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Skills remote employers ask for in the AI era

Across our 4,519 active remote listings (week of 2026-10-12), the skills named most often are communication, AI, leadership, data analysis, project management.

This counts what employers name in our listings. It is not a claim about which skills will survive AI. Method and limits are at the bottom.

Tools & technologies

Software, languages and platforms that listings name.

  1. python177 listings (3.9%)
  2. typescript102 listings (2.3%)
  3. SQL89 listings (2%)
  4. AWS83 listings (1.8%)
  5. react80 listings (1.8%)
  6. CRM69 listings (1.5%)
  7. node62 listings (1.4%)
  8. kubernetes61 listings (1.3%)
  9. salesforce57 listings (1.3%)
  10. java56 listings (1.2%)
  11. javascript50 listings (1.1%)
  12. go48 listings (1.1%)

Techniques & methods

Ways of working employers ask for: analysis, project management, marketing.

  1. data analysis400 listings (8.9%)
  2. project management379 listings (8.4%)
  3. strategic planning275 listings (6.1%)
  4. customer support217 listings (4.8%)
  5. product management214 listings (4.7%)
  6. strategy190 listings (4.2%)
  7. business development154 listings (3.4%)
  8. machine learning123 listings (2.7%)
  9. customer success112 listings (2.5%)
  10. software development104 listings (2.3%)
  11. risk management90 listings (2%)
  12. automation78 listings (1.7%)

Fields & concepts

Broad knowledge areas that show up as requirements.

  1. AI487 listings (10.8%)
  2. sales356 listings (7.9%)
  3. research152 listings (3.4%)
  4. finance114 listings (2.5%)
  5. compliance84 listings (1.9%)
  6. marketing78 listings (1.7%)
  7. cybersecurity72 listings (1.6%)
  8. security72 listings (1.6%)
  9. accounting51 listings (1.1%)
  10. cloud50 listings (1.1%)
  11. backend37 listings (0.8%)
  12. academic writing36 listings (0.8%)

Industries

Industries and sectors named as wanted experience.

  1. blockchain69 listings (1.5%)
  2. healthcare49 listings (1.1%)
  3. B2B36 listings (0.8%)

Soft skills

Interpersonal and leadership skills.

  1. communication1,592 listings (35.2%)
  2. leadership413 listings (9.1%)
  3. collaboration212 listings (4.7%)
  4. problem-solving140 listings (3.1%)
  5. team leadership122 listings (2.7%)
  6. team management94 listings (2.1%)
  7. cross-functional collaboration88 listings (1.9%)
  8. relationship management86 listings (1.9%)
  9. stakeholder management73 listings (1.6%)
  10. time management48 listings (1.1%)
  11. negotiation44 listings (1%)
  12. organization43 listings (1%)

Skills that name AI

Skills whose own name mentions AI. This is not a count of listings that pair another skill with an AI tool.

  1. AI487 listings (10.8%)
  2. machine learning123 listings (2.7%)

Fastest risers

Week of 2026-09-14 vs week of 2026-10-12. 90 skills had at least 30 listings in both weeks; the median skill changed -31.2%.

  1. research101 → 152 (+50.5%, +81.7 pts vs market)
  2. organization33 → 43 (+30.3%, +61.5 pts vs market)

Method and limits

  • Counts of active listings in our corpus whose required-skills field names the skill, from the weekly snapshot (week of 2026-10-12). A skill is shown only when at least 30 listings name it.
  • Spelling variants are merged (for example data-analysis and data analysis). A listing that names two variants counts twice, so figures are an upper bound.
  • Kinds come from a fixed dictionary. 90 of the 93 listed skills resolved to a kind; the rest are not grouped.
  • It measures what employers ask for in our listings, not the whole labour market, and not a forecast.
  • The candidate-supply side is not published: we only show a per-skill figure with at least 20 profiles behind it, so no individual can be identified.

Cite as: Loker Dollar, “Skills remote employers ask for”, https://lokerdollar.com/en/insights/skills

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