Most In-Demand Operations Skills

Name: In-demand Operations skills
Creator: freehire

The most in-demand skills for Operations roles right now are ai, automation, ecommerce — ranked across 139 open postings.

Updated October 18, 2026

#	Skill	Open postings	30-day growth
1	ai	20	+20
2	automation	10	+10
3	ecommerce	8	+8
4	machine-learning	6	+6
5	backbone	6	+6
6	analytics	5	+5
7	erp	5	+5
8	agentic-ai	4	+4
9	sap	4	+4
10	api	4	+4
11	saas	4	+4
12	stakeholder-management	3	+3
13	agile	3	+3
14	go-to-market	3	+3
15	sql	3	+3
16	process-improvement	3	+3
17	netsuite	3	+3
18	jira	2	+2
19	cybersecurity	2	+2
20	ai-enablement	2	+2
21	notion	2	+2
22	slack	2	+2
23	technical-screening	2	+2
24	program-management	2	+2
25	shopify	2	+2
26	salesforce	2	+2
27	account-executive	2	+2
28	financial-reporting	2	+2
29	cloud	2	+2
30	figma	2	+2
31	corrective-action	2	+2
32	prototyping	2	+2
33	confluence	2	+2
34	fintech	2	+2
35	atlassian	2	+2
36	cryptocurrency	2	+2
37	oracle	2	+2
38	accounts-receivable	2	+2
39	candidate-experience	2	+2
40	deep-learning	1	+1

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