Rolearch Skills Report
The skills employers asked for in November 2026
Rolearch read 1,203,938 open job postings in November 2026. 4.5% asked for at least one AI skill, and the most-requested skill was Customer service, in 21% of postings.
- Postings read
- 1,203,938
- Ask for an AI skill
- 4.5%
- Industries covered
- 23
The 25 most-asked skills
Share of all postings that ask for each skill.
- 1Customer service21%
- 2Communication18%
- 3Leadership18%
- 4Training and coaching17%
- 5Sales15%
- 6Teamwork15%
- 7Problem solving13%
- 8Attention to detail12%
- 9Inventory management12%
- 10Excel12%
- 11Stakeholder management11%
- 12Microsoft Office11%
- 13Patient care9.2%
- 14Scheduling8.9%
- 15Marketing8.4%
- 16BLS/CPR8.1%
- 17Regulatory compliance8.0%
- 18Process improvement7.5%
- 19Manufacturing7.3%
- 20Budgeting7.2%
- 21Physical stamina7.0%
- 22Workplace safety6.9%
- 23Teaching6.6%
- 24Customer experience6.5%
- 25Cleaning6.5%
AI skills, industry by industry
Share of each industry’s postings asking for machine learning, deep learning, LLMs, NLP, computer vision, MLOps, PyTorch, TensorFlow or scikit-learn. Highest: Data & AI (56%), Software & IT (20%), Science & research (15%).
- Data & AI56%
- Software & IT20%
- Science & research15%
- Design & creative9.3%
- Engineering9.0%
- Marketing6.1%
- Legal
Top skills in each industry
Admin & operations204,230 postings
- 1. Leadership30%
- 2. Training and coaching24%
- 3. Communication23%
- 4. Stakeholder management21%
- 5. Excel20%
Healthcare180,956 postings
- 1. Patient care47%
- 2. BLS/CPR37%
- 3. RN license34%
- 4. Leadership19%
- 5. Training and coaching15%
Retail104,699 postings
How this is measured
Rolearch lists jobs from employers’ own career pages. Each open posting with a full description is read against a dictionary of 194 skills across every industry, matched carefully so boilerplate (“we offer mental health benefits”) doesn’t count. A posting counts once per skill. Shares are of postings read that month; the current month updates nightly. Explore any role on Career paths.
Cite this report
Rolearch Skills Report, November 2026. https://www.rolearch.com/reports/skills/2026-11
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