Skills employers ask for in Minneapolis-tagged postings — a demand-side proxy for the local skill market.
Practical office competence beats fashionable technology in current demand. Excel appears in 241 ads, AI in 55 and Python in 47, while project management and Salesforce reinforce a business-operations tilt.
| Skill | Postings |
|---|---|
| Excel | 241 |
| Microsoft Office | 159 |
| Word | 114 |
| Powerpoint | 101 |
| Outlook | 76 |
| Microsoft Office Suite | 57 |
| Ai | 55 |
| Project Management | 50 |
| Python | 47 |
| Salesforce | 46 |
| Sql | 46 |
| Data Analysis | 44 |
| Reporting | 42 |
| Crm | 40 |
| Microsoft Excel | 35 |
| Sap | 34 |
| Power Bi | 31 |
| Financial Modeling | 31 |
| Aws | 30 |
| Forecasting | 28 |
| Analytics | 28 |
| Erp | 26 |
| Sharepoint | 25 |
| Agile | 25 |
| Accounting | 23 |
| Microsoft Word | 23 |
| Hvac | 23 |
| Procore | 21 |
| Epic | 21 |
| Driver's License | 21 |
| Azure | 21 |
| Budgeting | 20 |
| Oracle | 19 |
| Inventory Management | 19 |
| Supply Chain | 19 |
| Electrical | 19 |
| Bluebeam | 18 |
| Autocad | 18 |
| Tableau | 18 |
| Procurement | 18 |
| Teams | 17 |
| Plumbing | 17 |
| Jira | 17 |
| Risk Management | 17 |
| Ms Office | 16 |
| Workday | 16 |
| Windows | 16 |
| Ai Tools | 16 |
| Data | 16 |
| Crm Systems | 16 |
| P25 | Median | P75 | N |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50,951 | $75,000 | $110,000 | 2632 |
small sample — indicative only
demand-side signal (what employers ask for), not a resident skill census
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