Most In-Demand Data Analytics Skills
The most in-demand skills for Data Analytics roles right now are sql, analytics, python — ranked across 8092 open postings.
Updated October 27, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sql | 711 | +711 |
| 2 | analytics | 573 | +573 |
| 3 | python | 550 | +550 |
| 4 | ai | 399 | +399 |
| 5 | powerbi | 336 | +336 |
| 6 | cloud | 297 | +297 |
| 7 | data-quality | 293 | +293 |
| 8 | data-modeling | 269 | +269 |
| 9 | tableau | 267 | +267 |
| 10 | data-analytics | 239 | +239 |
| 11 | looker | 236 | +236 |
| 12 | dbt | 228 | +228 |
| 13 | data-engineering | 212 | +212 |
| 14 | etl | 205 | +205 |
| 15 | automation | 194 | +194 |
| 16 | machine-learning | 187 | +187 |
| 17 | data-science | 184 | +184 |
| 18 | data-pipelines | 179 | +179 |
| 19 | business-intelligence | 177 | +177 |
| 20 | data-visualization | 165 | +165 |
| 21 | bigquery | 162 | +162 |
| 22 | api | 153 | +153 |
| 23 | statistics | 145 | +145 |
| 24 | snowflake | 139 | +139 |
| 25 | airflow | 134 | +134 |
| 26 | data-warehousing | 124 | +124 |
| 27 | azure | 116 | +116 |
| 28 | aws | 106 | +106 |
| 29 | gcp | 105 | +105 |
| 30 | agentic-ai | 102 | +102 |
| 31 | ci-cd | 101 | +101 |
| 32 | databricks | 95 | +95 |
| 33 | data-governance | 95 | +95 |
| 34 | fintech | 94 | +94 |
| 35 | git | 93 | +93 |
| 36 | llm | 91 | +91 |
| 37 | agile | 87 | +87 |
| 38 | saas | 86 | +86 |
| 39 | elt | 82 | +82 |
| 40 | spark | 81 | +81 |