Skills employers ask for in product jobs
In 4,895 product jobs in the SkillDrift job index, the most requested skill is Product management, named in 31.2% of postings. Business analysis follows at 14.7%, then Data analysis at 13.3%.
Based on 4,895 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 product jobs that name the skill. One posting usually names several skills, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
- 1Product management31.2%1,526 of 4,895 postings
- 2Business analysis14.7%722 of 4,895 postings
- 3Data analysis13.3%649 of 4,895 postings
- 4User stories12.6%615 of 4,895 postings
- 5Project management10.7%526 of 4,895 postings
- 6Agile10.5%512 of 4,895 postings
- 7Jira9.9%486 of 4,895 postings
- 8SQL9%439 of 4,895 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 product 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 product jobs?
Product management. It is named in 31.2% of the 4,895 product jobs in the SkillDrift job index on 1 October 2026.
How many job postings is this based on?
4,895 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.