Most In-Demand Business Analysis Skills
The most in-demand skills for Business Analysis roles right now are agile, sql, user-stories — ranked across 100165 open postings.
Updated October 17, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agile | 7,641 | +1,422 |
| 2 | sql | 6,285 | +987 |
| 3 | user-stories | 5,647 | +1,208 |
| 4 | ai | 4,766 | +872 |
| 5 | analytics | 4,586 | +889 |
| 6 | automation | 4,158 | +711 |
| 7 | jira | 4,150 | +794 |
| 8 | acceptance-criteria | 3,617 | +1,054 |
| 9 | stakeholder-management | 3,371 | +663 |
| 10 | process-improvement | 3,311 | +657 |
| 11 | scrum | 3,290 | +758 |
| 12 | requirements-gathering | 3,239 | +581 |
| 13 | cloud | 3,183 | +275 |
| 14 | api | 3,176 | +695 |
| 15 | powerbi | 2,849 | +583 |
| 16 | erp | 2,552 | +400 |
| 17 | confluence | 2,333 | +276 |
| 18 | solution-design | 2,208 | +427 |
| 19 | data-quality | 1,880 | +449 |
| 20 | sap | 1,870 | +280 |
| 21 | visio | 1,717 | +230 |
| 22 | azure | 1,712 | +275 |
| 23 | sdlc | 1,664 | +277 |
| 24 | python | 1,635 | +294 |
| 25 | oracle | 1,631 | +159 |
| 26 | bpmn | 1,532 | +121 |
| 27 | devops | 1,459 | +272 |
| 28 | tableau | 1,416 | +295 |
| 29 | data-analytics | 1,405 | +327 |
| 30 | crm | 1,338 | +168 |
| 31 | root-cause-analysis | 1,268 | +353 |
| 32 | salesforce | 1,208 | +41 |
| 33 | uml | 1,178 | +37 |
| 34 | data-modeling | 1,166 | +388 |
| 35 | gap-analysis | 1,077 | +205 |
| 36 | data-governance | 1,035 | +231 |
| 37 | aws | 964 | +257 |
| 38 | azure-devops | 924 | +194 |
| 39 | requirements-elicitation | 887 | +98 |
| 40 | sharepoint | 837 | +53 |