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Skill Demand Index

Explore In-Demand Skills

See which skills appear most often, at what depth level, and where candidates have gaps.

169

Skills Tracked

1%

Avg Demand

Daily

Updated

Depth Levels L1–L5

Two jobs can both say “Python” and mean completely different things. Depth measures that.

Gap Rate

How often candidates score below the required depth. High gap = real opportunity.

Updated Daily

Data regenerates every 24hrs from live job postings across 4 job boards.

169 skills · Page 1 of 8

Demand
20.9%

Bachelor's Degree

Avg depthL4
L1L2L3L4L5
11.9% gap1,046 mentions
Demand
8.3%

Project Management

Avg depthL3
L1L2L3L4L5
2.9% gap417 mentions
Demand
6.5%

Communication Skills

Avg depthL5
L1L2L3L4L5
0.6% gap325 mentions
Demand
6.5%

SQL

Avg depthL2
L1L2L3L4L5
26.6% gap323 mentions
Demand
5.7%

Data Analysis

Avg depthL4
L1L2L3L4L5
2.1% gap283 mentions
Demand
3.6%

Digital Marketing

Avg depthL5
L1L2L3L4L5
1.7% gap179 mentions
Demand
2.7%

Cross-functional Collaboration

Avg depthL4
L1L2L3L4L5
0.7% gap135 mentions
Demand
2.6%

Analytical Skills

Avg depthL4
L1L2L3L4L5
5.3% gap131 mentions
Demand
2.4%

Python

Avg depthL3
L1L2L3L4L5
30.3% gap122 mentions
Demand
2.4%

SEO

Avg depthL5
L1L2L3L4L5
No gap data118 mentions
Demand
2.3%

Stakeholder Management

Avg depthL4
L1L2L3L4L5
1.8% gap113 mentions
Demand
2.2%

Computer Science Degree

Avg depthL5
L1L2L3L4L5
3.6% gap112 mentions
Demand
1.7%

Communication

Avg depthL5
L1L2L3L4L5
No gap data85 mentions
Demand
1.6%

SQL Proficiency

Avg depthL2
L1L2L3L4L5
21.3% gap80 mentions
Demand
1.6%

Customer Service

Avg depthL4
L1L2L3L4L5
1.3% gap80 mentions
Demand
1.5%

Attention to Detail

Avg depthL5
L1L2L3L4L5
No gap data75 mentions
Demand
1.5%

Budget Management

Avg depthL3
L1L2L3L4L5
5.3% gap75 mentions
Demand
1.5%

Marketing Strategy

Avg depthL4
L1L2L3L4L5
2.7% gap74 mentions
Demand
1.5%

Problem Solving

Avg depthL5
L1L2L3L4L5
1.4% gap73 mentions
Demand
1.4%

Education

Avg depthL3
L1L2L3L4L5
26.8% gap71 mentions
Demand
1.4%

E-commerce

Avg depthL5
L1L2L3L4L5
No gap data68 mentions
Demand
1.3%

Excel

Avg depthL4
L1L2L3L4L5
1.5% gap67 mentions
Demand
1.3%

Program Management

Avg depthL3
L1L2L3L4L5
13.6% gap66 mentions
Demand
1.3%

Organizational Skills

Avg depthL5
L1L2L3L4L5
No gap data65 mentions
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Frequently Asked Questions

Job postings from 4 boards (JSearch, Remotive, Adzuna, Wellfound). The scoring engine parses each description, extracts skill names, and assigns a depth level. Skills need 15+ mentions across scored postings to appear in the index. The role pages show the same extraction broken down by job title.

  • L1: Can discuss the concept, has not used it in production.
  • L2: Has built small things with it, personal projects or bootcamp work.
  • L3: Uses it daily in a professional setting.
  • L4: Solves hard problems with it, mentors others.
  • L5: Could architect a system around it or lead a team that depends on it.

The percentage of scored candidates who lack that skill at the depth the job requires. A 30% gap rate means roughly one in three applicants is missing it. High gaps can mean opportunity or unrealistic requirements, depending on context.

Click into any skill. The detail page includes a Top Roles table showing which job titles reference that skill most frequently. You can also approach it from the role side on the Role Intelligence pages.

Every 24 hours. The rebuild processes every scored posting in the database, recalculates demand rates, depth distributions, and gap rates, then publishes. As posting volume grows, more niche skills cross the 15-mention threshold automatically.

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