Skills employers ask for in education jobs
In 5,499 education jobs in the SkillDrift job index, the most requested skill is Teaching, named in 19.1% of postings. Lesson planning follows at 18.9%, then Classroom management at 14.1%.
Based on 5,499 job postings in the SkillDrift job index, read on 1 October 2026.
The 8 skills named most often
Each share is the part of all education jobs that name the skill. One posting usually names several skills, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
- 1Teaching19.1%1,048 of 5,499 postings
- 2Lesson planning18.9%1,040 of 5,499 postings
- 3Classroom management14.1%776 of 5,499 postings
- 4Python11.1%609 of 5,499 postings
- 5SQL7.2%397 of 5,499 postings
- 6Student assessment7%383 of 5,499 postings
- 7Curriculum development6.6%361 of 5,499 postings
- 8Instructional design2.9%160 of 5,499 postings
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The SkillDrift job index collects live job postings and reads the skills each one asks for. This page counts the postings in the education role group, across all industries, and shows the share that name each skill. Skills appear as employers write them, so close variants such as Excel and MS Excel can both appear, because a posting may use either. The page is refreshed from the index, and the date above shows the last read.
Questions people ask
What is the most requested skill in education jobs?
Teaching. It is named in 19.1% of the 5,499 education jobs in the SkillDrift job index on 1 October 2026.
How many job postings is this based on?
5,499 postings, read from the SkillDrift job index on 1 October 2026. Each share is the number of postings that name the skill, divided by all postings in this group.