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What are the most in-demand technical skills?

Customer Service is the most requested technical skill, named in 16,791,880 postings.

Postings

  1. 1Customer Service16,791,880
  2. 2Sales11,858,452
  3. 3Nursing8,906,645
  4. 4Microsoft Excel8,237,595
  5. 5Job Descriptions8,003,225
  6. 6Microsoft Office7,149,530
  7. 7Travel Nursing4,069,380
  8. 8Artificial Intelligence3,844,290
  9. 9Mechanical3,580,181
  10. 10Project Management3,575,652
  11. 11Troubleshooting3,513,192
  12. 12Microsoft Outlook3,027,959
  13. 13Human resources software2,654,407
  14. 14Presentations2,633,136
  15. 15Collections2,598,418
  16. 16Analytics2,518,392
  17. 17Rehabilitation2,494,967
  18. 18Microsoft PowerPoint2,425,514
  19. 19Safety Standards2,420,712
  20. 20Acute Care2,414,664
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SkillPostings
Customer Service16,791,880
Sales11,858,452
Nursing8,906,645
Microsoft Excel8,237,595
Job Descriptions8,003,225
Microsoft Office7,149,530
Travel Nursing4,069,380
Artificial Intelligence3,844,290
Mechanical3,580,181
Project Management3,575,652
Troubleshooting3,513,192
Microsoft Outlook3,027,959
Human resources software2,654,407
Presentations2,633,136
Collections2,598,418
Analytics2,518,392
Rehabilitation2,494,967
Microsoft PowerPoint2,425,514
Safety Standards2,420,712
Acute Care2,414,664

How this is measured: Number of postings that name each technical skill. Deduplicated US job postings from the most recent 12 months of Canaria's data. Data through Aug 20, 2026.

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