These are the fastest-growing skills in the U.S., according to LinkedIn: They're 'career currency'

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LinkedIn’s 2026 Skills on the Rise list, published Tuesday, identifies the fastest-growing skills in the U.S.

“We’ve seen the skills required to do our jobs evolve dramatically in the last 10 years, with even more change on the way, largely fueled by AI,” Andrew Seaman, LinkedIn News Senior Editor-at-Large for Jobs & Career Development, tells CNBC Make It. “Employers are looking less at job titles or degrees and more at what people can actually do.”

The list was determined by analyzing year-over-year growth in “skill acquisition” and “hiring success” from Dec. 1, 2024 to Nov. 30, 2025, compared to the period from Dec. 1, 2023 to Nov. 30, 2024. The report looked at the increase in LinkedIn members adding a given skill to their profiles (skill acquisition) and the increase in members with a given skill who got hired during that period (hiring success).

LinkedIn grouped individual fast-growing skills into broader categories based on use cases and other factors.