Skills in demand, by role and industry
Each page shows the skills employers name most often in live job postings for one role group, across all industries or inside one industry. The numbers come from the SkillDrift job index, read on 1 October 2026.
Engineering
- Engineering, all industries · 164,527 postings
- Engineering in software · 71,281 postings
- Engineering in manufacturing · 16,384 postings
- Engineering in fintech · 14,701 postings
- Engineering in consulting · 7,124 postings
- Engineering in health tech · 6,182 postings
- Engineering in government and non-profit · 4,079 postings
- Engineering in energy · 3,186 postings
- Engineering in media and entertainment · 2,547 postings
- Engineering in e-commerce · 2,382 postings
- Engineering in telecom · 2,054 postings
- Engineering in automotive · 1,882 postings
- Engineering in edtech · 1,473 postings
- Engineering in logistics · 1,445 postings
- Engineering in real estate · 1,066 postings
Sales
- Sales, all industries · 40,941 postings
- Sales in fintech · 7,943 postings
- Sales in software · 4,820 postings
- Sales in manufacturing · 3,644 postings
- Sales in retail · 2,557 postings
- Sales in real estate · 1,834 postings
- Sales in health tech · 1,827 postings
- Sales in media and entertainment · 1,523 postings
- Sales in edtech · 1,187 postings
- Sales in hospitality · 1,121 postings
Data and AI
- Data and AI, all industries · 33,406 postings
- Data and AI in software · 7,169 postings
- Data and AI in fintech · 5,401 postings
- Data and AI in health tech · 2,236 postings
- Data and AI in consulting · 1,948 postings
- Data and AI in manufacturing · 1,342 postings
Finance
- Finance, all industries · 32,943 postings
- Finance in fintech · 6,465 postings
- Finance in consulting · 4,378 postings
- Finance in manufacturing · 3,487 postings
- Finance in software · 1,228 postings
Marketing
- Marketing, all industries · 22,224 postings
- Marketing in media and entertainment · 3,437 postings
- Marketing in software · 2,141 postings
- Marketing in e-commerce · 1,734 postings
- Marketing in health tech · 1,080 postings
- Marketing in consulting · 1,068 postings
Design
- Design, all industries · 13,905 postings
- Design in software · 2,063 postings
- Design in media and entertainment · 2,062 postings
Customer support
- Customer support, all industries · 13,593 postings
Operations
- Operations in manufacturing · 11,630 postings
- Operations in hospitality · 8,676 postings
- Operations in logistics · 6,808 postings
- Operations in consulting · 3,906 postings
- Operations in government and non-profit · 3,448 postings
- Operations in pharma · 2,967 postings
- Operations in e-commerce · 1,920 postings
- Operations in real estate · 1,660 postings
- Operations in energy · 1,338 postings
HR
- HR, all industries · 11,145 postings
Education
- Education, all industries · 5,499 postings
Product
- Product, all industries · 4,895 postings
- Product in fintech · 1,245 postings
- Product in software · 1,007 postings
Creative
- Creative, all industries · 3,339 postings
- Creative in media and entertainment · 1,728 postings
Research
- Research, all industries · 2,382 postings
Legal
- Legal, all industries · 2,061 postings
For a written guide to one role, see skills by role. To see which of these skills your own resume shows, use the ATS score checker.