Updated 2026-08-13

Most in-demand skills across European-listed companies

Which skills, tools and certifications companies actually ask for — extracted from the full text of live job ads. Ranked by how many open postings mention each.

This is a company-listing view. Jobs can be located in any country; use the location cards below for skills demanded in a specific labour market.

Based on the 385,305 postings whose full ad text we currently analyse (168,491 mention a tracked skill).

EU and US are separate labour markets — different work-visa regimes and law — so you can also scope skills by where the job is. Pick a region for demand, top companies and example roles from that market only:

🇪🇺 Europe

Skills across every European market — German, French, SAP, PLC →

🇺🇸 United States

US-located hiring — Spanish is the #2 language, plus nursing, forklift →

The skills landscape

Professional, job-specific skills, sized by how many open postings ask for each and coloured by domain. Tap a tile for the detail. (General competencies everyone's expected to have are listed separately below.)

Software & ITBusiness & OfficeProject & MethodsData & AITrades & SafetyEngineering & IndustrialLogistics & TransportHealthcare & Care

Demand over time, by domain

LanguagesBusiness & OfficeProject & MethodsSoftware & ITData & AILogistics & TransportTrades & SafetyEngineering & IndustrialHealthcare & Care

Top professional skills

SAP20,129

Agile16,126

Python11,870

AI / Machine Learning9,742

SQL8,955

Cybersecurity8,692

Crane / overhead crane7,951

Power BI7,815

Azure7,527

CI/CD7,198

DevOps6,683

AWS6,298

HACCP6,072

Java5,419

Data Science4,890

PLC4,396

Patient care4,328

CAD4,101

Kubernetes4,025

Salesforce4,008

Linux3,966

Forklift3,725

Jira3,678

AutoCAD3,587

Google Cloud3,577

General skills

Broadly-taught competencies expected almost everywhere — real requirements, but they say little about what a role actually involves, so we keep them out of the ranking above.

English48,074

Microsoft Office26,123

French14,312

German14,193

Driving licence (B)8,813

Excel7,058

Spanish4,724

Swedish4,308

Dutch3,859

Italian2,333

Danish1,237

Norwegian1,110