Most In-Demand Recruiting Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Recruiting roles right now are candidate-experience, ai, full-cycle-recruiting — ranked across 15553 open postings.
Updated August 20, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | candidate-experience | 2,832 | +2,832 |
| 2 | ai | 1,571 | +1,571 |
| 3 | full-cycle-recruiting | 1,184 | +1,184 |
| 4 | networking | 1,116 | +1,116 |
| 5 | linkedin-recruiter | 1,070 | +1,070 |
| 6 | employer-branding | 968 | +968 |
| 7 | stakeholder-management | 839 | +839 |
| 8 | analytics | 718 | +718 |
| 9 | automation | 435 | +435 |
| 10 | crm | 307 | +307 |
| 11 | process-improvement | 305 | +305 |
| 12 | cloud | 304 | +304 |
| 13 | machine-learning | 271 | +271 |
| 14 | business-development | 259 | +259 |
| 15 | saas | 244 | +244 |
| 16 | talent-sourcing | 235 | +235 |
| 17 | boolean-search | 218 | +218 |
| 18 | talent-management | 210 | +210 |
| 19 | go-to-market | 189 | +189 |
| 20 | agile | 178 | +178 |
| 21 | agentic-ai | 177 | +177 |
| 22 | fintech | 174 | +174 |
| 23 | github | 159 | +159 |
| 24 | ecommerce | 154 | +154 |
| 25 | accessibility | 139 | +139 |
| 26 | pipeline-management | 113 | +113 |
| 27 | employee-relations | 111 | +111 |
| 28 | data-science | 97 | +97 |
| 29 | oracle | 96 | +96 |
| 30 | performance-management | 96 | +96 |
| 31 | devops | 93 | +93 |
| 32 | cybersecurity | 91 | +91 |
| 33 | computer-vision | 86 | +86 |
| 34 | succession-planning | 85 | +85 |
| 35 | generative-ai | 81 | +81 |
| 36 | vendor-management | 72 | +72 |
| 37 | data-analytics | 72 | +72 |
| 38 | data-quality | 69 | +69 |
| 39 | salesforce | 69 | +69 |
| 40 | program-management | 66 | +66 |