Most In-Demand Legal Skills
The most in-demand skills for Legal roles right now are ai, regulatory-compliance, fintech — ranked across 1100 open postings.
Updated October 27, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 188 | +188 |
| 2 | regulatory-compliance | 65 | +65 |
| 3 | fintech | 50 | +50 |
| 4 | cloud | 49 | +49 |
| 5 | risk-assessment | 49 | +49 |
| 6 | saas | 41 | +41 |
| 7 | gdpr | 39 | +39 |
| 8 | automation | 38 | +38 |
| 9 | business-development | 36 | +36 |
| 10 | legal-research | 35 | +35 |
| 11 | agentic-ai | 34 | +34 |
| 12 | blockchain | 31 | +31 |
| 13 | machine-learning | 27 | +27 |
| 14 | contract-lifecycle-management | 25 | +25 |
| 15 | itar | 25 | +25 |
| 16 | dfars | 23 | +23 |
| 17 | cryptocurrency | 23 | +23 |
| 18 | analytics | 23 | +23 |
| 19 | program-management | 22 | +22 |
| 20 | go-to-market | 19 | +19 |
| 21 | ccpa | 19 | +19 |
| 22 | hipaa | 18 | +18 |
| 23 | cybersecurity | 17 | +17 |
| 24 | corrective-action | 16 | +16 |
| 25 | nist | 16 | +16 |
| 26 | web3 | 14 | +14 |
| 27 | accessibility | 13 | +13 |
| 28 | contract-negotiation | 12 | +12 |
| 29 | salesforce | 12 | +12 |
| 30 | generative-ai | 12 | +12 |
| 31 | employee-relations | 12 | +12 |
| 32 | process-improvement | 12 | +12 |
| 33 | llm | 11 | +11 |
| 34 | performance-management | 11 | +11 |
| 35 | candidate-experience | 11 | +11 |
| 36 | api | 11 | +11 |
| 37 | stakeholder-management | 11 | +11 |
| 38 | soc-2 | 10 | +10 |
| 39 | iso-27001 | 10 | +10 |
| 40 | gcp | 10 | +10 |