Skills employers ask for in Chicago-tagged postings — a demand-side proxy for the local skill market.
This is a practical office-and-analysis market, not a pure coding contest. Excel leads at 764 mentions and PowerPoint at 382, while customer-management tools, SQL and Python round out the mix.
| Skill | Postings |
|---|---|
| Excel | 764 |
| Powerpoint | 382 |
| Microsoft Office | 319 |
| Word | 307 |
| Crm | 199 |
| Salesforce | 189 |
| Sql | 176 |
| Python | 166 |
| Outlook | 162 |
| Microsoft Office Suite | 139 |
| Project Management | 137 |
| Ai | 113 |
| Reporting | 96 |
| Power Bi | 96 |
| Data Analysis | 88 |
| Aws | 84 |
| Sap | 82 |
| Financial Modeling | 75 |
| Ms Office | 75 |
| Microsoft Excel | 70 |
| Tableau | 68 |
| Analytics | 68 |
| Workday | 61 |
| Microsoft Word | 60 |
| Agile | 59 |
| Automation | 58 |
| Hvac | 54 |
| Hubspot | 54 |
| Budgeting | 53 |
| Teams | 52 |
| Forecasting | 51 |
| Seo | 51 |
| Java | 50 |
| Oracle | 50 |
| Accounting | 50 |
| Jira | 50 |
| Electrical | 49 |
| Erp | 49 |
| Sharepoint | 48 |
| Autocad | 47 |
| Social Media | 47 |
| Azure | 46 |
| Cdl-a | 45 |
| Digital Marketing | 43 |
| Plumbing | 43 |
| Cpr | 42 |
| Hipaa | 41 |
| Data | 41 |
| Inventory Management | 40 |
| Data Analytics | 39 |
| P25 | Median | P75 | N |
|---|---|---|---|
| $60,000 | $85,000 | $119,000 | 5364 |
small sample — indicative only
demand-side signal (what employers ask for), not a resident skill census
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