Skills employers ask for most in Operations

40,998 open jobs in Operations name at least one skill. These are the skills they name most.

Most-asked skills in Operations

Share of the 40,998 jobs in Operations that name the skill.

Skills named in the most jobs in Operations
#SkillShare of jobsOpen jobs
1Supply chain28%11,532
2Procurement25%10,260
3Project management25%10,255
4Excel23%9,560
5Logistics21%8,777
6Onboarding12%4,872
7Lean12%4,842
8Forecasting9.3%3,815
9Risk management9.1%3,733
10Audit9.1%3,716
11ERP8.7%3,574
12PowerPoint8.3%3,393
13Change management6.8%2,776
14Budgeting6.8%2,776
15SAP6.6%2,700
16Six Sigma6.4%2,639
17Inventory management6%2,473
18Regulatory compliance5.8%2,363
19PMP5.7%2,344
20Talent acquisition4.7%1,925
21Strategic planning4.1%1,679
22Stakeholder management3.6%1,494
23Agile3.4%1,387
24Workday3.3%1,371
25Oracle3.1%1,264

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