Most In-Demand Data Analytics Skills
The most in-demand skills for Data Analytics roles right now are analytics, sql, python — ranked across 137650 open postings.
Updated October 17, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | analytics | 13,280 | +1,121 |
| 2 | sql | 12,577 | +864 |
| 3 | python | 8,512 | +690 |
| 4 | powerbi | 8,491 | +969 |
| 5 | data-analytics | 6,439 | +656 |
| 6 | ai | 6,359 | +695 |
| 7 | data-quality | 5,672 | +715 |
| 8 | tableau | 5,434 | +414 |
| 9 | cloud | 4,331 | +349 |
| 10 | automation | 4,319 | +635 |
| 11 | data-modeling | 3,931 | +444 |
| 12 | statistics | 3,773 | +545 |
| 13 | data-science | 3,752 | +453 |
| 14 | data-visualization | 3,519 | +281 |
| 15 | data-engineering | 3,173 | +248 |
| 16 | etl | 3,128 | +151 |
| 17 | machine-learning | 2,837 | +358 |
| 18 | data-governance | 2,722 | +325 |
| 19 | snowflake | 2,697 | +311 |
| 20 | data-pipelines | 2,628 | +123 |
| 21 | data-warehousing | 2,535 | +180 |
| 22 | dbt | 2,337 | +96 |
| 23 | azure | 2,323 | +202 |
| 24 | databricks | 2,076 | +177 |
| 25 | looker | 1,918 | +41 |
| 26 | agile | 1,870 | +164 |
| 27 | aws | 1,701 | +30 |
| 28 | api | 1,498 | +213 |
| 29 | bigquery | 1,486 | +108 |
| 30 | git | 1,353 | +115 |
| 31 | elt | 1,188 | +56 |
| 32 | gcp | 1,157 | +73 |
| 33 | power-query | 1,142 | +167 |
| 34 | stakeholder-management | 1,136 | +143 |
| 35 | sql-server | 1,112 | +84 |
| 36 | ci-cd | 1,091 | +51 |
| 37 | crm | 1,078 | +93 |
| 38 | process-improvement | 1,057 | +175 |
| 39 | erp | 1,018 | +183 |
| 40 | llm | 1,000 | +114 |