Consultant jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-18, Skillenai has indexed 112 job postings with the title “Consultant” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL, with demand up 22% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-18
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+How many Consultant jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 112 job postings with the title “Consultant” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-18, with demand up 22% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Consultant jobs require?
Across Consultant postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-18, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, PostgreSQL.
+Which cities are hiring the most Consultant?
As of 2026-08-18, Consultant postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, McLean, Washington, Bengaluru, Denver.
+Is Consultant a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 112 Consultant postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-18, with demand up 22% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Consultant postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Consultant postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Consultant
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 28 | 25.0% |
| Python | 14 | 12.5% |
| Power BI | 14 | 12.5% |
| Tableau | 14 | 12.5% |
| PostgreSQL | 11 | 9.8% |
| data modeling | 11 | 9.8% |
| Oracle | 10 | 8.9% |
| Git | 10 | 8.9% |
| prompt engineering | 10 | 8.9% |
| MySQL | 9 | 8.0% |
| SOAP | 9 | 8.0% |
| Java | 9 | 8.0% |
| XML | 9 | 8.0% |
| R | 9 | 8.0% |
| REST | 9 | 8.0% |
Top metros hiring Consultant
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 9 | 8.0% |
| McLean | 5 | 4.5% |
| Washington | 3 | 2.7% |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 1.8% |
| Denver | 2 | 1.8% |
| Latham | 2 | 1.8% |
| New Orleans | 2 | 1.8% |
| Pittsburgh | 2 | 1.8% |
| Raleigh | 2 | 1.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-18, matching postings whose canonical role is “Consultant”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Consultant
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-08-18
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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