Most In-Demand HR Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for HR roles right now are employee-relations, performance-management, talent-management — ranked across 19520 open postings.
Updated August 20, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employee-relations | 4,385 | +4,385 |
| 2 | performance-management | 3,370 | +3,370 |
| 3 | talent-management | 1,622 | +1,622 |
| 4 | succession-planning | 1,539 | +1,539 |
| 5 | analytics | 1,350 | +1,350 |
| 6 | ai | 1,185 | +1,185 |
| 7 | stakeholder-management | 603 | +603 |
| 8 | process-improvement | 567 | +567 |
| 9 | automation | 559 | +559 |
| 10 | regulatory-compliance | 325 | +325 |
| 11 | people-analytics | 273 | +273 |
| 12 | cloud | 261 | +261 |
| 13 | candidate-experience | 221 | +221 |
| 14 | agile | 210 | +210 |
| 15 | data-analytics | 205 | +205 |
| 16 | oracle | 204 | +204 |
| 17 | accessibility | 201 | +201 |
| 18 | strategic-planning | 199 | +199 |
| 19 | employer-branding | 171 | +171 |
| 20 | saas | 148 | +148 |
| 21 | ecommerce | 142 | +142 |
| 22 | statistics | 132 | +132 |
| 23 | full-cycle-recruiting | 120 | +120 |
| 24 | fintech | 119 | +119 |
| 25 | agentic-ai | 117 | +117 |
| 26 | sap | 114 | +114 |
| 27 | data-quality | 114 | +114 |
| 28 | express | 113 | +113 |
| 29 | sharepoint | 105 | +105 |
| 30 | bamboohr | 99 | +99 |
| 31 | program-management | 90 | +90 |
| 32 | vendor-management | 86 | +86 |
| 33 | networking | 86 | +86 |
| 34 | machine-learning | 84 | +84 |
| 35 | backbone | 76 | +76 |
| 36 | servicenow | 75 | +75 |
| 37 | cybersecurity | 67 | +67 |
| 38 | powerbi | 64 | +64 |
| 39 | generative-ai | 62 | +62 |
| 40 | data-governance | 57 | +57 |