Skills employers ask for in utility and power jobs
project management, excel and procurement are the skills most often named in utility and power 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 utility and power jobs
Rebuilt weekly. November 2026 edition.
| # | Skill | Share of jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | project managementJobs 740 | 31% of jobs |
| 2 | excelJobs 413 | 17% of jobs |
| 3 | procurementJobs 396 | 16% of jobs |
| 4 | risk managementJobs 239 | 10% of jobs |
| 5 | forecastingJobs 229 | 10% of jobs |
| 6 | budgetingJobs 207 | 9% of jobs |
| 7 | pmpJobs 202 | 8% of jobs |
| 8 | regulatory complianceJobs 199 | 8% of jobs |
| 9 | change managementJobs 189 | 8% of jobs |
| 10 | pythonJobs 181 | 8% of jobs |
| 11 | powerpointJobs 175 | 7% of jobs |
| 12 | supply chainJobs 174 | 7% of jobs |
| 13 | auditJobs 158 | 7% of jobs |
| 14 | sapJobs 144 | 6% of jobs |
| 15 | sqlJobs 112 | 5% of jobs |
| 16 | agileJobs 109 | 5% of jobs |
| 17 | power biJobs 104 | 4% of jobs |
| 18 | autocadJobs 86 | 4% of jobs |
| 19 | onboardingJobs 82 | 3% of jobs |
| 20 | strategic planningJobs 81 | 3% of jobs |
| 21 | leanJobs 72 | 3% of jobs |
| 22 | talent acquisitionJobs 72 | 3% of jobs |
| 23 | oracleJobs 68 | 3% of jobs |
| 24 | stakeholder managementJobs 68 | 3% of jobs |
| 25 | erpJobs 66 | 3% of jobs |
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