Most In-Demand Legal Skills
The most in-demand skills for Legal roles right now are ai, regulatory-compliance, legal-research — ranked across 2266 open postings.
Updated November 1, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 299 | +299 |
| 2 | regulatory-compliance | 185 | +185 |
| 3 | legal-research | 163 | +163 |
| 4 | risk-assessment | 154 | +154 |
| 5 | stakeholder-management | 99 | +99 |
| 6 | cloud | 90 | +90 |
| 7 | business-development | 83 | +83 |
| 8 | gdpr | 82 | +82 |
| 9 | saas | 70 | +70 |
| 10 | fintech | 68 | +68 |
| 11 | automation | 64 | +64 |
| 12 | corrective-action | 60 | +60 |
| 13 | analytics | 54 | +54 |
| 14 | cybersecurity | 53 | +53 |
| 15 | blockchain | 45 | +45 |
| 16 | process-improvement | 42 | +42 |
| 17 | contract-negotiation | 42 | +42 |
| 18 | contract-lifecycle-management | 41 | +41 |
| 19 | cryptocurrency | 36 | +36 |
| 20 | hipaa | 34 | +34 |
| 21 | llm | 32 | +32 |
| 22 | iso-27001 | 31 | +31 |
| 23 | ccpa | 30 | +30 |
| 24 | ecommerce | 29 | +29 |
| 25 | sharepoint | 29 | +29 |
| 26 | contract-drafting | 29 | +29 |
| 27 | go-to-market | 27 | +27 |
| 28 | aws | 26 | +26 |
| 29 | data-governance | 26 | +26 |
| 30 | program-management | 26 | +26 |
| 31 | agentic-ai | 24 | +24 |
| 32 | dfars | 24 | +24 |
| 33 | accessibility | 24 | +24 |
| 34 | machine-learning | 23 | +23 |
| 35 | networking | 23 | +23 |
| 36 | performance-management | 23 | +23 |
| 37 | soc-2 | 20 | +20 |
| 38 | itar | 19 | +19 |
| 39 | employee-relations | 19 | +19 |
| 40 | candidate-experience | 18 | +18 |