Skills employers ask for in oil and gas jobs
excel, project management and supply chain are the skills most often named in oil and gas job postings, read from each posting's own text. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
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Skills employers ask for in oil and gas jobs
Rebuilt weekly. November 2026 edition.
| # | Skill | Share of jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | excelJobs 222 | 20% of jobs |
| 2 | project managementJobs 212 | 19% of jobs |
| 3 | supply chainJobs 163 | 15% of jobs |
| 4 | procurementJobs 140 | 13% of jobs |
| 5 | logisticsJobs 122 | 11% of jobs |
| 6 | forecastingJobs 116 | 11% of jobs |
| 7 | sapJobs 111 | 10% of jobs |
| 8 | auditJobs 93 | 8% of jobs |
| 9 | powerpointJobs 93 | 8% of jobs |
| 10 | risk managementJobs 86 | 8% of jobs |
| 11 | erpJobs 83 | 8% of jobs |
| 12 | pythonJobs 82 | 7% of jobs |
| 13 | change managementJobs 62 | 6% of jobs |
| 14 | budgetingJobs 61 | 6% of jobs |
| 15 | leanJobs 53 | 5% of jobs |
| 16 | stakeholder managementJobs 52 | 5% of jobs |
| 17 | regulatory complianceJobs 47 | 4% of jobs |
| 18 | power biJobs 46 | 4% of jobs |
| 19 | sqlJobs 44 | 4% of jobs |
| 20 | autocadJobs 41 | 4% of jobs |
| 21 | oracleJobs 40 | 4% of jobs |
| 22 | onboardingJobs 37 | 3% of jobs |
| 23 | crmJobs 36 | 3% of jobs |
| 24 | team buildingJobs 36 | 3% of jobs |
| 25 | six sigmaJobs 34 | 3% of jobs |
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