cloud | 480 | +480 |
| 7 | data-quality | 477 | +477 |
| 8 | tableau | 439 | +439 |
| 9 | data-modeling | 435 | +435 |
| 10 | data-analytics | 434 | +434 |
| 11 | etl | 345 | +345 |
| 12 | data-engineering | 314 | +314 |
| 13 | automation | 312 | +312 |
| 14 | dbt | 308 | +308 |
| 15 | looker | 293 | +293 |
| 16 | data-science | 276 | +276 |
| 17 | machine-learning | 269 | +269 |
| 18 | data-visualization | 268 | +268 |
| 19 | statistics | 250 | +250 |
| 20 | data-pipelines | 248 | +248 |
| 21 | data-warehousing | 243 | +243 |
| 22 | azure | 231 | +231 |
| 23 | api | 224 | +224 |
| 24 | bigquery | 221 | +221 |
| 25 | snowflake | 217 | +217 |
| 26 | aws | 204 | +204 |
| 27 | databricks | 203 | +203 |
| 28 | gcp | 190 | +190 |
| 29 | data-governance | 180 | +180 |
| 30 | ci-cd | 171 | +171 |
| 31 | git | 167 | +167 |
| 32 | agile | 158 | +158 |
| 33 | airflow | 152 | +152 |
| 34 | agentic-ai | 151 | +151 |
| 35 | elt | 148 | +148 |
| 36 | spark | 122 | +122 |
| 37 | version-control | 116 | +116 |
| 38 | power-query | 114 | +114 |
| 39 | llm | 103 | +103 |
| 40 | microsoft-fabric | 96 | +96 |