Skills & Premiums - United States 2026

Discover which skills command the highest salary premiums in the job market

Top Premium Skills

1. LLMs / GenAI+40%

2. Solidity+30%

3. Deep Learning+30%

Most In-Demand Skills

1. Python95/100

2. LLMs / GenAI95/100

3. Nursing (RN)95/100

Trending Skills

1. LLMs / GenAI+120%

2. RAG / Vector DBs+90%

3. Prompt Engineering+80%

LLMs / GenAI

AI & ML

+40%

Demand

Growth

+120%

Avg. salary: $185,000 USD

Prompt EngineeringRAGFine-tuning

Solidity

Programming

+30%

Demand

Growth

-15%

Avg. salary: $150,000 USD

EthereumWeb3Smart Contracts

Deep Learning

AI & ML

+30%

Demand

Growth

+22%

Avg. salary: $162,000 USD

PyTorchNeural NetworksComputer Vision

NLP

AI & ML

+28%

Demand

Growth

+30%

Avg. salary: $158,000 USD

TransformersLLMsPython

Cloud Security

Security

+28%

Demand

Growth

+25%

Avg. salary: $150,000 USD

AWS SecurityIAMCompliance

Derivatives Trading

Finance

+28%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $175,000 USD

Options PricingSwapsFutures

Rust

Programming

+25%

Demand

Growth

+35%

Avg. salary: $140,000 USD

C++Systems ProgrammingWebAssembly

Machine Learning

AI & ML

+25%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $150,000 USD

PythonTensorFlowScikit-learn

Computer Vision

AI & ML

+25%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $148,000 USD

OpenCVPyTorchDeep Learning

RAG / Vector DBs

AI & ML

+25%

Demand

Growth

+90%

Avg. salary: $145,000 USD

LLMsPineconeEmbeddings

Intellectual Property Law

legal

+25%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $160,000 USD

Patent LawTrademarkCopyright

Blockchain / DeFi

Finance

+25%

Demand

Growth

+20%

Avg. salary: $155,000 USD

Smart ContractsSolidityWeb3

Actuarial Science

Finance

+24%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $120,000 USD

Risk ModelingInsurance PricingStatistics

Go

Programming

+22%

Demand

Growth

+18%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

KubernetesDockerMicroservices

Haskell

Programming

+22%

Demand

Growth

-2%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

Functional ProgrammingType TheoryScala

Kubernetes

Cloud

+22%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $140,000 USD

DockerHelmIstio

MLOps

AI & ML

+22%

Demand

Growth

+25%

Avg. salary: $142,000 USD

KubeflowMLflowDocker

PyTorch

AI & ML

+22%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $142,000 USD

Deep LearningPythonCUDA

Penetration Testing

Security

+22%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $130,000 USD

Burp SuiteOWASPEthical Hacking

CISSP

Security

+22%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

Risk ManagementComplianceSecurity Architecture

Quantitative Analysis

Finance

+22%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $145,000 USD

PythonStatisticsStochastic Calculus

Litigation

legal

+22%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $140,000 USD

Trial PreparationLegal ResearchDepositions

Corporate Law

legal

+22%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $155,000 USD

M&ASecuritiesCorporate Governance

CFA / Investment Analysis

Finance

+22%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $130,000 USD

Equity ResearchPortfolio ManagementValuation

Scala

Programming

+20%

Demand

Growth

-3%

Avg. salary: $138,000 USD

JavaApache SparkFunctional Programming

Zig

Programming

+20%

Demand

Growth

+40%

Avg. salary: $132,000 USD

CSystems ProgrammingCompilers

Terraform

Cloud

+20%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $138,000 USD

AWSInfrastructure as CodePulumi

Snowflake

Data

+20%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $138,000 USD

SQLdbtData Warehousing

Zero Trust

Security

+20%

Demand

Growth

+18%

Avg. salary: $138,000 USD

IAMNetwork SecurityCloud Security

AWS Solutions Architect

Certifications

+20%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $145,000 USD

AWSCloud ArchitectureNetworking

Contract Law

legal

+20%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

NegotiationLegal DraftingCorporate Law

GDPR / Data Privacy

legal

+20%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $115,000 USD

Privacy Impact AssessmentDPOCCPA

Risk Management

Finance

+20%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $125,000 USD

VaRCredit RiskMarket Risk

Executive Coaching

Management

+20%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $120,000 USD

Leadership DevelopmentMentoring360 Feedback

Biotechnology

healthcare

+20%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

Gene TherapyCell BiologyBioinformatics

TypeScript

Programming

+18%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $120,000 USD

JavaScriptReactNode.js

Elixir

Programming

+18%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $128,000 USD

PhoenixErlangFunctional Programming

AWS

Cloud

+18%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

EC2S3Lambda

Pulumi

Cloud

+18%

Demand

Growth

+25%

Avg. salary: $132,000 USD

TerraformTypeScriptInfrastructure as Code

TensorFlow

AI & ML

+18%

Demand

Growth

-5%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

KerasPythonDeep Learning

Apache Spark

Data

+18%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

ScalaPythonHadoop

dbt

Data

+18%

Demand

Growth

+25%

Avg. salary: $130,000 USD

SQLSnowflakeData Modeling

Apache Kafka

Data

+18%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

Event StreamingMicroservicesJava

SOC / SIEM

Security

+18%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $118,000 USD

SplunkIncident ResponseThreat Detection

AppSec / SAST

Security

+18%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $128,000 USD

OWASPDevSecOpsCode Review

Blockchain/DeFi

Finance

+18%

Demand

Growth

-10%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

SoliditySmart ContractsWeb3

AWS DevOps Pro

Certifications

+18%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $140,000 USD

AWSCI/CDTerraform

GCP Professional

Certifications

+18%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $142,000 USD

Google CloudBigQueryKubernetes

Azure Solutions Architect

Certifications

+18%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $140,000 USD

Azure.NETActive Directory

CFA

Certifications

+18%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $130,000 USD

Financial AnalysisPortfolio ManagementValuation

Clinical Research

healthcare

+18%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

GCP (Good Clinical Practice)FDA RegulationsBiostatistics

Regulatory Compliance

legal

+18%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

Risk AssessmentAuditSOX Compliance

Employment Law

legal

+18%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $125,000 USD

Labor RelationsHR ComplianceWorkplace Investigations

Treasury Management

Finance

+18%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $115,000 USD

Cash ManagementFX HedgingLiquidity Planning

BIM (Building Information Modeling)

construction

+18%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $88,000 USD

RevitAutoCADNavisworks

SAP

supply_chain

+18%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $110,000 USD

SAP S/4HANASAP MMSAP SD

Growth Hacking

Marketing

+18%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

A/B TestingAnalyticsConversion Optimization

People Analytics

+18%

Demand

Growth

+22%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

Workforce PlanningRetention AnalysisHR Dashboards

Strategic Planning

Management

+18%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $130,000 USD

OKRsCompetitive AnalysisMarket Strategy

Mandarin Chinese

Languages

+18%

Demand

Growth

+6%

TranslationBusiness ChineseLocalization

Product Management

Management

+18%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $130,000 USD

RoadmappingUser ResearchPrioritization

Medical Devices

healthcare

+18%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $98,000 USD

FDA ApprovalQuality SystemsDevice Design

Kotlin

Programming

+16%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $122,000 USD

JavaAndroidSpring Boot

Azure

Cloud

+16%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $130,000 USD

C#.NETActive Directory

Google Cloud

Cloud

+16%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $132,000 USD

BigQueryKubernetesTensorFlow

Medical Imaging

healthcare

+16%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $78,000 USD

MRICT ScanUltrasound

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Finance

+16%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

KYCTransaction MonitoringSanctions Screening

Structural Engineering

construction

+16%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $92,000 USD

FEASteel DesignConcrete Design

Renewable Energy

construction

+16%

Demand

Growth

+25%

Avg. salary: $82,000 USD

Solar InstallationWind EnergyBattery Storage

Oracle ERP

supply_chain

+16%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $108,000 USD

Oracle CloudEBSJD Edwards

Supply Chain Finance

Finance

+16%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $98,000 USD

Working CapitalInvoice FinancingFactoring

ESG / Sustainability Reporting

Finance

+16%

Demand

Growth

+30%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

Carbon AccountingGRI StandardsSASB

Environmental Law

legal

+16%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $120,000 USD

EPA RegulationsESGSustainability

Python

Programming

+15%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $125,000 USD

DjangoFastAPIData Science

C++

Programming

+15%

Demand

Growth

-2%

Avg. salary: $125,000 USD

CRustEmbedded Systems

Swift

Programming

+15%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $125,000 USD

iOSSwiftUIObjective-C

Next.js

Frameworks

+15%

Demand

Growth

+25%

Avg. salary: $122,000 USD

ReactTypeScriptVercel

FastAPI

Frameworks

+15%

Demand

Growth

+30%

Avg. salary: $120,000 USD

PythonREST APIsPydantic

Prompt Engineering

AI & ML

+15%

Demand

Growth

+80%

Avg. salary: $120,000 USD

LLMsRAGAI Applications

ArgoCD

DevOps

+15%

Demand

Growth

+20%

Avg. salary: $130,000 USD

KubernetesGitOpsHelm

Salesforce

Marketing

+15%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

CRMApexLightning

Financial Modeling

Finance

+15%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $115,000 USD

ExcelDCFValuation

English (non-native)

Languages

+15%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Business EnglishTechnical WritingCommunication

Leadership

Soft Skills

+15%

Demand

Growth

+3%

People ManagementStrategyDecision Making

CKA (Kubernetes)

Certifications

+15%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $135,000 USD

KubernetesDockerHelm

Pharmacy

healthcare

+15%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $128,000 USD

PharmacologyDrug InteractionsClinical Pharmacy

Tax Planning

Finance

+15%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

Corporate TaxInternational TaxTax Compliance

Six Sigma

supply_chain

+15%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

Lean ManufacturingDMAICKaizen

HRIS / Workday

+15%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $92,000 USD

WorkdaySAP SuccessFactorsBambooHR

Japanese

Languages

+15%

Demand

Growth

+3%

TranslationBusiness JapaneseJLPT

Design Systems

Design

+15%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $110,000 USD

FigmaComponent LibrariesDesign Tokens

Spring Boot

Frameworks

+14%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $120,000 USD

JavaMicroservicesHibernate

Elasticsearch

Data

+14%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $125,000 USD

KibanaLogstashOpenSearch

Terraform Cloud

Tools

+14%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $132,000 USD

TerraformInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD

HIPAA Compliance

healthcare

+14%

Demand

Growth

+6%

Avg. salary: $88,000 USD

Privacy RegulationsData SecurityAudit

IFRS / GAAP

Finance

+14%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

Financial ReportingAuditConsolidation

Project Estimation

construction

+14%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $85,000 USD

Cost EstimationQuantity SurveyingBidding

Green Building / LEED

construction

+14%

Demand

Growth

+18%

Avg. salary: $82,000 USD

SustainabilityEnergy ModelingBREEAM

EdTech

education

+14%

Demand

Growth

+20%

Avg. salary: $85,000 USD

LMS AdministrationE-LearningVirtual Classroom

Lean Manufacturing

supply_chain

+14%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $90,000 USD

5SValue Stream MappingKanban

Logistics Optimization

supply_chain

+14%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $82,000 USD

Route OptimizationFleet ManagementTMS

Brand Management

Marketing

+14%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

Brand StrategyMarket ResearchPositioning

Marketing Analytics

Marketing

+14%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $88,000 USD

Google AnalyticsAttribution ModelingData Visualization

Organizational Development

+14%

Demand

Growth

+6%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

Change ManagementCulture BuildingEmployee Engagement

Project Management (PMP)

Management

+14%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

MS ProjectRisk ManagementStakeholder Management

Negotiation

Soft Skills

+14%

Demand

Growth

+3%

CommunicationPersuasionConflict Resolution

Arabic

Languages

+14%

Demand

Growth

+5%

TranslationBusiness ArabicLocalization

Demand Forecasting

supply_chain

+14%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $88,000 USD

Statistical ModelingTime Series AnalysisS&OP

UX Research

Design

+14%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

User InterviewsUsability TestingA/B Testing

3D Modeling

Design

+14%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $78,000 USD

BlenderUnityUnreal Engine

Compliance Auditing

legal

+14%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $92,000 USD

Internal AuditSOXRisk Assessment

Java

Programming

+12%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $118,000 USD

Spring BootKotlinMicroservices

C#

Programming

+12%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $115,000 USD

.NETUnityAzure

R

Programming

+12%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $110,000 USD

StatisticsPythonData Visualization

Dart

Programming

+12%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $108,000 USD

FlutterMobile DevelopmentFirebase

React

Frameworks

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $118,000 USD

JavaScriptTypeScriptNext.js

Node.js

Frameworks

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $115,000 USD

JavaScriptExpressTypeScript

Django

Frameworks

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $115,000 USD

PythonPostgreSQLREST APIs

Flutter

Frameworks

+12%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $108,000 USD

DartFirebaseMobile Development

Svelte

Frameworks

+12%

Demand

Growth

+18%

Avg. salary: $115,000 USD

JavaScriptSvelteKitTypeScript

Docker

Cloud

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $120,000 USD

KubernetesCI/CDLinux

Ansible

Cloud

+12%

Demand

Growth

-2%

Avg. salary: $118,000 USD

LinuxTerraformConfiguration Management

PostgreSQL

Data

+12%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $120,000 USD

SQLData Modelingpgvector

CI/CD

DevOps

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $125,000 USD

GitHub ActionsJenkinsGitLab CI

Prometheus

DevOps

+12%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $125,000 USD

GrafanaAlertingMetrics

Motion Design

Design

+12%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $92,000 USD

After EffectsLottieAnimation

Design Systems

Design

+12%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

FigmaComponent LibrariesStorybook

SAFe

Management

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $112,000 USD

AgileEnterprise AgileRelease Trains

Bloomberg Terminal

Finance

+12%

Demand

Growth

Avg. salary: $110,000 USD

Financial AnalysisMarket DataTrading

Risk Management

Finance

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $108,000 USD

ComplianceVaRCredit Risk

Negotiation

Soft Skills

+12%

Demand

Growth

+2%

CommunicationConflict ResolutionSales

CPA

Certifications

+12%

Demand

Growth

+1%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

AccountingTaxAuditing

Datadog

Tools

+12%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $125,000 USD

APMMonitoringObservability

EMR/EHR Systems

healthcare

+12%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $82,000 USD

EpicCernerHL7/FHIR

Telemedicine

healthcare

+12%

Demand

Growth

+25%

Avg. salary: $85,000 USD

Telehealth PlatformsRemote Patient MonitoringDigital Health

OSHA Safety

construction

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $78,000 USD

Workplace SafetyRisk AssessmentSafety Training

HVAC Systems

construction

+12%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $62,000 USD

RefrigerationEnergy EfficiencyBuilding Automation

Corporate Training

education

+12%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $78,000 USD

Workshop FacilitationPresentation SkillsL&D Strategy

Procurement

supply_chain

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $85,000 USD

Vendor ManagementContract NegotiationSourcing

Quality Management (ISO 9001)

supply_chain

+12%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $82,000 USD

Quality AuditingSPCCAPA

PPC / Google Ads

Marketing

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $78,000 USD

Google AdsFacebook AdsBid Management

Talent Acquisition

+12%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $82,000 USD

SourcingATSEmployer Branding

Labor Relations

+12%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $88,000 USD

Union NegotiationsCollective BargainingEmployment Law

DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)

+12%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $85,000 USD

Inclusive LeadershipBias TrainingERG Management

Business Analysis

Management

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $92,000 USD

Requirements GatheringUse CasesProcess Mapping

Stakeholder Management

Soft Skills

+12%

Demand

Growth

+4%

CommunicationNegotiationInfluencing

German

Languages

+12%

Demand

Growth

+2%

TranslationTechnical GermanLocalization

CRM (HubSpot/Salesforce)

Marketing

+12%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $85,000 USD

Lead ManagementMarketing AutomationPipeline Management

Occupational Health

healthcare

+12%

Demand

Growth

+6%

Avg. salary: $82,000 USD

ErgonomicsWorkplace AssessmentReturn-to-Work Programs

Motion Design

Design

+12%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $85,000 USD

After EffectsLottieCSS Animations

JavaScript

Programming

+10%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $110,000 USD

TypeScriptReactNode.js

Ruby

Programming

+10%

Demand

Growth

-8%

Avg. salary: $115,000 USD

RailsPostgreSQLRedis

Vue.js

Frameworks

+10%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $110,000 USD

JavaScriptNuxt.jsVuex

.NET

Frameworks

+10%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $112,000 USD

C#AzureEntity Framework

React Native

Frameworks

+10%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $112,000 USD

ReactJavaScriptMobile Development

Astro

Frameworks

+10%

Demand

Growth

+35%

Avg. salary: $112,000 USD

JavaScriptStatic SitesContent-focused

MongoDB

Data

+10%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $118,000 USD

Node.jsMongooseNoSQL

Redis

Data

+10%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $118,000 USD

CachingNode.jsPub/Sub

Linux

DevOps

+10%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $118,000 USD

BashDockerNetworking

Prototyping (Framer)

Design

+10%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $98,000 USD

FigmaInteraction DesignUser Testing

PMP

Management

+10%

Demand

Growth

-2%

Avg. salary: $108,000 USD

Project ManagementRisk ManagementBudgeting

FP&A

Finance

+10%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

Financial ModelingExcelBudgeting

Mandarin

Languages

+10%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Chinese Business CultureTranslationLocalization

Arabic

Languages

+10%

Demand

Growth

+5%

MENA MarketsTranslationCultural Consulting

Problem Solving

Soft Skills

+10%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Critical ThinkingAnalytical SkillsDebugging

PMP Certification

Certifications

+10%

Demand

Growth

-2%

Avg. salary: $108,000 USD

Project ManagementAgileRisk Management

Grafana

Tools

+10%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $118,000 USD

PrometheusObservabilityDashboards

Physical Therapy

healthcare

+10%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $92,000 USD

RehabilitationOrthopedicsSports Medicine

Medical Coding (ICD-10)

healthcare

+10%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $58,000 USD

CPT CodingMedical BillingRevenue Cycle

Heavy Equipment Operation

construction

+10%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $55,000 USD

Crane OperationExcavatorsBulldozers

AutoCAD

construction

+10%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $72,000 USD

RevitCivil 3DSolidWorks

STEM Education

education

+10%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $72,000 USD

Robotics EducationCoding for KidsLab Management

Inventory Management

supply_chain

+10%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $72,000 USD

WMSDemand ForecastingABC Analysis

Content Marketing

Marketing

+10%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $78,000 USD

CopywritingBloggingContent Strategy

Public Relations

Marketing

+10%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $72,000 USD

Media RelationsCrisis CommunicationPress Releases

Benefits Administration

+10%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $72,000 USD

Compensation PlanningEmployee BenefitsPayroll

Public Speaking

Soft Skills

+10%

Demand

Growth

+3%

PresentationExecutive PresenceStorytelling

Critical Thinking

Soft Skills

+10%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Problem SolvingAnalytical ThinkingDecision Making

Spanish

Languages

+10%

Demand

Growth

+4%

TranslationInterpretationLocalization

French

Languages

+10%

Demand

Growth

+2%

TranslationBusiness FrenchLocalization

Google Analytics 4

Marketing

+10%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $82,000 USD

GA4Tag ManagerData Studio

Welding

construction

+10%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $52,000 USD

MIG WeldingTIG WeldingBlueprint Reading

Electrical Wiring

construction

+10%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $60,000 USD

NEC CodePLCIndustrial Electrical

Instructional Design

education

+10%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $75,000 USD

ADDIE ModelArticulate StorylineE-Learning

Excel (Advanced)

Tools

+10%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $72,000 USD

VBAPivot TablesPower Query

Customer Success

Marketing

+10%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $78,000 USD

OnboardingRetentionNPS

Video Production

Design

+10%

Demand

Growth

+12%

Avg. salary: $68,000 USD

Premiere ProDaVinci ResolveCinematography

SQL

Programming

+8%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

PostgreSQLMySQLData Modeling

Lua

Programming

+8%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

Game ScriptingNGINXRedis

Angular

Frameworks

+8%

Demand

Growth

-5%

Avg. salary: $112,000 USD

TypeScriptRxJSNgRx

Power BI

Data

+8%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

DAXSQLExcel

Tableau

Data

+8%

Demand

Growth

-2%

Avg. salary: $98,000 USD

SQLData VisualizationPython

GitHub Actions

DevOps

+8%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $112,000 USD

CI/CDGitYAML

GitLab CI

DevOps

+8%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $110,000 USD

CI/CDDockerYAML

Figma

Design

+8%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

UI DesignPrototypingDesign Systems

Agile / Scrum

Management

+8%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

JiraSprint PlanningKanban

Lean Six Sigma

Management

+8%

Demand

Growth

-3%

Avg. salary: $98,000 USD

Process ImprovementQuality ManagementDMAIC

SEO

Marketing

+8%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $78,000 USD

Content StrategyGoogle AnalyticsTechnical SEO

Marketing Automation

Marketing

+8%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $82,000 USD

HubSpotMarketoEmail Campaigns

German

Languages

+8%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Business GermanTranslationEU Markets

Japanese

Languages

+8%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Japanese Business CultureTranslationAPAC Markets

Communication

Soft Skills

+8%

Demand

Growth

+2%

PresentationWritingActive Listening

Cross-functional

Soft Skills

+8%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Stakeholder ManagementCommunicationEmpathy

New Relic

Tools

+8%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $118,000 USD

APMObservabilityDashboards

Nursing (RN)

healthcare

+8%

Demand

Growth

+6%

Avg. salary: $80,000 USD

Patient CareIV TherapyMedication Administration

Curriculum Development

education

+8%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $68,000 USD

Instructional DesignLearning ObjectivesAssessment Design

Special Education

education

+8%

Demand

Growth

+6%

Avg. salary: $62,000 USD

IEP DevelopmentBehavioral ManagementAdaptive Learning

Social Media Marketing

Marketing

+8%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $65,000 USD

InstagramTikTokCommunity Management

Email Marketing

Marketing

+8%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $68,000 USD

MailchimpAutomationSegmentation

Payroll Management

+8%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $65,000 USD

ADPTax WithholdingBenefits

Plumbing

construction

+8%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $58,000 USD

PipefittingWater SystemsBackflow Prevention

Mental Health Counseling

healthcare

+8%

Demand

Growth

+15%

Avg. salary: $58,000 USD

CBTTrauma TherapyCrisis Intervention

French

Languages

+6%

Demand

Growth

+1%

Business FrenchTranslationFrancophone Markets

Jira / Confluence

Tools

+6%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

AgileSprint PlanningKanban

PHP

Programming

+5%

Demand

Growth

-5%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

LaravelWordPressMySQL

Laravel

Frameworks

+5%

Demand

Growth

-2%

Avg. salary: $92,000 USD

PHPMySQLVue.js

Jenkins

DevOps

+5%

Demand

Growth

-10%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

CI/CDGroovyJava

Adobe Creative Suite

Design

+5%

Demand

Growth

-2%

Avg. salary: $85,000 USD

PhotoshopIllustratorInDesign

OKRs

Management

+5%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

Strategic PlanningKPIsGoal Setting

Google Ads

Marketing

+5%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $75,000 USD

PPCGoogle AnalyticsA/B Testing

HubSpot

Marketing

+5%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $72,000 USD

CRMMarketing AutomationEmail Marketing

Google Analytics

Marketing

+5%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $72,000 USD

GA4Tag ManagerData Analysis

Spanish

Languages

+5%

Demand

Growth

+3%

LATAM MarketsTranslationBusiness Spanish

Portuguese

Languages

+5%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Brazilian MarketsTranslationLATAM Business

Remote Collaboration

Soft Skills

+5%

Demand

Growth

+10%

Async CommunicationDocumentationTime Management

Git

Tools

+5%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $105,000 USD

GitHubGitLabVersion Control

Patient Care

healthcare

+5%

Demand

Growth

+4%

Avg. salary: $65,000 USD

Vital SignsPatient AssessmentCare Planning

Microsoft 365

Tools

+5%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $55,000 USD

ExcelPowerPointSharePoint

Jira

Tools

+3%

Demand

Growth

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

AgileConfluenceProject Tracking

Postman

Tools

+3%

Demand

Growth

+2%

Avg. salary: $98,000 USD

REST APIsAPI TestingNewman

Slack Integrations

Tools

+3%

Demand

Growth

+5%

Avg. salary: $95,000 USD

APIsWorkflow AutomationWebhooks

VS Code

Tools

+2%

Demand

Growth

+3%

Avg. salary: $100,000 USD

ExtensionsDebuggingGit Integration

Notion

Tools

+2%

Demand

Growth

+8%

Avg. salary: $90,000 USD

DocumentationProject ManagementWikis

Confluence

Tools

+2%

Demand

Growth

-2%

Avg. salary: $92,000 USD

JiraDocumentationWikis

Data Entry

Tools

+2%

Demand

Growth

-5%

Avg. salary: $38,000 USD

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