Attention to detail and coordination are the fastest-growing skills appearing in US job openings
Employers are increasingly looking for detail-oriented problem-solvers who can get the job done and work well with those around them. The fastest growing skills in demand suggest an increasingly complex work environment that requires interpersonal skills and the ability to do a variety of tasks with a high level of accuracy and precision.
Smaller employers continue to decline as a percentage of hirers
A year and a half ago, organizations with fewer than 10 employees accounted for nearly 26% of all U.S. job openings, and now that number is less than 20%. Organizations up to 599 employees have seen similar declines. More and more it is the larger companies with greater resources and financial stability that are offering career opportunities to American job-seekers.
Methodology
Market IQ collects job postings daily from over 7 million+ websites in the U.S. Our system automatically identifies, extracts, and structures job data into 100+ attributes using Textkernel’s AI powered parsing technology. Each posting is normalized against professional taxonomies, enriched with company information, and deduplicated using sophisticated algorithms to identify unique job opportunities. The system maintains high levels of accuracy through automated quality controls and continuous improvement processes, making it a trusted source for U.S. labor market insights.
Skills
Market IQ utilizes Textkernel’s proprietary Skills Normalization Taxonomy (SNT) to extract and normalize skills from job postings. Our taxonomy encompasses 13,200+ unique skill concepts mapped through 250,000+ terms, covering professional skills, IT skills, soft skills, and languages. Using advanced machine learning, the system identifies skills in context, disambiguates ambiguous terms, and normalizes them to standardized concepts—enabling accurate cross-market analysis regardless of how employers phrase skill requirements. The taxonomy is continuously updated quarterly based on millions of job postings, market feedback, and labor market trends. This data-driven approach ensures Market IQ captures both established and emerging skills as they appear in the U.S. job market, providing unparalleled insights into skill demand across industries and regions. All analysis of skills excludes any skills that appear in fewer than 10,000 job descriptions.
